Re: W.W.T. 2009 (Western Winter Teslathon 2009)
Finn Hammer, Mon Aug 25 2008, 08:41PM

Chris,

I have made up my mind, 2009 is the year when I will attend the leading teslathon in the US, The Western Winter Teslathon.

Apart from shooting sparks,
I want to rev up a harley, I want to fire a 38 in a corral, I want to buy a hat that will start a fight in a Texas bar...
And see the grand canyon, monument valley as well as the boulder dam.

I want to check out if those diners I saw on film really exist.

My wife is coming too, and we have 2 weeks to do good with.


Untill then, cheers, Finn Hammer

Re: W.W.T. 2009 (Western Winter Teslathon 2009)
Ken M., Mon Aug 25 2008, 10:47PM

HAha I'd say ou'd be a bit ard presed to find one of those diners, but you might get lucky.

Re: W.W.T. 2009 (Western Winter Teslathon 2009)
Dr. Drone, Mon Aug 25 2008, 11:14PM

Re: W.W.T. 2009 (Western Winter Teslathon 2009)
Finn Hammer, Wed Aug 27 2008, 08:04PM


Hahaha! Rattle snake for dinner! I can hardly write this, the drool is flooding my keyboard. I am on 100%, make a reservation right now!

Man, The wild west sure sounds exciting.

Cheers, Finn Hammer

Re: W.W.T. 2009 (Western Winter Teslathon 2009)
Herr Zapp, Sun Aug 31 2008, 04:26AM

Finn -

I also plan on attending WWT-09, and really hope you can make it. It would be great to meet you in the flesh after all these years. WWT-08 was absolutely spectacular, and WWT-09 should be even better. If you're drooling at the thought of a steaming plate of rattlesnake, wait to you see Henry's lab/workshop!

Scott Hanson

Re: W.W.T. 2009 (Western Winter Teslathon 2009)
Dr Hankenstein, Sun Aug 31 2008, 08:43PM

Sounds like a good time to me!

Re: W.W.T. 2009 (Western Winter Teslathon 2009)
Dr. Drone, Mon Sept 01 2008, 05:57PM

Re: W.W.T. 2009 (Western Winter Teslathon 2009)
Finn Hammer, Tue Sept 02 2008, 06:03AM

Bought the tickets the other day, nothing can stop me now.
Ditto



Cheers, Finn hammer

Re: W.W.T. 2009 (Western Winter Teslathon 2009)
Dr. Drone, Thu Dec 04 2008, 10:52PM

Re: W.W.T. 2009 (Western Winter Teslathon 2009)
Chris Russell, Fri Dec 05 2008, 12:59AM

Removed one post here. Any personal discussion needs to happen via private message, or not at all. This thread is for discussion of the Western Winter Teslathon 2009 event.

Re: W.W.T. 2009 (Western Winter Teslathon 2009)
Turkey9, Fri Dec 05 2008, 02:34AM

Is this Teslathon open to everyone or do you need to have an amazing working tesla coil? I live in southwestern Colorado and might be able to make it... but I don't have an impressive tesla coil... I just want to see all the other amazing ones in person!

Re: W.W.T. 2009 (Western Winter Teslathon 2009)
Dr. Drone, Fri Dec 05 2008, 02:48AM

Re: W.W.T. 2009 (Western Winter Teslathon 2009)
Arcstarter, Fri Dec 05 2008, 02:54AM

Hahaha Thank goodness. Make sure you don't chnge your mind and leave, that would be devastating. I mean seriously, the world has a tendency to implode when people named Chris stop talking on places called 4hv.

I would like to rsvp, but i am not so sure i can come yet. BTW, thought you should know, when i spell checked RSVP it came up as versa :P.

Re: W.W.T. 2009 (Western Winter Teslathon 2009)
Dr. Drone, Mon Dec 08 2008, 11:33PM

Re: W.W.T. 2009 (Western Winter Teslathon 2009)
Anon01, Tue Dec 09 2008, 03:54PM

I'm the one that contacted you about bringing the 10kva, so far the only limitation is the ballasts. I've ran it at 20kva for about 10 seconds before the ballasts get pretty warm, amazing though.. :P
20j per shot at 240bps.

