RE: [TCML] New list member

["Dave Halliday" <dh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Quite the Flickr set!

http://flickr.com/photos/robbyron/

You have been busy having fun -- welcome aboard! 

Dave

> -----Original Message-----
> From: tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Robert Byron
> Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 10:19 PM
> To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [TCML] New list member
> 
> 
> Hello, 
>  
>  My name is Rob and I am new to the list and fairly new to 
> coiling. Here is a picture of my first coil made from junk. 
> It is powered by a 6Kv NST and I used two sheets of aluminum 
> foil with overhead transparencies for the capacitor. I'm not 
> sure on the secondary wire gauge as I unwound it from a fan 
> motor. The toroid is a wheel from my deceased R/C plane 
> covered in foil tape.
>  
> http://flickr.com/photos/robbyron/2453129267/sizes/l/
>  
>  
> Here is a picture of my second attempt at coiling. This coil 
> is wound on a 2" by 16" acrylic tube with 1100 turns of #27 
> mag wire. The secondary is 16 turns of #12 copper wire around 
> a 4" acrylic tube. The capacitors are two 4" by 18" PVC 
> leyden jars from my Wimshurst machine I made. The toroid is 
> two 4" metal disks from an old hard drive. It seems to run 
> better with a small top load... The spark gap is a multi 
> copper tube static gap and is all powered by a 12Kv 30mA NST. 
> I'm not sure if it is as tuned as it could be since I don't 
> have an oscilloscope or a frequency generator.
>  
> http://flickr.com/photos/robbyron/3127012246/sizes/l/
>  
> http://flickr.com/photos/robbyron/3064458743/sizes/l/
>  
> I am currently in the middle of two other coils as well as a 
> few other of my electrostatic an tea laser projects. This is 
> a pic of a larger coil wound on 4" by 24" PVC with #26 High 
> Temp mag wire (the brown stuff). The picture might look like 
> it's Red, but I think it may be due to the fluorescent light. 
> I plan to power this one with my 12Kv 30mA NST.
>  
> http://flickr.com/photos/robbyron/2537420195/sizes/l/
>  
> This is my failed attempt at a solid state tesla coil. These 
> are just pics while still under construction. I dont have a 
> picture of the coil but it is a 4" by 10" secondary wound 
> with #30 with the primary wound directly over the bottom of 
> the primary. I powered it up and a few of the components 
> exploded. I have put it aside for now...
>  
> http://flickr.com/photos/robbyron/3126997178/sizes/l/
>  
> http://flickr.com/photos/robbyron/3126171795/sizes/l/
>  
> Any comments and or suggestions are welcome and appreciated.
>  
> Rob.
>  
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