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I am finally starting to put some of our antique Tesla Coils on Youtube.  The first video, the "Fischer Cenco" is in my opinion
(and most who see it in person) to be the closest thing in efficiency to Tesla's early machines.  Its is truly remarkable machine:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xau02f7lkSM

Another video of interest are artifacts from our Kinraide adventure.  There are photos of the hidden passages where
we found the remains of Kinraide's Tesla Coils built from 1897-1899.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcfK0K6c3qs

I am also narrating a few of my projects:
The recent combination Pancake / Cylindrical lecture coil:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajUZB3STLkM&feature=channel

Testing a Pancake Coil of 700 turns:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dncRD4tksuA&feature=channel

Static Electric Tesla Effects, Tesla Lightning:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d73TVlqVTaE

Flaming Arcs:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xdv3BTH4-zo&feature=related

Now with a baby I have less time for projects.  But filming antique coils might be a great way to further share
some things.  Some great Tesla experiments can be done with these early coils, and reproducing them is not too difficult.
One video for the near future will be single wire lighting of incandescent lamps, using the human body for a return circuit.  Or demonstrating how to cook beef with a surgical Tesla Coil...
(Anyone who owns Michael Krause's "All About Tesla:  The Research" DVD can hear my cat throwing up steak in the background that was cooked this way.  When we weren't looking, she stole a thick chunk of meat from a plate and made it vanish...unfortunately it reappeared later on, on the rug!)


Jeff

A new addition, a 12 minute video outlining the internal and external components of a typical
1920s Surgical Tesla Coil:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anAWNvak5I0

This particular model, the H. G. Fischer Type G, was one of the most famous and useful
medical Tesla Coils.  No quackery here, this one was used for actual surgical procedures,
namely for coagulating and cutting (for removal) of cancerous tissues in such a way to avoid
the spreading of the disease from excessive bleeding.  As the cutting electrodes plunge into
the tissues, the blood vessels were sealed as they were cut.  This allowed a clean incision for
removal of the cysts... 
Jeff