That's great to hear that the Discovery channel might be showing up. I'll be sure to whip up these SSTCs and the audio modulated VTTCs, possibly a couple DRs.

Good stuff,
Thanks,
--Sam

Re: W.W.T. 2009 (Western Winter Teslathon 2009)
Dr. Drone, Tue Dec 09 2008, 07:38PM

Re: W.W.T. 2009 (Western Winter Teslathon 2009)
bob golding, Tue Dec 09 2008, 11:16PM

hi chris,
i have done a few things for discovery over here in the UK. they have quite a bit of experience working with Tesla coils. i have only worked with UK directors of course but their production values are very high and they should be able to get some good footage. did a shoot for them a couple of months ago called raging planet 2. should be out sometime next year. got some really good slomo shots of bark being blown off a tree with an exploding wire cap bank. would love to come but its along swim from the UK,then there's the walk as well:-D

cheers
bob golding
hvfx

Re: W.W.T. 2009 (Western Winter Teslathon 2009)
Andyman, Wed Dec 10 2008, 05:24PM

Do you already have me and my dad RSVP'd? If not, we're coming. I'm bringing my new 4.5" and 1.25" coil.

Re: W.W.T. 2009 (Western Winter Teslathon 2009)
Dr. Drone, Wed Dec 10 2008, 06:00PM

Re: W.W.T. 2009 (Western Winter Teslathon 2009)
Steve Ward, Sun Dec 14 2008, 04:26PM

Go for a world record: largest number of operating tesla coils in one room! Maybe get a big pic of them all firing off .

Re: W.W.T. 2009 (Western Winter Teslathon 2009)
Tom540, Mon Dec 15 2008, 07:08PM

Hehe if there's enough juice to power them all at once.

Re: W.W.T. 2009 (Western Winter Teslathon 2009)
Dr. Drone, Tue Dec 30 2008, 05:32PM

Re: W.W.T. 2009 (Western Winter Teslathon 2009)
Dr Hankenstein, Wed Jan 28 2009, 01:17AM

Arizona Teslathon Announcement

Greetings,

It is my pleasure to announce the fourth annual Western Winter Teslathon here in Arizona. This years’ focus will be on VTTC coils as Dr. Spark will be auditioning the mother of all tube coils….Quadzilla, a beauty indeed to behold! Of coarse, we expect all types of coils in the line-up. This years challenge is “He who has the oldest VTTC”..the oldest so far is an old 811A “rat coil” built in 1979…still running with JAN WWII vintage tubes!

Lots of solid state, spark gap and music modulated coils will be displayed as well as other interesting HV apparatus. If you’ve got it, bring it!

As always, this is an RSVP only event. Please RSVP at:

Re: W.W.T. 2009 (Western Winter Teslathon 2009)
Dr. Drone, Wed Jan 28 2009, 03:21AM

Re: W.W.T. 2009 (Western Winter Teslathon 2009)
Dr. Drone, Sun Feb 01 2009, 08:09AM

Re: W.W.T. 2009 (Western Winter Teslathon 2009)
Dr. Drone, Sat Feb 28 2009, 04:34PM

Re: W.W.T. 2009 (Western Winter Teslathon 2009)
Angstrom, Sun Mar 01 2009, 01:09AM

Can't wait for this!

Re: W.W.T. 2009 (Western Winter Teslathon 2009)
Dr Hankenstein, Sun Mar 01 2009, 05:46AM

Wow! I can't wait. We're gonna be puttin' the fire in the wire!!!!!!!!!!

Re: W.W.T. 2009 (Western Winter Teslathon 2009)
Chris Russell, Sun Mar 08 2009, 04:26AM

How did it go? I can't wait to see the pictures.

Re: W.W.T. 2009 (Western Winter Teslathon 2009)
Arcstarter, Sun Mar 08 2009, 05:29AM

How did it go? I cant wait to see the pics neither! Man, it is so depressing and disappointing i didn't get to go.

