@mikeymike4g63 it's an analogue plotter, taking the output from the bench supply on one axis, and the output from the triode on the other. No computers involved.
@weskoki it was electromagnetic attraction between the parts. All conductors including straight wires are inductors. The mechanical vibrations would then travel down to the foot and up through the glass envelope making it resonate.
@SepradistPhantom He is plotting the characteristic curves for the tube. The graphs show the plate current as a function of grid voltage, where each line represents a different plate voltage. There's no computer involved. The x-y plotter draws based on different voltage inputs for the x and y axis. The voltages that drive the plotter are derived from the tube. He's turning the know to vary plate voltage while the plotter follows plate volts and plate current.
Hulago1234 - give credit where credits due. True, there is a lot of great and specialized equipment there, but you can see that A) This man has the hands and attitude of a craftsman, B) Has an attention to detail and C) knows his trade well by knowing how to use those tools and all the steps that, if not done correctly, can make the difference between a functioning tube and an art piece.
Man some people are just flat out smart, I sure couldn't do it but I can envision all the hours it must have taken to assemble the materials, machines, modify them and the know how and skill to make the tubes and utilize them properly in a curcuit.
That has to be the most elaborate primary vacuum pump I've ever seen. Servo driven with full feedback to provide very accurate pumping characteristics; I begin to wonder if that kind of complexity on the primary vacuum pump is even necessary, because after about 0.8 Torr the molecular pump does the rest.
THE MACHINE AT 1:21 IS A INDUCTIVE COIL HEATER IT USES A HIGH FREQUENCY TO HEAT THE ANODE INSIDE THE TUBE FOR A SUPER VACUUM OF THE TUBE. THE OLD TUBE MANUFACTURERS USED THIS PROCESS YEARS AGO IN THE VALVE MAKING.
@florisjanpietster I'm not sure but it has heating elements it appears... Perhaps he is heating the air inside the tube up so that it expands and then pumping it out for a vacuum so when the air cools it will contract and there will be less inside the tube?
Glass surfaces absorb huge amounts of moisture and air. Edison discovered this same problem. To prevent slow contamination of the vacuum and filament oxidation, you have to heat the glass tube way above 100C while pumping out the released vapors.
@mikeymike4g63 This guy who had commented is brazilian, he is writing portuguese.
He's saying he had never saw that kind of artistic and precise job in 30 years of experience in electronics... "Além" means something like "moreover" or "beyond that" (in portuguese).
It would be cool if I found even just one Mr. Paillard's tubes in my collection. Right now all my old tubes are just packed away in plastic storage bins. Does anyone here have any ideas about how to inventory large volumes of vacuum tubes and track all the details that are intrinsic to these collectibles? I want to list them on VTubeAudio's Facebook page.
@bqskate Update November 23, 2008: We have discovered the title of the song featured in this video, it is called "The Man I Love" and was created by the Gershwin Brothers (Written for a female singer). It's in the video info :)
I love vacuum technology, particular tubes that create pretty plasmas inside! I've seen his web site ages ago, featuring the very same videos posted here. I'd love to make tubes myself one day, I wish there are detailed how-to manuals lying around.
@Nexarianz I totally agree. Have you seen the new commercials where they try to justify some luxurious expense/item and one of them is a guy talking about tube amps?
@mikeymike4g63 Yes, I have- I believe the person said " I replicates frequencies that only dogs can hear" and I must say that whatever it is, it sure looks nice.
CQ CQ de this is one of the coolest and best videos that I have ever seen here. What we are seeing here is a genius in motion. I could only pray to be as good at anything as you are at this. Magnificent! M Apache Junction AZ USA
@JICABELLA Ummm....of what use are vacuum tubes in a post apocalyptic world? No electricity = no electrons = no need. I would guess you'd need more knowledge about farming and self defense and medicine for starters. Actually, your comment was really fucking stupid. Post apocalyptic world....
@beeroosterm Why would there be no electrons??? You'll find that free electrons are contained in a piece of copper (or any other conductor, for that matter). Obviously you've no understanding of elementary electronics or have the slightest understanding of particle physics. If you'd graduated high school, you might not have made such a ridiculous comment... If you fail to see why understanding every step in this process and why it works is important, you're a moron.
@dgurthy It is YOU who do not understand the physics involved, asshole. Since you have the mental capacity of a three year old, I'll spell it out for you - again: Of what use is a triode in a world with no electricity? You gonna capture them free electrons? Fuck off...
@beeroosterm Such an eloquent response. I've gotta say that, just using your language as an indicator, a personality such as yours would be the exact type that would motivate me to learn more about self defense. Jeez, man. You can easily build a battery (or many batteries) out of easily attainable materials. Sure, maybe not as easily attainable in a "post-apocalyptic" world, but that's not really the point now is it. Knowledge is key. You're correct though, about Medicine and hydroponics.
