Hi Matthew,
Sure thing, if you are going for simple, go to the hardware store and
buy two small "L" brackets and thread bolts through them. Make sure the L
brackets are secured to something non conductive, and hook your transformer
up to them, and adjust the gap between the bolts so the gap will just
barely NOT fire when you apply power. THEN hook up the tank cap and
primary coil. If you want to be fancy (and you do, trust me) hook a small
fan up so the air blows over your gap, then vary the distance of the fan
(hence the relative blowing power) for optimal Tesla coil performance.
Obviously this is as primitive as you get, and performance wise you reap
what you sow; but if a working prototype is what you want, this is kind as
far as simplicity and cost effectiveness... I hope this is helpful, be
sure to peruse Google images to get additional spark gap design ideas.
Scott Bogard.
On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 8:46 AM, matty mcqueeney <matty_queeney@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> wrote:
> Could anybody help me find a reasonable spark gap, that is simple to make?
> Thanks Matthew.
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