Re: W.W.T. 2009 (Western Winter Teslathon 2009)
Zorink, Sun Mar 08 2009, 07:07AM

I just got back and it was amazing! I'll post some pics tomorrow. Right now I'm still in shock because I found out Dr. Spark lives about 2 miles away from me

Huge thanks to everyone who set this up, I can't wait for next year!



edit: Here are my pics

Re: W.W.T. 2009 (Western Winter Teslathon 2009)
Angstrom, Sun Mar 08 2009, 07:32AM

Fantastic, well worth the trip. Should hopefully have pictures and videos up eventually.

Re: W.W.T. 2009 (Western Winter Teslathon 2009)
Finn Hammer, Sun Mar 08 2009, 09:12PM

All,
I flew all the way from Denmark to attend this Thon, but frankly, take it from me, It sucked big time.

Just kidding :o)

The audio modulation was awesome, the realtime sax played trough Dr. Woo's modulator on Dr. Spark's bipolar was fantastic. Santana came trough real clear too.

We had a blast, lots of celebs around, and This sure is the 'thon to go to.

Everybody are going to go potty over the SS stuff, so here is a pic of Henry's old classical tesla coil



Cheers, Finn Hammer

Arh hell, you all want it, so here goes:

Re: W.W.T. 2009 (Western Winter Teslathon 2009)
Phillip Slawinski, Mon Mar 09 2009, 04:36AM

This Teslathon ROCKED!!! Quite literally. Even Jeff Parisse joined in on the rocking by playing the drums alongside Little Red and the Bipolar coil. I had a great time meeting all the big name coilers and getting to see all the awesome coils there. The timing of this event couldn't be better, it's well distanced from any other teslathon, so it's easy to go to. I will definitely be going back next year! The only thing that could have made it better for me is if I got my little DRSSTC running, but that was my own fault.

Here are a few of my best shots from the 'thon. You can see the rest of them on my flickr page.





My favorite image is the last one in this series. You have to zoom in for the full effect. The expression on Chris's face is priceless.

By the way, thanks Chris and Henry for having us all over. The teslathon was great, and I look forward to next year!

Re: W.W.T. 2009 (Western Winter Teslathon 2009)
Dr. Drone, Mon Mar 09 2009, 09:09AM

Re: W.W.T. 2009 (Western Winter Teslathon 2009)
coillah, Mon Mar 09 2009, 12:07PM

Wow guys, these pics are amazing. It looks like a lot of fun. I am definetly hitting the next thon up... maybe.

Dr. Spark you must have had quite a time showing off your coils! Wish I could have seen them..

Re: W.W.T. 2009 (Western Winter Teslathon 2009)
Andyman, Mon Mar 09 2009, 05:03PM

Man what a blast! I had so much fun this weekend! I met a few "science celebrities" which was just awesome. This thon put the last one to shame! I already can't wait for next year!

Re: W.W.T. 2009 (Western Winter Teslathon 2009)
Dr. Drone, Tue Mar 10 2009, 02:31AM

Re: W.W.T. 2009 (Western Winter Teslathon 2009)
StevenCaton, Tue Mar 10 2009, 03:29AM

After a full day of driving home (back to CA) I can now post a whole bunch of pics. The thon was fantastic. (it was my first one I've been to) Enjoyed watching Chris' bipolar. They had it hooked up to a saxaphone!!! Quadzilla was awesome, probably the "coolest looking" coil I've seen. The power from Quadzilla was incredible. Chris practically melted the end of a screwdriver which served as the breakout point. Fatboy was incredible as well. That is one powerful coil. I was stunned at how long those streamers were, and I don't even think Chris had it a full power either. I learned a whole lot too!
Comments go down the page in order.

1.Heres me setting up my twin SGTC system.
2.Heres the humungous SGTC.
3.The whole gang
4.Heres me in front of the monster
5.Another pic of me setting up my twin system
6.Heres Andy's SGTC. He did a good job. Real clean construction. Good work Andy!
7.Snuck up on Chris while he was preparing a midi file for the Bipolar

Re: W.W.T. 2009 (Western Winter Teslathon 2009)
ScotchTapeLord, Tue Mar 10 2009, 03:30AM

I have to go next year... What a show!

