DIY Tubes

[resophonic1]

Just saw this today, not sure if it has been posted on this forum yet.

http://dailymotion.alice.it/video/x3wrz ... riode_tech

[Structo]

Heheheh, Le Electrodes.
Now where did I put that Swiss Army knife.......

Man is that guy a mister wizard or what!
Making your own triodes!
I wonder what his story is?
Like, is this just his hobby and workshop?
I was like watching a ballet!

From my Google translator:
F2FO, amateur radio since 1959, here shows the various stages of construction of a lamp triode conducted by the Centre. Cette lampe a permis d'établir des liaisons avec d'autres radioamateurs situés sur 4 continents. This lamp has helped to establish links with other amateur radio operators located on 4 continents.

[Noel Grassy]

Yeah, I saw that at DIYstompbox and was floored by this guy's skills! Incroyable! as someone else remarked.

[Structo]

Funny, they call vacuum tubes "Lamps".
Here is the guys website:

http://translate.google.com/translate?s ... ode%5ftech

[drhulsey]

Man is that guy a mister wizard or what!

With access to all the tools and equipment he has and a background in machining, electronics, metallurgy, and glassware, we could ALL make a triode Anybody got a vacuum pump like that 2-piston job he's running
Up until now, all I wanted was a sheet metal brake

[theundeadelvis]

Man is that guy a mister wizard or what!

With access to all the tools and equipment he has and a background in machining, electronics, metallurgy, and glassware, we could ALL make a triode Anybody got a vacuum pump like that 2-piston job he's running
Up until now, all I wanted was a sheet metal brake

Yes and no. From what I've read all those tools and machines are DIY too (although somewhere you'd still have to have access to a machine shop). So, if you can make the tools you can probably make the triodes. I don't know 100%, but again that's just what I read. OK the Swiss Army knife probably isn't DIY, but it is a nice touch.

Also, I think this may be one of the most circulated DIY videos I've ever seen. It's been on every forum I visit (and sadly that's a lot).

Awesome stuff!

[drhulsey]

... somewhere you'd still have to have access to a machine shop...

Near the end of the video, he's seen in an industrial strength machine shop. It's probably a top secret French Defense Dept. facility deep beneath the streets of Paris. He's one of those scientists they don't let out often He makes triodes in his spare time

[theundeadelvis]

Maybe we should have a group buy and put together a machine shop. We would be unstoppable!

[Lonely Raven]

Probably one of 5 people in the world still alive that know how to build triodes by hand.

I see now why "tooling" and who has it is so important to making tubes.

That video made me feel very inadequate

[tomrasdf]

A single triode?! Mere child's play.

http://www.electricstuff.co.uk/loewe.html



Well... So maybe that was the coolest thing I've seen on the internet.

I enjoyed watching how he got the load lines. Very cool stuff. Thanks for sharing.

[Andy Le Blanc]

more likely he's a retired taxi driver....... that was great.... specialization is the death of a species...... what are we doin.... its like casting your own engine block from empty beer cans... Im very glad someone thought to put that on video....

[Tubetwang]

"Old Europe" will never cease to amaze me...

Great video!!
Thanks!!!

[Tubetwang]

Man is that guy a mister wizard or what!

With access to all the tools and equipment he has and a background in machining, electronics, metallurgy, and glassware, we could ALL make a triode Anybody got a vacuum pump like that 2-piston job he's running
Up until now, all I wanted was a sheet metal brake

Yes and no. From what I've read all those tools and machines are DIY too (although somewhere you'd still have to have access to a machine shop). So, if you can make the tools you can probably make the triodes. I don't know 100%, but again that's just what I read. OK the Swiss Army knife probably isn't DIY, but it is a nice touch.

Also, I think this may be one of the most circulated DIY videos I've ever seen. It's been on every forum I visit (and sadly that's a lot).

Awesome stuff!

You are correct sir...(French is my mother tongue) this guy has built all the equipment himself...along with numerous others...

DIY ing at it's best...

[muchxs]

Maybe we should have a group buy and put together a machine shop. We would be unstoppable!

Been there, done that. Got one! A machine shop that is. The bad news is that it was 17 below zero the other day and I don't heat the machine shop if I don't have to. The oil supplies and coolant systems don't work at 17 below. You don't want to handle metal that's any colder than around 10 degrees. (all temps in degrees Farenheit)

Wood shop. Got one of those. I keep that one nice and warm, that takes some doing when it's 17 below.

"Unstoppable": No matter how many tools you or I have there's always something else that's either necessary or very handy of have. We're all "stoppable" if we're short that one necessary tool. Then there's the secret ingredients, skill and knowledge.

I don't entertain guests in my workshops. Think about it... I'm a musician and I work with machines that will remove my fingers if I'm not paying attention. That's the reality of it. If I have guests no work gets done, I won't work with distractions.

[drhulsey]

... this guy has built all the equipment himself...along with numerous others...

Boy, would I like to have a mini tack welder like he had I couldn't tell if his worked off a transformer or capacitors.