http://stephenhobley.com/blog Travels with a camera Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:37:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://stephenhobley.com/blog/archives/159 It’s actually quite interesting to look at the breakout patterns up close, almost like a spirograph… ]]> http://stephenhobley.com/blog/archives/157 http://stephenhobley.com/blog/archives/156 Success! I cleaned out most of the burning from the inside of the coil. Then mounted the toroid back on the secondary with a nylon bolt. I’m also pleased to report that the Tesla tuner I built was pretty much spot on with the tap point of the primary coil… ]]> http://stephenhobley.com/blog/archives/155 Well, last night I found out why our Tesla coil isn’t delivering the performance I would expect. I opened up the secondary coil and found carbon scoring on the inside of the coil. Looks like the coil has been discharging internally. We need to remove the metal bolt at the top and find a way to [...]]]> http://stephenhobley.com/blog/archives/154 We did the final assemble and checks on our Tesla coil on Saturday night, we rolled it out into the back yard and switched it on… Nothing is as scary as that first time… And… Nothing exploded, imploded, melted, smoked or fried… We were able to tease 7″ sparks out of the toroid with the safety ‘wand’. We tapped [...]]]> http://stephenhobley.com/blog/archives/153 Jennette Fulda is a fellow resident of the Stutz building. She approached me some time ago to take some pictures for a book she was writing on the incredible weight loss journey she’s been on… The thing I remember most was when the publisher sent me the contract, it was titled “Half-Assed Photography Contract” (It’s [...]]]> http://stephenhobley.com/blog/archives/152 Last year I covered a wedding at the Sanctuary in Zionsville, IN. The marketing staff got in touch recently to ask permission to use some of the images on the Sanctuary website. http://www.nanoel.com/page_detail.php?page_id=78&page_type=gallery I’m in there amongst some of the other images. It was a great venue, always nice to be able to shoot natural light at a [...]]]> http://stephenhobley.com/blog/archives/151 http://stephenhobley.com/blog/archives/150 I’ve been asked to write an article for Make magazine on MIDI controllers using lasers and light. It’s come at the right time, as I’ve been meaning to try out the Sharp GP2D12 sensors I bought from Trossen Robotics. Anyone that has played a Roland synthesizer with a D-Beam controller will recognise these immediately. They [...]]]> http://stephenhobley.com/blog/archives/149