So... I made a Tesla Coil

[fvgazi]

My buddy and I like to work on projects. Neither of us have backgrounds in electronics or physics, but we wanted to make lightning. Naturally we decided to make a Tesla Coil

Here was our result.
http://bigryguy.tumblr.com/post/1603839 ... il-footage

**edit*
Direct Youtube link.
http://youtu.be/VkSIlcsuLO4

Maybe it was black because I had the video set for "unlisted" rather than public? I changed it to public, which is the default.

[Ziggy]

The link isn't working for me, but cool!

[Hobie-wan]

I also get a big black nothing for the video. I await it's repair.

[fvgazi]

Here's a youtube link instead of my blog.
http://youtu.be/VkSIlcsuLO4

[Ziggy]

Haha, nice!

Kinda reminds me... any one ever get too close to a CRT with tinsel?

[Hobie-wan]

Sweet.

[fvgazi]

Haha, nice!

Kinda reminds me... any one ever get too close to a CRT with tinsel?

I don't know if they'd still be around to tell the tale.

[aaron]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ6oXRo2ECw

[Erik_Twice]

Tesla Coils are the most awesome machines ever made, good job! You are making me jealous because mine never worked

Haha, nice!

Kinda reminds me... any one ever get too close to a CRT with tinsel?

I don't know if they'd still be around to tell the tale.

You can power Ion Motos by plugging a cable to a tin shield on top of a CRT =P

EDIT:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ6oXRo2ECw

There's a video where one judge press her buzzer in two or three seconds and looks like a moron when the coils start running

[fvgazi]

Thanks for the support, guys! We were actually thinking of turning it into a guitar amp like in that video.

Firstly we are going to shock various things with it.