Wow, Look at that floor space!
When I grow up,
I'm gonna have a shop just like Ed's!
Tesla Coils built by Ed Wingate
Ed is in the process of building a web page. He graciously let me display some of his photos until his page is online.
Ed's Lab.
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Ed's Asynchronous Rotary Spark Gap
(ASRG)
Ed is well known in the Tesla
Community for his precision balanced G10 rotary spark gaps. Here are a
couple of examples.
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 --Ed's Description-- I use Graingers #2M145 which is a 1/2 HP 0-10000 RPM, ball bearing, AC-DC 120V Universal motor with a 3/8" shaft. The current price from Graingers is $128.40. They aren't cheap, but I have used this motor on dozens of 10" rotary gaps I have built for myself and others with zero problems. Although these motors will run an either AC or DC, they run much cooler on DC. |
 --Ed's Description-- G-10
is absolutely the best and safest material with which to build a rotor. I
dead stopped a 1/2" X 11" G-10 rotor in less than a second, in a
3600 RPM 2HP synchronous gap by shearing off the 1/2" solid tungsten
electrodes and the rotor only had minor cracks around the electrode holes.
The 5/8" motor shaft was bent, as were my nerves, but the rotor
survived. |
Ed's Twin Tesla Coil
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Ed's Magnifier and Power Supply Circuitry
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Ed Wingate may be reached at ewing7@rochester.rr.com
Let me know if you have any problems with the page, ross-o@mindspring.com
