Gene Waldo

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Of course, events like this always attract the usual street-vendors, doing business out of the backs of their trucks or carts.

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Unfortunately, they won't accept our new, shrunken standard currency (center), but only deal in the older forms.

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Setup began in earnest about 5:00p and continued until about dusk/burger time. That's our host, Brian, center stage, in the funny green shirt, during early setup.

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Brian and Ross' control boxes and the famous dual mini (center).

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More local color, showing one of several wet sump E.gnds installed for the occasion.

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Electrobot (aka Austin Richards), materializes from this jumble of steel mesh and metal shoes to amaze and confound! Also drives around in the back-pack coil/r.hand prosthetic!

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Kevin Ottalini and his DC coil (Kevin made the 650 mile round trip form San Jose the same day)

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Some of us!

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First sparks of the day.

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Scott Hanson's coil (before the cap blew).

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David McNamee's coil.

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Has to be a 10-12 footer!

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Bill and the Magnifier front end- hot end behind (?)

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Jeff and the quiet one (tube coil).

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Two blasting at once.

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Three at once.

Please, anyone feel free to correct and fill in any of my spotty commentary!

Photos and comments by Gene Waldo (Igor) gwaldo@1stnetusa.com

 

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