Physics

Spark gap tesla coil are definitely one of the scariest you can make. Not only are they super illegal, but they’re also very dangerous and violent. I made 3, and they’re soooooo cool. They also absolutely rust the heck out of the spark gaps on account of the excessive amounts of ozone generation. I have them powered from various size flyback generators. Since its a pulsed power source, the resonance calculations are not as important meaning its not too difficult to scrap one together without a ton of analysis.

This flyback generator was used to create super high voltages for some other interesting projects like the plasma vortex.

Your body has lots of capacitance! The idea of this theremin is that a bistable oscillator can use your capacitance to affect the frequency of a note, pretty cool!

Spark gap tesla coil are definitely one of the scariest you can make. Not only are they super illegal, but they’re also very dangerous and violent. I made 3, and they’re soooooo cool. They also absolutely rust the heck out of the spark gaps on account of the excessive amounts of ozone generation. I have them powered from various size flyback generators. Since its a pulsed power source, the resonance calculations are not as important meaning its not too difficult to scrap one together without a ton of analysis.

Spark gap tesla coil are definitely one of the scariest you can make. Not only are they super illegal, but they’re also very dangerous and violent. I made 3, and they’re soooooo cool. They also absolutely rust the heck out of the spark gaps on account of the excessive amounts of ozone generation. I have them powered from various size flyback generators. Since its a pulsed power source, the resonance calculations are not as important meaning its not too difficult to scrap one together without a ton of analysis.