@dgurthy It is entirely to "the point" that your triode is a completely impractical device. Sure - you can build simple batteries using a copper/salt bridge, etc. - but powering a triode would probably require hundreds of them - and it would work for only a few seconds. Better to scrounge capacitors and charge them up so transistorized electronics can be used. This exchange is stupid - fuck the post-apocalyptic world. Now go watch some Mel Gibson movies...
@beeroosterm Ha! Well played, sir. I actually let out a belly laugh when I read your last comment. So thanks for that. Look, all I'm really trying to say is that if the s*%t ever did go down, preservation of ALL scientific knowledge would be important, regardless of the impracticality of an earlier technology. The vacuum tube was precursor to the transistor, after all. But again, you're correct, this exchange is a bit stupid. I'm gonna go watch Mad Max in my fallout bunker with my Mesa Boogie.
olha, eu ja vi muita coisa nessa vida , na area de tecnologia, mas isso aqui , e muito mais alem, nao tive muita oportunidade , em mexer com valvulas ,
mas sei que as valvulas, sao as melhores em resposta e linealidade,, , e principalmente muita usadas em amplificadores de alto ganho , e baixo ruido,,, e baixa distorcao,,,
The final step, where he draws the vacuum and conditions the tube, is computer controlled. Even the main vacuum pump is servo driven, allowing for very precise control.
Extremely well detailed video. Emphasizes the numerous steps of HANDcrafting a cherished era of electronics. There is a place for digital and a place for analog. Nothing compares to an analog sounding tube amp. minus the hummmmmmm. A true artisan, merci bien.
All I can say is wow... ho many people are doing this... not many thats for sure not many electronics techs these days can even turn a part on a lathe. It looks like this guy build some of his test equipment and jigs himself... what a brilliant old man. I feel discouraged in a way that these skills go unnoticed to most of the world.
I also love tubes. When I found my 1951 console radio on trash day, I was very happy. When I replaced a missing tube, and turned it on, the warm glow of the tubes and the nice sound of one of my records brought joy to me. Even if the phono doesn't work so well, I can still hook-up my 8-track deck and listen to that through the tubes.
Go back to where you came from you perverted, useless rat.
Did you accidentally stumble on this video while doing a porn search? Go finish watching your porno trash. Obviously, this video is far beyond your level of intelligence.
The machine you're talking about is a MILL. How is it even possible that you don't know that? Have you spent so many years watching porn that you never learned about basic machinery?
Did you always want to be a perv when you grew up? You swine.
Call me crazy, but it seems to me that's exactly what you did.
I won't argue and further against your intelligence, however, I will say that I'm sick of seeing vulgar, perverted, and otherwise useless comments of backwards low-lives on youtube.
Last week I saw some guy post some disgusting, gross comment on a little kid's video. He was joking too. It's just wrong.
Nothing personal, I'm just being honest about what category of people you associate yourself with when you make these posts.
what a douche. like he's better than anyone else. He wastes his time to call you stupid, low-life and vulgar. psssshhhh all you said was sex machine lmao
I mean, now that we've got transistors everywhere, what applications still favour the use of vacuum tubes? All I can think of is guitar amps (the only place I've ever vacuum tubes for sale was a music store).
Tubes are still ideal for stereo application. A tube is easier to get to behave linearly and the distortion is even order which is in harmony with the main signal, vs solid state which distortion is odd order, or dischordant. Tubes tend to put more "meat on the bones" of instruments and vocals I think. And they have a romance with their warm glow that fits the intimacy of music well.
damn, i wish i had a penny for every time people talk about tubes giving a "warm sound" or adding "harmonics" or getting that vintage sound. well the original intent of the tube was to give clear signal, and if you look at old tubes, they still do. tubes made nowadays r made with the intent of giving distortion and "vintageness".
Only whites and asians are able to do anything this complicated.
StephenAnthonyMusic 3 weeks ago
Amazing. Very Respectful.
nickdrivinby 1 month ago
Brilliant. This master craftsman is astonishing. BRAVO SIR!
_WA2ZOA
THEPIANOMONSTUH 2 months ago
What's that at 3:30? Is it a sort of oscilloscope?
SepradistPhantom 4 months ago
@SepradistPhantom It might be a frequency response and output graph for the tube?
mikeymike4g63 4 months ago
@mikeymike4g63 Makes sense, but what's drawing it?
SepradistPhantom 4 months ago
@SepradistPhantom Well it's a plotter printer of some sort. Perhaps the box that he is adjusting is connected to a computer that you can't see?
mikeymike4g63 4 months ago
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jmgw8wts 4 months ago
@mikeymike4g63 it's an analogue plotter, taking the output from the bench supply on one axis, and the output from the triode on the other. No computers involved.
chridmeister 3 months ago
@chridmeister Thank you sir for that information :)
mikeymike4g63 3 months ago
@mikeymike4g63 I could swear i could hear music playing if i place my ear close to the El34 tube.No speakers.Can you explain?
weskoki 1 month ago
@weskoki i totally have no idea! thats crazy though
mikeymike4g63 1 month ago
@mikeymike4g63 I have connected cd player to my old guitar amp with El34 tubes.
