So... I made a Tesla Coil

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So... I made a Tesla Coil

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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.
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The link isn't working for me, but cool!
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I also get a big black nothing for the video. I await it's repair. :mrgreen:
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Here's a youtube link instead of my blog.
http://youtu.be/VkSIlcsuLO4
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Haha, nice!

Kinda reminds me... any one ever get too close to a CRT with tinsel?
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Sweet.
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Ziggy587 wrote: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. :wink:
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Tesla Coils are the most awesome machines ever made, good job! You are making me jealous because mine never worked :lol:
fvgazi wrote:
Ziggy587 wrote: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. :wink:
You can power Ion Motos by plugging a cable to a tin shield on top of a CRT =P

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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 :lol:
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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. :wink:
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