RE: [TCML] Oregon Coilers?

["Joe Korick" <joekorick@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have been monitoring the list for some time now but have not chimed in.
I am located in the Vancouver Washington area.
I got into coiling back in the 80's and was featured in the TCBA news in
1989 with a medium powered coil.
About a year ago I decided to get back into the hobby and have been
gathering components ever since.
I now have enough parts to make quite a few coils of various sizes.
I would be interested in meeting other coil enthusiasts in the Oregon
/Washington area as well.
I would think some central / neutral location to begin with and see where it
can go from there.

Joe Korick
 

-----Original Message-----
From: tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Weinhold Shannon L
Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 11:21 AM
To: Tesla Coil Mailing List
Cc: Christopher Karr
Subject: RE: [TCML] Oregon Coilers?

Good to hear from you Bob. 
I also have quite a collection of hv transformers, and additionally have
many misc Tesla coil parts and just about every type of electronic component
under the sun...and a moderate collection of large useable triode vacuum
tubes. (450th, 250th, 304th, etc.) Some of which I am willing to trade. 
Well I think we need to get this group together. 
We could all help each other, even just by swapping parts for things we
really need. 
And the exchange of knowledge would be immensely helpful. 
I really want to build a vttc, but lack the know how to accomplish it on my
own. 
We could mentor one another in our individual fields of expertise, for
whomever finds that sort of thing rewarding. 
Is anyone sort of centralized that has a shop that would be conducive for
this sort of thing?
Shall we pick a date/location?
Everyone is welcome in my home, but I am lacking space to do actual
building. 
We can fire up the old bipolar in the living room though. (google "Special
Bipolar Tesla Coil Exhibiting Capacitive Coupling" and it will pop up)
Nothing like the sweet smell of ozone to get a party started. 



Shannon Weinhold


"The world we have created today has problems that cannot be solved by
thinking the way we thought when we created them."
-Einstein

-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Deuel [mailto:k2glo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 6:36 PM
To: Tesla Coil Mailing List
Subject: Re: [TCML] Oregon Coilers?

Hello Rick and Shannon:

I read with interest your posts regarding forming an informal group of
interested coilers in Oregon. I live in Ashland and I too would like get
something started in our area as well.

Years ago, I was also a member of TCBA and still have many of their
newsletters. Many moons ago, I built an 811A VTTC and also a 24-inch SGTC. I
never developed either one of them to their full potential. The plate
glass/printing plate capacitor shattered with a loud bang while I was
tweaking the SGTC and I never got around to replacing it. I am a ham radio
pack rat and over the years I have acquired many NSTs and MOTs and even some
very healthy plate transformers with the intention of building TCs again. I
would like to get started by building a tabletop TC and then move back up to
a larger one. I feel a group of fellow TC'ers in Oregon would be of great
help to get me spurred into TC building again.
I do occasionally get up Portland for I belong to the Northwest Vintage
Radio Society which meets in Portland once a month and I usually attend
their meetings 6-8 times a year so I could combine those trips with some TC
activity especially if it is along the I-5 corridor.

Please count me in if you find there is enough interest to get a group
started here in Oregon.

Best regards, Bob Deuel de K2GLO




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