[TCML] Looking for small Tesla Coil for sale in roughly Colorado area

[Davetracer@xxxxxxx]

Hi fellow mailing list members,
 
This discuss led me to this request . . . 
 
I'm looking for a small Tesla Coil for sale in Colorado or parts reasonably  
close. I lived in Texas for a bit so distance doesn't bother me  much.
 
I'm willing to drive a ways to pick it up, so I'd definitely consider  
Nebraska, Wyoming, and so forth. I'm located in Denver, Colorado.
 
I'd prefer a vacuum tube coil if possible, but I have nothing against  
neon-sign transformer coils. I've built both multiple 811A and 12Kv and 15Kv NST  
coils.
 
Here in Denver it is hard to get parts. The good parts companies have all  
shut down, as far as I known, and Dave Fistell, of Fistell's Electronics, who  
was wonderful to hobbyists, passed away. The people running Fistell's now seem  
determined to run it into the ground. I have no idea where I would find a 
socket  for an 811A without Fistell's.
 
The reason I'm looking this way for a TC is that I've found, much to  my 
annoyance, that I've developed carpal tunnel, from way too much computer  typing. 
It crops up with a real vengeance if I do any pulling against my  carpal's 
(they're the "grippers" of your fingers, so say, for example, stripping  wire, or 
turning a crescent or torque wrench causes it to flare up). And don't  even 
mention turning a coil to wind it! ...
 
So if you have an old coil that works well and you've been wondering what  to 
do with it, hey, drop me an email ...
 
Thanks,
 
   Dave Small
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 9/29/2008 8:33:34 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time,  
bartb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

Hi  Scott,

For a Halloween exhibition, 10 awg is fine. No need to go bigger  for 
this type of fun with a coil. As far as the caps, I've seen them  offered 
somewhere before, but I'm not aware of anyone using them in TC  service. 
Experiment before hand. They may work out great. Keep an eye out  for 
heat. Try a 30 second run, check for heat, and if cool, your good to  go 
within reason (maybe then do a 1 minute run). If they get warm, then  
just reduce your time on. For low cost caps, you can't go wrong. Who  
knows, maybe these caps will handle TC service in long runs like the CD  
caps (kind of doubt it, but only testing will reveal the  truth).

Best regards,
Bart

Scott Bogard wrote:
> Hey  guys,
>      I am in the process of resurrecting my 3-in  tesla coil just in time 
> for an informal Halloween presentation to the  neighbors (with a number 
> of improvements, like a 4-in secondary, so  it is pretty much a new 
> coil.)  Anyway I have a question, I plan  on using 10AWG for the tank 
> wiring (it is OBIT powered, 3 in parallel  for 10kV at 69mA with 30nF 
> cap) would there be any advantage to using  1/4 inch copper tubing or 
> will some solid wire 10AWG be fine, I'm not  sure which is more 
> expensive.  Since this coil will be borrowing  my Sync gap and nice 
> control box normally used by my larger coil, I  don't want to sacrifice 
> any significant performance for a few  dollars.  Perhaps I should use 
> thicker wire yet, any thoughts  would be appreciated.  Also I am using 
> some super cheap surplus  caps I found on electronic goldmine,
>  http://www.goldmine-elec-products.com/prodinfo.asp?number=G16864
> Has  anybody used these and if so how good were they, I know it is 
>  dangerous to use surplus stuff but I figure they will be a step up from  
> pickle jar caps I used to use, and if they break, it didn't cost me  
> much!  Thanks.
>
> Scott  Bogard.
>
>    
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