Nottingham Gaussfest 2006
a UK Teslathon exibiting a collection of home made tesla coils
My (Derek Woodroffe) Small DRSSTC |
My SSTC with a Strontium Nitrate covered breakout |
My SSTC with a Sodium Cloride covered breakout |
My Brick OLTC |
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Melvin Bennetts Compact DRSSTC |
Not bad sparks for the first time on Full Mains. |
Martin Dale Tests his new Balast & Pole Pig |
Martins Coil Gave some good arcs |
All mostly in the right direction |
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With Minor damage |
Easily repaired with the loss of 6 turns to the secondary. |
And the coil lived again with Excelent 6'-7' arcs |
All Mostly in the Wrong Direction. |
A 10 second exposure, note a total lack of arcs to the earthed rod. |
Mark Hales brought a large selection of gas filled tubes |
and decorative |
Flowers |
Roses |
Flamingos |
Figurines |
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And a couple of Plasma Globes |
Of different sizes |
Mike Harrison brought his high speed camera |
and his "destructotron" Cap bank. |
First attempt at breaking a pint glass |
Second attempt |
The third attempt was successfull. Mike captured this and many other "events" on his high speed camera. Take a look here |
Philip Strauss brought a SGTC |
Which was very nicely constructed |
with every peice polished!! |
and a pretty good performer too. |