Re: W.W.T. 2009 (Western Winter Teslathon 2009)
Dr. Drone, Tue Mar 10 2009, 06:55AM

Re: W.W.T. 2009 (Western Winter Teslathon 2009)
Herr Zapp, Wed Mar 11 2009, 12:09AM

As expected, WWT '09 was stunningly spectacular.

Where else on the planet could you get the full experience of seeing/hearing/smelling/feeling the world's largest audio-modulated bipolar DRSSTC, the world's post powerful VTTC, one of the world's biggest & best performing unipolar DRSSTCs, a huge pig-fed RSG coil (with the world's biggest spun aluminum toroid in TC service), and dozens of other coils and HV displays of all types and sizes, all under one roof?

Many thanks to Drs. Spark and Hankenstein, their spouses, and all the other contributors who worked very hard to make this world-class event possible.

Regards,
Herr Zapp

Re: W.W.T. 2009 (Western Winter Teslathon 2009)
Dr. Drone, Mon Mar 16 2009, 07:48AM

Re: W.W.T. 2009 (Western Winter Teslathon 2009)
vasil, Mon Mar 16 2009, 05:07PM

Incredible power!
I am definitivly hooked by tube coils now...

Re: W.W.T. 2009 (Western Winter Teslathon 2009)
Dr. Drone, Mon Mar 23 2009, 06:46AM

Re: W.W.T. 2009 (Western Winter Teslathon 2009)
Bennem, Mon Mar 23 2009, 07:56AM

....."Great Sax by Henry's Dad".....

Phew!...glad i read that right!...hehe!

Some GREAT videos you got there!
I soooo wish i could have been there!
i'll have to start saving up.

All the best Chris,

Mel

Re: W.W.T. 2009 (Western Winter Teslathon 2009)
Dr Hankenstein, Mon Apr 27 2009, 04:08AM

Another video of the WWT2009 Teslathon has been released on youtube, and this baby rocks!



Hank

Re: W.W.T. 2009 (Western Winter Teslathon 2009)
RogerInOhio, Mon Apr 27 2009, 07:30PM

Great pictures, Quadzilla looks totally awesome ! Henry is going to have to build a bigger building for next year.

Roger

Re: W.W.T. 2009 (Western Winter Teslathon 2009)
Coronafix, Mon Apr 27 2009, 09:45PM

What impressed me was the sound from Quadzilla, that thing growls!

Re: W.W.T. 2009 (Western Winter Teslathon 2009)
Dr. Drone, Tue Apr 28 2009, 05:11AM

Re: W.W.T. 2009 (Western Winter Teslathon 2009)
StevenCaton, Wed Apr 29 2009, 01:52AM

Excellent video Dr. Hank Thanks for starting the video with my coil!

Yes, Henry’s lab has become to small for FATBOY as at full power it goes for the 20 foot ceiling insulation!

Good news however, we have booked a School Auditorium, one of those inside baseball thingies with a stage…………..bigger band can play next year.

Yes, it was slightly packed in there. It would be great to have a larger place.

Book your flights early and save mucho $$$$$$$$$$$!

I'll be there for sure next year. It was really funny how two days after the Teslathon, people were saying "I can't wait for next year." One week after the Teslathon, Chris posted his variac project and said "Time to work on projects for the WWT 2010." The funny thing is, even I have the WWT 2010 in mind when I work on coils now. The Teslathon definitely adds more meaning to our projects now, as it is a place to show them off indeed. I won't be *slapping* any coils together now either. After seeing the work of others, namely Chris (big surprise there), I have decided that quality is the all around winner. (if one can afford it of course) Taking the extra time to make the coil beautiful and of top quality makes it safer, yields better results, and earns more respect from fellow coilers. Its an all around winner.

Good luck to all those who are working on projects for the WWT 2010!