Cranked up my big Tesla coil...., page 1

Originally posted by johnsky
Woah, you are meaning to tell me you are THE tesla-down-under? ...
Outside of that... I can't find the original equations to calculate coil windings and sizes. I used to have them, but I've lost them, you don't have them on hand do you?
PS: my favorite is the can crusher...

I sure am Tesladownunder. (actually just an average family guy here in my home town who keeps a low profile locally).
The best TC equation program is Bart Anderson's JAVATC.
Can crushing is a lot of fun and it is one area where I have done more than anyone else on the net. I started to write a physics paper on it supervised by Prof Blair.

Originally posted by Badge01
I love the flamethrower thing.
What's the deal with can crushing?

The flamethrowers are not real stable but it is interesting how horizontal they can remain. Easy fun.
Can crushing is easier with your hand. But no-one posts about that...

Originally posted by Badge01
Hope he'll keep us posted as to when the Discovery show will be on.
My question is, have people been doing stuff like this all along, I mean before the 'Net and people spreading this kind of thing?
Gotta love it....uh, at least from a distance. Not sure how I'd feel having a neighbor who was making lightning from our transformer or firing a scary coil in the car-port, haha.

Discovery segment will only be shown in Canada within the next few weeks assuming it goes to production. It took 15 hours to get 3 hours of video of a range of my best stuff.
People have been doing this stuff. I made my first TC in 1973 but it was very hard to get info. I think you had to use things called BOOKS. Have you heard of them. I saw one once.

Neighbours (the 10 within 1/4 mile), are a bit distant and no real problem. I invite them over once a year to see my stuf running and to keep them on side. I warn them if loud stuff will go on late like the Discovery shoot.

Originally posted by johnsky
If TDU is reading... my playing with capacitors led to my creation of my "Capacitor cannnon"... it's actually more of a shotgun / mortar... but the point is that you overcharge a ceramic capacitor fast enough that it shatters the base, superheats the center, and sends whatever is left flying out the end of the pipe... I've shredded a few tuna-fish sadwiches with it. lol

Blowing up stuff is fun. The tuna smell is not - having crushed tuna cans.

Cheers
TDU