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Tom540

Fri Oct 26 2007, 09:01PM

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Tesladownunder wrote ...

No-one commented on how close I was to the TC in the last of my photos above.

I didn't comment but I was thinking that. I figured hey hes not getting hit so I suppose hes not too close. Sometimes I get too close to mine while testing. Got a shock from topload and through my hand that was holding the primary with pliers to test different tap points. I knw it's not too safe, but it was running off 60 volts only.

Tesladownunder

Sun Nov 04 2007, 02:22PM

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At last, after a full day of setup and construction with improvements, then multiple outtakes and a camera failure after the first successful shot.
Not perfect and a hundred things that could be better but this is the one that is going out there and is completely unaltered, not even cropping or exposure just reduced resolution for the web. Exposure is 17.9 seconds.

The techniques not used before on the net with Tesla coils include:
1 the long sparks drawn out by a wire. In fact 2 different wires/lines to be pulled sequentially.
2 The yellow sparks in some with the rotating filter.

So here it is comrade:

TDU

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Spedy

Sun Nov 04 2007, 03:48PM

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Wow, that looks COOL. Now if you could get ALL the sparks yellow, with nothing else yellow.

Tesladownunder

Sun Nov 04 2007, 04:01PM

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Spedy wrote ...

Now if you could get ALL the sparks yellow, with nothing else yellow.

I can do that but that's not how the RA coil is shown. It probably could have increased the yellow to 50% rather than the 25% as at present.

TDU

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ragnar

Sun Nov 04 2007, 04:39PM

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Tesladownunder wrote ...

So here it is comrade:

TDU

Ha, BRILLIANT! I was worrying about the clarity you'd get with a night exposure and whether it would show up the cardboard tesla trooper... that's fantastic!

The illusion is complete! It gives a perfect impression of your coil raising total utter hell in your yard -- even the communist cops a shoulderful!

Would I guess the yellow spark isn't as prominent as you'd want? I'll add that the glow created by the spark gap by no means detracts from the photo -- the radiating white brilliance masks the primary and stand... and makes the engineer look adventurous

A great result! Two questions:
A) How did you perfect the illumination of the victim/target? Is it aimed to reflect light from the sparkgap into the camera, saturating the CCD?

B) Are all communists that fat? :D

Tesladownunder

Sun Nov 04 2007, 05:18PM

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Matt Bingham wrote ...

I'll add that the glow created by the spark gap by no means detracts from the photo.
Two questions:
A) How did you perfect the illumination of the victim/target? B) Are all communists that fat? :D

I forgot the black cloth cover for the TC after spending the whole day setting up. But it does give an impression of a lot of power and overall has more impact than the original.
I forgot to shoot RAW pics as well.
Unfortunately after multiple runs and a succession of camera, equipment and human failures it was about 10:30 pm and it is a bit unsociable to run a big TC on a still night even in a semirural area. Each failed run means I have to spend about 10 mins rotating the drum to rewind the line some 10 feet in the air. It is full stretch on the second top ladder rung.
Normally I would correct the problems and reshoot. Because it takes so long to setup, I couldn't do this until next weekend so this will have to do.
Are the communists obese? No they are solid from a diet of Borscht and Vodka and working in the salt mines. (actually they are only 4 ft and are wearing my clothes)

The target is simply covered with normal photocopy paper. I figured the spark UV at close range would give an enhanced glow (just like a Nitrogen laser)

TDU

Firnagzen

Mon Nov 05 2007, 09:06AM

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"They are wearing my clothes." Y'know, that's a rathe unfortunate remark, it implies that you are obese.

Anyway, I have to say that is an amazing piece of work, even incomplete!

ragnar

Mon Nov 05 2007, 09:12AM

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Firnagzen wrote ...

"They are wearing my clothes." Y'know, that's a rathe unfortunate remark, it implies that you are obese.

Anyway, I have to say that is an amazing piece of work, even incomplete!

Nope, the commies just look chubby cuz they're only four feet tall.

Just curious Peter, will you be taking another shoot? It's worth waiting a week to get it a few steps closer to perfect..

Tesladownunder

Mon Nov 05 2007, 11:05PM

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Matt Bingham wrote ...

.... will you be taking another shoot?

Probably not. The photo is already out there getting 800 hits per hour to my site. If you notice a 4HV slowdown in the next few days it might be hits for this to the 1121.org site.

Time to move on to another project. I have a huge list and I've got to get something for Christmas...

TDU

Ken M.

Mon Nov 05 2007, 11:44PM

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Perhaps a TC Xmas tree with multiple sequencing breakout points?

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