Wow…I never knew you guys would consider featuring this project since I assumed this place recieved dozens of good submissions each day. Big thanks, Hack A Day! To anyone who wasn’t featured yet, I really hope you’ll eventually get your time too!

For anyone who wants to read the journal-report, here is the link to it: http://relay.plasmafire.org/?page_id=22

Posted at 12:48 am on Nov 30th, 2006 by PlasmaFire

You know, Lately I’ve seen a lot of tesla coil projects. It’s swiftly becoming the ‘potato clock’ of the science fair (so-to-speak).

Maybe I’m just not appreciating the science behind it as much as I should, and focusing too much on the commonality.

This project is one of the better ones I’ve seen in terms of asthetics so that’s like +2 points. :-)

-White

Posted at 9:38 am on Nov 30th, 2006 by whitephatt

what is a “franceformer”? is it some weird connection to the eiffel tower that mysteriously ups voltages? lol

Posted at 10:27 am on Nov 30th, 2006 by michael

Nice job. i’m a sucker for anything hv ;-)

#3, franceformer is a brand name of nst (neon sign tranxformer), usually regarded as high quality.

now waiting for all the arsonphobic wuss girlie ‘hackers’ to show up and whine about the danger of this thing, it being able to catch stuff on fire and not ul listed and all…

Posted at 10:48 am on Nov 30th, 2006 by agent420

This reminds me of the stuff Doctor Julius Sumner Miller would do on the various TV programs that featured his remarkable, wonderful work.

Perhaps a bit of a side journey, but Dr. Miller did quite a bit with magnetism and electricity.
Please watch and enjoy:
http://www.abc.net.au/science/features/whyisitso/

Posted at 11:26 am on Nov 30th, 2006 by strider_mt2k

http://www.thegleam.com/ke5fx/tesla.html is an oooooold project (1988!), but was a lot beefier. Good pics, check ‘em out. 1.5 million volts, 20 inch diameter, more than 6ft high, and lots of build details.

Posted at 4:15 pm on Nov 30th, 2006 by Dewi Morgan

Normal nst and spark gap coils are so last century…

DRSSTC’s and the brand spanking new SISG coils are all the craze now.
http://drsstc.com/~sisg/SISG.pdf

But for a highschooler that isn’t all that bad ;)

Posted at 7:17 pm on Nov 30th, 2006 by ...

Listen this is very dangerous, and I demand a warning about it be put up right now!
But seriously, tesla coils are my secret love, so I’m quite happy to see this.

Posted at 12:18 am on Dec 1st, 2006 by vkeios

Re #7… good call. i was going to mention that as well. in addition to being more efficient, the hv waveforms are apparently safer as well. i’m definatley giving it a shot!

Posted at 6:03 am on Dec 1st, 2006 by agent420