Tesla Coils and High Voltage
The Gaussfest moved to the London Museum of Water an Steam this year. A big thank you to the museum for hosting us, their volunteers and all of the coilers that supported us. The post Gaussfest 2025 LMW&S appeared first on Extreme Electronics .
I recently came across the book Electrostatics by A. D. More online which featured a modern (1975) electrostatic generator called the Dirod Machine. This is the same book that I got the idea for the folded shakesphere machine, that works in a similar way to the Dirod machine. The images in this book online were Continue reading The Dirod Machine The post The Dirod Machine appeared first on Extreme…
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From the last post a lot has changed. I ve resized the cases and moved some of the aesthetics around to get every thing to fit in the case. The display now gives connection information and displays status connected/not connected, and has the ability of displaying graphics with this information. The software has had a lot Continue reading Farnsworth (Warehouse 13 artifact) Continued The post…
So for reasons I m not entirely sure of myself I decided I was going to build a Farnsworth. For those of you who are not fans of Warehouse 13, as Farnsworth is a Steampunkesque hand held video and audio communication device, named after Philo Farnsworth the inventor of electronic Television. A picture of one from Continue reading Farnsworth (Warehouse 13) artifact creation The post Farnsworth…
How not to make a badge for an event. Every year I make a badge for the Nottingham Gaussfest Previous years I have just done a simple laser cut badge with a battery powered flashing LED, but this year I thought I d do something a bit different. My first idea was pushing the boat out Continue reading The Gaussfest 2023 badge The post The Gaussfest 2023 badge appeared first on Extreme Electronics .
Another great day at Papplewick Pumping Station playing with all things high voltage. A very eclectic collection of high voltage exhibits again this year, and a big thank you to the exhibitors and visitors that literally came from all over the world to this event. And of course a huge thank you to Papplewick Pumping Continue reading Nottingham, Gaussfest 2023 The post Nottingham, Gaussfest 2023…
A Pico Emulated Camputers Lynx The Camputers Lynx was a classic, although not massively popular computer in the early 1980 s. It featured a z80 at 6Mhz and full colour graphics, with none of the BBC micro s (or others) Graphics mode shenanigans. And for its time many advanced capabilities like 96K memory, a disk system (later Continue reading Pico Lynx The post Pico Lynx appeared first on Extreme…
What is a Gaussfest ? Nottingham Gaussfest is a yearly meeting of a loose group of friends sharing a common interest in high voltage equipment and Tesla coils.In the USA these meetings are always referred to as Teslathons, a reference to Nicola Tesla who’s tesla coils always feature prominently at these events. We decided, Continue reading Notts Gaussfest What is a Gaussfest ? The post Notts…
A Hand held Electrostatic generator by A D Moore In his book Electrostatics; exploring, controlling, and using static electricity A D Moore describes a simple electrostatic generator described as a shake sphere. Very little other information is given. Luckily A.C.M. de Queiroz gives a simple description and picture of a built one here the operation Continue reading Shake Sphere The post Shake…