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Re: anone else want a copy of that 1964 tesla article

William Noble wrote:
> 
> I had posted the text of a 1964 popular electronics tesla coil article -
> everyone agrees that its the "old bad design" with a long skinny coil and the
> primary and secondary connected together, but nonetheless, a few folks asked
> me for the word 97 version with the drawings included.  I only want to upload
> this once, so I'd like to get everyone at once - if anyone else want to
> receive a copy, E mail me directly, don't post to this list, and I'll send it
> out once this comming weekend.
> 
> I just went out and bought a box (50 ft) of 3/8 inch copper refrig tubing -
> that should be ok for a primary, and I got some 6" pvc to make a spark gap
> inside, and I got a length of 4" drain pipe for a secondary - it's not PVC,
> it's stiffer and thinner - polyethelene, I think???? - anyway, it's $4 for a
> 10" length. So I have high hopes of winding a 4 inch coil and maybe getting
> the spark gap completed before I head out of the country for a few weeks.
> 
> I have a giant flash tube (18" discharge length with large screw terminals at
> each end - I believe it's from a lightning effects machine - any guess as to
> the probably operating voltage --- should I just connect it across the neon
> sign Xformer with my .0001 microfarad mica capacitor and see what happens
> (15Kv AC, so I suppose that's about 21KV peak - maybe with the capacitor it
> would make a relaxation oscilator???