The Construction

In the following photos I had used gathered materials that could be found at the local hardware store and ebay was a huge help. I will include some websites that were also very helpful in the construction of my Tesla coil. The first photo has the naked secondary coil and the toroid that has not been constructed yet.



In Figure 1 I have the secondary coil. Also, I used my skateboard to attach the secondary in which I hand spun 1492 turns which took about 3 days and was very difficult. The dimensions of the secondary are 2.5 ft tall and 3 inches wide.

Figure 1



Figure 2 is the finished secondary coil. I used 24 gauge enamel coated copper wire that I bought off of ebay for about 32.00 dollars. There was 1600' on the spool.

Figure 2

Figure 3 is of the construction of the toroid which was supposed to act a as a capacitor and instead it was acting like a giant insulator. You can buy one of these on ebay which I recommend. The ebay store Tesla Stuff is where I found a lot of my equipment. Or, you can build one which really is about the same price. Just go to Home Depot or Lowe's and get air conditioning duct. Wrap it around an insulator like wood, which is a great insulator. Use a band saw or something to cut a circle at the desired width.

Figure 3

Figure 4 is of the stand which houses the entire apparatus. I was using a terrible design in the range of an old coffee table and in table to house the primary and secondary coil. Once I got enough money I purchased the wood for the correct housing. Using ideas off of the internet, I then crafted my own design.

Figure 4

Figure 5 is a close up shot of the primary holding slate. This was a very tedious job but, it worked out great. I used a band saw and hand drill. The holes are for using zip ties to hold the primary coil in place. So, if I really need to break it down, all that has to been done is cut the zip ties off.

Figure 5

Figure 6 shows the primary wound with about seven turns, also including a strike ring which was removed later. More coil has been added since this picture. There is 12 turns on the primary coil which is what I wanted to begin with.

Figure 6

Figure 7 is the secondary in place and it looks awesome. I have a one inch and a half inch ( 1.5" ) in a 360 degree radius gap between the secondary and the primary. Also, I drilled a hole for the earth ground wire for the secondary wire. This will allow for proper operation.

Figure 7

Figure 8 are the hand spun RF chokes. Using 24 AWG enamel coated copper wire and PVC piping. After hand winding the RF Chokes I coated them with polyurethane to hold the wire winding and protect it also. If you are wondering why waste you time building these two devices, well the RF Chokes help take out some of the high frequencies that are generated by the secondary on the input NST transformer or pig pole transformer.

Figure 8

Figure 9 is the high voltage wire that was used to wire all the components up for operation. I purchased this from the Tesla Stuff store on ebay. It works extremely well.

Figure 9