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Updated:  Aug. 30, 2006

This Page Is A Remembrance To Those That Have Preceded Us

And To Coilers Laying The New Foundation For Those That Will Follow

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"The scientific man does not aim at an immediate result.  He does not expect that his advanced ideas will be readily taken up.  His work is like that of a planter for the future.  His duty is to lay the foundation of those who are to come and point the way."  N. Tesla.

Trail blazers in this art

                                   Born/Died    Coiling Began  Country             Major achievements/coils

Aurandt, Dick                                                            U.S.A.

Cox, D. C. (Dr. Resonance)      ?/2005                          AZ, WI             Master Coiler, builder of museum coils and electrostatic devices.

Ortner, Dean                                                                                     Human lightning rod

Speake, Dr.                                                                                       Human lightning rod

Strickfadden, Ken                                                     U.S.A.              Original Frankenstein & Young Frankenstein movie Tesla coil's and lab effects, and many other special effects devices, many stage presentations.  Was one of the very few that kept this art alive during the 1930's to 1970's.

Tesla, Nikola          July 10, 1856/Jan. 7, 1943        Yugoslavia/U.S.A.   60cycle polyphase a.c. power generation, induction motor, rotating electric field principle, remote control,  telephone repeater, radio telescope, fluorescent lights, radio, Tesla turbine, et. al.

Transtrom, Henry  http://www.voltini.com/id23.htm

 

Modern day coilers

                                      Born      Coiling Began      Country                   Major achievements

Beazley, Lowell                                                       Ca, U.S.A.           Coiler Extraordinaire, human lightning rod, worked with Bill Wysock for years.

Cooper, John F., III       1955             1999                 Ca, U.S.A.           Concentric sphere topload (with Charles Yost), twin parallel magnifier proof of concept (thanks to N. Tesla's forgotten schematic courtesy of Leyland Anderson via the Electric Space Craft Journal), other innovative TC cabinetry and had explosives attached to arrows fired at his coil during one run by a neighbor.

Field, Nick                                                                U.K.

Graalman, Mark

Harris, Ed

Goldman, Harry                               1950's?             N.Y.                    Publisher of T.C.B.A. magazine for about 18 years, knows everyone, possesses coiling arts others should envy and recently authored a book about Ken Strickfaden.

Golka, Robert                                  1960's               U.S.A.                 Wendover Coil, a legendary machine, setting an entire town against him, admittedly not a high point but worthy of mention, Good Job Bob!  Dr. Frankenstein had the same thing happen to him!

Heidlebaugh, Robert                         1955               Las Vegas, NM

Hutchison, John                                 1960's            Canada                Hutchison effect which uses TC's with new, unexpected and startling effects, set off a cannon in a Canadian mental hospital as a youth, had lab seized by Canadian military in defiance of a Supreme Court order, doesn't get much better than that!

Legal, Gary                                     1950's?       Fountain Valley, CA    Master coiler

Leyh, Greg E.                                                          Ca, U.S.A.           Master coiler & expert at large scale TC's

Metlicka, Marc            passed away October 4, 2004  http://www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/syria/1210/index.htm

Reeve, Dave               1979                2003               Kent, U.K.           Gaining a reputation for doing things that are 'Not Normal'

Svangren, Bob             1950's?                                Kennewick, WA    Beautiful coiling work, he knows everyone and is very accomplished and innovative in this art, see T.C.B.A. issues for many articles, especially his coil Krakatoa and discharge 'ladder'.

Woodroffe, Derek                                                                                A Tesla coiler "playing" with all sorts of stuff for the last few years. More info on www.roffesoft.co.uk/tesla   

Wysock, Bill                                                            Monrovia, CA         E. E. with The Aerospace Corp., Master Coiler & expert in large scale TC's, innovator of the Toroid as a topload (which revolutionized Tesla Coil building and operation), designed & built the world's largest magnifier, stage shows, knows or knew everyone, Museum Coils, perhaps built the world's largest Jacobs Ladder, featured in a National Geographic Magazine article, among other unlisted accomplishments.

The Geek Group has a similar listing at http://www.thegeekgroup.org/tcdb/index.html, contrary to their name, they accept any monkey with a keyboard as a member.

"I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success.  Such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything." Nikola Tesla

 

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