Pictures from the 9th Uk Teslathon, Cambridge.

[MaxuS the 2nd]

Thought that I'd just share a few pictures from the 9th Uk Teslathon..













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This is how I'm getting on with mine..
Have done lots more work since this photo was taken though.. That box is just a mock-up for a clear acrylic one instead. The strike rail is also a size mock-up.

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[jrrdw]

Going to make some lighting are you Max? If some one wants to impress me with one of these, I want the arc to be 2 inchs in diameter and 100 yards long! Controled that is.......

[mark.f]

The guy with the piece of pipe and the wool cloth looks so out of place...

[starman]

Very cool Max!! I've contemplated building one of these for literally dozens of years....good on ya!!

Looks like you're well on your way there. Keep us posted on your progress.

[jrrdw]

What is it going to cost you to completed project?

[MaxuS the 2nd]

It shoild cost a further £150 ($300) or so to finish..Most expensive components are the capacitors. Ridiculously expensive, even by eBay standards.

[littlebro05]

Seeing, that makes me want to put that up a spudgun's back hole and turning it on for the explosion... If you touch do you like get injured?

[Hotwired]

The guy with the piece of pipe and the wool cloth looks so out of place...

Looks like he's just polishing his rod to stick into that high voltage generator beside him.

Where was this anyways? I'm in Cambridge myself.

[MaxuS the 2nd]

It was right next to the Cambridge Museum of Technology.

http://www.cam.net.uk/home/steam/

That's a Wimshurst Generator, it creates an electrostatic charge by rubbing two Acrylic discs against eachother.
He's attempting to introduce electrons onto the two discs by creating a negative charge on the pole, just like how you rub a balloon on your jumper.

One guy, Nick..His Solid State Tesla Coil went a bit hay-wire and a streamer hit his hand. Burnt a hole right from one side of his palm to the other.

They're called High Frequency Burns. I'm not sure what would happen on a Spark Gap Tesla Coil, probably the same thing I imagine..

[mark.f]

I'm a little too familiar with high-frequency burns. I still couldn't imagine getting one all the way through my hand, though.

EDIT - and maxus, I know what he was doing. I'm just saying it looks a little out of place/funny in the middle of all the other experiments.

[Hotwired]

Burnt a hole right from one side of his palm to the other.

WTF

An actual hole? Jeez, bet that stung a bit.

[jonnyboy]

I think he means two burns from one zap. Not a real hole.

[MaxuS the 2nd]

I think he means two burns from one zap. Not a real hole.

On the contrary..

A very small hole from side to the other. Only through a small amount of skin, but a hole none-the-less.

[jackssmirkingrevenge]

Looks like he's just polishing his rod

Describing it that way makes it sound even more dodgy

[jonnyboy]

I think he means two burns from one zap. Not a real hole.

On the contrary..

A very small hole from side to the other. Only through a small amount of skin, but a hole none-the-less.

OUCH I thought it just burned both sides.