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Arcstarter

Wed Aug 27 2008, 12:52AM

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Well, i am short on money so i figured i would do what i do best, make electronics and tesla coil and sell it over ebay. I have not started making them yet and i still need to start learning how to sell on my ebay account, but i wanted some opinions.

Would anyone here purchase(like i said not yet selling, just opinions) a nicely made ne555 oscillator on a circuit board, homemade cheap but effective rotary spark gaps, small 2 inch diameter tesla coil secondaries, maybe variable power supplies and homemade transparency capacitors for marx generators and stuff maybe even tesla coils made to specifications.

Thanks for any opinions!

rp181

Wed Aug 27 2008, 02:05AM

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i dont think anyone will buy homemade parts, but assembled circuits from commercial parts maybey.

Arcstarter

Wed Aug 27 2008, 02:42AM

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rp181 wrote ...

i dont think anyone will buy homemade parts, but assembled circuits from commercial parts maybey.

Yea, i kinda figured that, but hey, you gotta ask before you really know. Thanks for the answer.

uzzors2k

Wed Aug 27 2008, 07:54PM

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I'm fairly sure secondaries of various sizes would sell fine. If you made electronics kits those would go too, say a PCB with the components in a bag ready to solder.

Arcstarter

Thu Aug 28 2008, 02:49AM

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Uzzors wrote ...

I'm fairly sure secondaries of various sizes would sell fine. If you made electronics kits those would go too, say a PCB with the components in a bag ready to solder.

Thanks! That gives me hope that i can make a little bit of money. I thought the whole idea may have been stupid, but if i make say 100 bucks in a few months i would consider that a HUGE success.

flannelhead

Thu Aug 28 2008, 11:20AM

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Hmmm... a finely varnished well-made TC secondary would be something very attractive. When making the items, pay attention on the professional look of them. The more pro they look, the more attractive are they.

That's certainly not a bad idea you've gotten about homemade electronics items. I wonder if those might sell here in Finland if I made some...

Weston

Sat Aug 30 2008, 08:11PM

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how much would transparency capacitors be?

Seoul_lasers

Mon Sept 01 2008, 08:17AM

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Weston wrote ...

how much would transparency capacitors be?

not much because they will not last very long.

Secondaries are more attractive IF they are made well!

quicksilver

Tue Sept 02 2008, 05:02PM

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I've spoken with the people at information unlimited on many occasion. The things that are back ordered are exactly those handmade items! Toroid and TC secondaries. They actually had gone through different suppliers of 2nd-ary coils because some of them were loose and generally not up to standard. I think wound secondary coils could almost be a little sideline business! There is no question that something like a Mazilli driver kit w/ a nice PCB would sell.

Arcstarter

Wed Sept 03 2008, 03:06AM

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Weston wrote ...

how much would transparency capacitors be?

Well, i would probably sell a nicely made one for maybe 3-10 bucks, depending on the amount of transparencies used. If i used one transparency i would probably charge more like 5 bucks(transparencies are EXPENSIVE!) plus shipping. I never really thought these would sell, so i never really thought i should even suggest it. I do not yet know how to receive money from paypal, so that kinda gets in the way of things, otherwise i would just sell stuff on this forum. I and going to make myself a rsg soon and depending on how good it work i may sell them for about 100 (maybe more) dollars. It would be that much because a good motor would cost quite a bit(20 or more dollars for a good one) the nuts are 40 cents each(that is 6 bucks) and the threaded rod is 3 bucks and the plastic for the disk is prolly pretty expensive. And it takes quite awhile to get everything balanced and correct.

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