Tesla Coil Instructions
                                      
   Note: These are instructions for building a Tesla Coil exactly like
   the one shown on the photos page. It may be beneficial to change some
   things.
   
                                 Materials
                                      
   1. Particle board
   
   2. 4.5" PVC pipe
   
   3. 4.5" PVC flange
   
   4. 6.25" flexible duct
   
   5. 22 AWG magnet wire
   
   6. 1/4" copper tubing
   
   7. 270VA Neon transformer: 9000V Secondary; 120V Primary
   
   8. Glass wine bottles
   
   9. Salt
   
   10. RTV
   
   11. Screwable pop bottle caps
   
   12. Flat black spray paint
   
   13. Drill
   
   14. Saw
   
   15. Polyurethane
   
   16. Polyeurathane brush
   
   17. 3/4" copper pipe
   
   18. Plastic for mounting copper pipe
   
   19. Pipe cutters
   
   20. Wire cutters
   
   21. Screws
   
   22. Bolts
   
   23. Nuts
   
   24. Washers
   
   25. Screwdriver
   
   26. Wrench
   
   27. Aluminum foil
   
   28. Glass
   
   29. Electrical tape
   
   30. Blow torch
   
   31. Solder
   
   32. Flux
   
   33. Fishing line
   
   34. 14AWG High-voltage wire (15,000V)
   
   35. Ring terminals
   
   36. Multi-meter capable of measuring capacitance
   
   39. Tape measure
   
                                 Procedure
                                      
   1. Fill the 8 wine bottles with saturated salt water up to where the
   bottles start to curve. Fill the rest of the bottles up with motor
   oil. Drill a hole in the center of each pop cap and put a bolt through
   the hole upside down. Place a wire connector on the top of the caps.
   Seal the caps with RTV. Wrap the bottles in aluminum foil so that no
   salt water can be seen. Wrap electrical taped around the sides of the
   bottles. The bottoms should have foil, but no electrical tape. Build a
   box to put the eight bottles in and spray paint it flat black. The
   bottles should fit snugly. Place a piece of glass on the bottom of the
   box and put aluminum foil over it, and then put the bottles in the
   box.
   
   2. Build 6 supports for the primary coil using particle board. There
   should be a 30 degree angle of elevation, an effective height of 3.5",
   and an effective width of 6" on each one. Cut 15 grooves on the tops
   of them. Wrap the copper tubing in a spiral using the grooves.
   
   3. Wrap the 22 gauge magnet wire around the PVC pipe and put
   polyurethane over the coil.
   
   4. Make the spark gap by using RTV to put the copper pipe on the
   plastic. There should be a .03" gap between each one.
   
   5. Use the ducting to construct a toroid with a 29.2" outside
   diameter.
   
   6. Secure the primary coil, secondary coil, spark gap, capacitor box,
   and transformer to a piece of particle board. Hang the toroid from the
   piece of PVC pipe with two perpendicular pieces of fishing line.
   
   7. Wire the two circuits as shown below.