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Introduction



Original poster: Scott Kraus <plymouth_4406@xxxxxxxxx>

Hi,

I would like to introduce myself to the list. My name is Scott Kraus and I live in the Oshkosh Wisconsin area. I have been interested in Tesla coils and high voltage for the last 30 years. I was out of the game until last summer when I had to use a neon transformer to substitute for an ignition transformer at work. After I was done with the repair I thought about what I used to to use neon transformers for. Of course I started to build a Tesla coil. I am a maintenance mechanic at a small metal fabricating shop. One of my duties include all the care and feeding for 3 cnc lasers. I do all the preventative maintenance, computer work, mode tuning, optic cleaning/replacement and alingment to keep them running. I recently attended Dr. Resonance's Midwest Teslathon and enjoyed every minute of it. Thanks D.C. I am in the process of building a 14 inch coil and gathering parts. I am only out to about 60 to 70 inches with it on neon transformers. I have 2 10 kva. pole pigs but I still run across good parts. The local salvage yard had two laser heads with 3 phase 10400 volt power transfomers and saturable reactors but I did not have time to pull many parts but I did get a big pile of diodes and a couple of caps.

Thanks to the list and all the help with my coil. If anyone needs help with G.E. Fanuc or Rofin Sinar Laser resonators I may be of help.