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OT: Make your own Vacuum Tubes...WOW

 
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NewbieDAN



Joined: 09 Mar 2006
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Location: Bunbury Western Australia

Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 2:01 am    Post subject: OT: Make your own Vacuum Tubes...WOW
http://dailymotion.alice.it/video/x3wrzo_fabrication-dune-lampe-triode_tech

Saw this and thought it was fascinating....so much precision.
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greg_mitch



Joined: 03 May 2006
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Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 2:24 am    Post subject:
Wow, that was an amazing video. I wish I had some money to get into tube audio. Seems really neat.
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garyfritz



Joined: 08 Apr 2006
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Location: Fort Collins, CO

Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 3:00 am    Post subject:
Good GOD. That is hard core. What a craftsman!! And he probably made almost every tool he used, from scratch... yow
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Brooklyn



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Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 3:04 am    Post subject:
Very cool.
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kschmit2



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Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 12:56 pm    Post subject:
Simply amazing
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n@t



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Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 11:00 am    Post subject:
And now littele CRT-Tubes Shocked

http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=kWbvqDzr2Bc&feature=related
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kschmit2



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Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 11:40 am    Post subject:
a bit of technical background info about the various steps is available in this "documentary":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_eLO0exato
They have much better equipment (Philips test lab), but their craftsmanship and execution is amateurish at best compared to what Claude did in the first post.

Btw, some info about Claude:

http://www.qrz.com/callsign/f2fo

http://paillard.claude.free.fr/
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AnalogRocks
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Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 1:25 pm    Post subject:
There's craftsmanship. The only thing he need's now is some bakelite for the tube bases.
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