Re: One Stop Tesla Coil Shop

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Original poster: Ben Haylett <bhaylett-at-shaw.ca> 

Mark,
My shipment of Geek Caps arrived a few days ago, and I went down to my local
electronics supplier to pick up my bleeder/equalization resistors. Guess
what? You cannot buy 10 Meg resistors in the city of Calgary! They will
order them, in packages of 2, for $1.50 a package, plus an additional $10
charge because its a special order.

The total comes to $40 for 40 half-watt bleeders, and I'd still have to wait
for the order!

I didn't realize it until today, but including those bleeder resistors with
the caps would be a great idea.

Ben
CalgaryCoiler

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Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 8:36 AM
Subject: One Stop Tesla Coil Shop


 > Original poster: Mark Broker <mbroker-at-thegeekgroup-dot-org>
 >
 > We have been considering offering items such as NSTs, variacs and magnet
 > wire - items you cannot walk into nearly any home improvement store and
 > purchase - for quite a while.  The problem is mostly logistics, cost, and
a
 > lack of product.  Simply put, we don't have sources for most of the bigger
 > components nor to winding machines for winding magnet wire onto empty
 > spools.  And then we have to ship heavy, possibly fragile items (the only
 > time I've UPSed an NST a bushing was broken off) at no small
 > expense....  And after adding up all the costs you, the buyer, could
 > probably get the parts from a nearby company or off ebay for less.
 >
 > We will start shipping bleeders with the new year - about as long as it
 > takes this close to Christmas to order and get a thousand or two
 > shipped.  Expect many extras with smaller orders ;)
 >
 > We are eager for advise, offers, contacts, etc on how to get good, quality
 > NSTs, variacs, wire and winding accessories.
 >
 > Happy Holidays,
 >
 > Mark Broker
 > Chief Engineer, The Geek Group
 >
 >
 > On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 07:44:31 -0700, Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
 >
 > >Original poster: "Richard Modistach" <hambone-at-dodo-dot-com.au>
 > >being about a new as one can get to the tesla list and coiling,
 > >from what i've read and seen on various sites bleeders are
 > >pretty much standard kit with mmc's and with the cost being so
 > >insignificant(relativly speaking) it sound like a good idea.
 > >just saves having to sourse something from somewhere else.
 > >not that it matters much to me here in aus.
 > >do you guys do copper pipe, magnet wire, pvc, ect,ect.
 > >just a thought.
 > >
 > >regards
 > >richard
 > >aus.
 >
 >
 >
 >