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Re: [TCML] Where is everyone?



Greg, I have to say your machine is what dreams are made of. I could only wish I could put something like that together. Pretty darn awesome.

Allen
Colorado Springs 

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> On Nov 20, 2018, at 8:05 PM, Greg Leyh <lod@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Hi Steve,
> 
> I didn't post anything, since no one complained until now.  ;>
> 
> Here's a 1/3rd scale prototype coil that I just finished, trying to run at full output:  https://www.lod.org/40ft-coil.html
> 
> Cheers,
> Greg
> 
> 
>> On 11/20/2018 2:16 PM, tesla-request@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
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>> Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2018 09:54:14 -0500 (EST)
>> From: Steve White<steve.white1@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: Tesla Coil List<tesla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: [TCML] Where is everyone?
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>> When I first joined the TCML back around 2002,I used to receive about 20 messages per day from the TCML. Now, I am lucky if I see a single message every few days. On occasion, I will see periodic bursts of postings in response to specific questions from members. Have all the members moved on to other interests or died? We need to determine a way to get new people interested in this hobby. I fear that most of the potential younger members are absorbed in computer-related things. There is nothing wrong with that. I spent most of my engineering career developing real-time embedded DSP software. We just need to discover a way to expand their interests into the world of physical hardware, especially high voltage. I built my first tesla coil, a small VTTC, when I was 16 and this is what got me interested in electrical engineering as a career. I periodically display my coils to kids in my neighborhood. I also plan to take my smaller coils around to schools for demonstrations.
>> 
>> Thoughts?
>> 
>> Steve White
>> Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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