Customer Reviews

Tesla Coil

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I have reviewed this book when I first started gathering information on Tesla coil design. Much of the information can be obtained from old reprints and other sources. George has described building a Tesla coil using househould appartatus such as Tupperware containers. If you are serious about Tesla coil construction, then this manual is probably not for you. If you want a basic understanding of the Tesla coil, this manual is reasonably priced and can rest in your bookcase along with more advanced books on the subject.

Again, this is one man's design and is probably not the most effecient coil you can build to give you the longest sparks, but it is a start to provide for a beginner. When I built my Tesla coil, I did not use the design information in this manual.

I bought this book in hopes of getting better performance out of the coil I had constructed. This gave me a decent insight on component building, namely capacitors. For the price, I will say it is not too bad, but like other reviewers have said, this is for the beginner. There are many website out there that have a wealth of knowledge as well as design notes. The best yet has calculations with built in calculator, all you do is plug in the numbers. deepfriedneon.com.
The only thing I found really interesting in this book was the authors bi-polar tesla coil. Again, this is not for someone who has already built a few coils.

With all of the designs for tesla coils circulating the internet I was curious why I should pay $10 for this book. I was pleasantly surprised. The detail and simplicity of the book make it a great beginners guide. I am using the authors general design but altering it in some ways to give it my own flair. Mine is nearly complete!!
With this book you really don't need to know anything about a Tesla Coil to build one (just have some basic Algebra skills).
I highly recommend it.

Excellent booklet for the beginning Tesla coil builder or experimenter. Very practical and easy to understand.

This is a small paper on how to make a Tesla Coil, and recommendations on how to make one for yourself. The information is very practical, and the author is very enjoyable to read. It also wets the appetite for the other publications listed. I sent for a couple of those. Good information, well described and an enjoyable read.

This booklet was a present for my husband who is building a Tesla coil. I am told it is both interesting and informative and I like the vintage style cover and layout. Appropriate as it contains some of Tesla's original diagrams. Check out my husband's blog if you are interested in how a Tesla coil is built. paul-walsh.blogspot.com

Dissappointed because this is not an actual book but more like a photocopy. It has some good information but is not as complete as I thought it would be.

I enjoyed this because it is about one of my hero's. It's nothing you can't find elsewhere, but it is nicely assembled and I'm proud to have it on my shelf. Note it's more like a pamphlet than a book.

This is an extremely short tract that weaves indiscriminately amongst legitimate (albeit math-free) science, Gilligan's-Island style improvisation (that's a toilet float atop the coil pictured on the cover), and mythical pop pseudoscience ("unlimited free energy," etc.).

A good Google search will be far more informative, and free, too.

I think this book needs to be review better, but i liked it the first time I read it.