Speaker was disconnected.I know it's crazy but i could hear the music playing thru the tube.Very faint and only high frequences.
weskoki 1 month ago
@weskoki it was electromagnetic attraction between the parts. All conductors including straight wires are inductors. The mechanical vibrations would then travel down to the foot and up through the glass envelope making it resonate.
MattOGormanSmith 3 weeks ago
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jmgw8wts 4 months ago
@jmgw8wts thanks for the info sir!
mikeymike4g63 4 months ago
@SepradistPhantom He is plotting the characteristic curves for the tube. The graphs show the plate current as a function of grid voltage, where each line represents a different plate voltage. There's no computer involved. The x-y plotter draws based on different voltage inputs for the x and y axis. The voltages that drive the plotter are derived from the tube. He's turning the know to vary plate voltage while the plotter follows plate volts and plate current.
jmgw8wts 4 months ago
@SepradistPhantom
It's showing both AC and DC output from the tube.
XtopherXon 3 months ago
Wooooow, really amazed me, you not only did it but did it so fucking well done!! Thanks for sharing!
4ltrv1sm0 5 months ago
Hulago1234 - give credit where credits due. True, there is a lot of great and specialized equipment there, but you can see that A) This man has the hands and attitude of a craftsman, B) Has an attention to detail and C) knows his trade well by knowing how to use those tools and all the steps that, if not done correctly, can make the difference between a functioning tube and an art piece.
Just saying....
murrij 5 months ago
man thows things get bright! my EL84 in my tube amp doesn't get anywere near that bright i guess its cuz the tube in the video is a high power tube
777MMT 5 months ago
this man is nothing without those excellent tools and loads of materials supplied to him.
hulago1234 5 months ago
Man some people are just flat out smart, I sure couldn't do it but I can envision all the hours it must have taken to assemble the materials, machines, modify them and the know how and skill to make the tubes and utilize them properly in a curcuit.
orange70383 5 months ago
Give this man a knife and a 2x4 and he could whittle out a hundred vacuum tubes!
dragongnosis 5 months ago in playlist Amateur Radio
Fabulous!
Greetings from Germany;
Thank you so much for showing.
Don't your tubes not need any GETTER for maintaing the vacuum? Or did I just miss something?
kleenex3000 6 months ago
This guy has just made himself a member of the Eldari Post Apocalypse Science team....
pyrnrd 6 months ago
You are a true craftsman and an artist sir - wonderful work !
engineer21261 6 months ago
Excellent piece of work. Truly enjoyed it.
cyclicforward 6 months ago
That has to be the most elaborate primary vacuum pump I've ever seen. Servo driven with full feedback to provide very accurate pumping characteristics; I begin to wonder if that kind of complexity on the primary vacuum pump is even necessary, because after about 0.8 Torr the molecular pump does the rest.
douro20 7 months ago
THE MACHINE AT 1:21 IS A INDUCTIVE COIL HEATER IT USES A HIGH FREQUENCY TO HEAT THE ANODE INSIDE THE TUBE FOR A SUPER VACUUM OF THE TUBE. THE OLD TUBE MANUFACTURERS USED THIS PROCESS YEARS AGO IN THE VALVE MAKING.
SIGNALMAN154 7 months ago
where does he sell his tubes?
kd0afk 8 months ago
is the thing @ 5:18 the evacuation pump?
SPEKERDUDE 8 months ago
what frequencies did he test the tube up to? that is a DAMN straight response curve after 0 volts....
shrimants 8 months ago
@shrimants This I don't know.
mikeymike4g63 8 months ago
nice videos. but could you tell me what the machine at 1:21 is?
florisjanpietster 10 months ago
@florisjanpietster I'm not sure but it has heating elements it appears... Perhaps he is heating the air inside the tube up so that it expands and then pumping it out for a vacuum so when the air cools it will contract and there will be less inside the tube?
mikeymike4g63 10 months ago
@mikeymike4g63 exactly right, it's called "bake-out."
Glass surfaces absorb huge amounts of moisture and air. Edison discovered this same problem. To prevent slow contamination of the vacuum and filament oxidation, you have to heat the glass tube way above 100C while pumping out the released vapors.
wbeaty 6 months ago
@wbeaty ah thanks for the info man!
mikeymike4g63 6 months ago
@florisjanpietster It is to slowly cool the tube down becauce it would crack if you dont due to thermal stresses in the glass.
dtiydr 4 months ago
With people like this, I still think we're doing all right. Freaking awesome.
genericpenguin 10 months ago
@WtronicSex I think he is French not German? "Alem" = German?
mikeymike4g63 11 months ago
@mikeymike4g63 This guy who had commented is brazilian, he is writing portuguese.
He's saying he had never saw that kind of artistic and precise job in 30 years of experience in electronics... "Além" means something like "moreover" or "beyond that" (in portuguese).
guilhermeocintra 11 months ago
@guilhermeocintra Oh man i should have realized it was portuguese! i am stupid.
mikeymike4g63 11 months ago
Mr. Paillard is an artist. :)
tim78704 11 months ago
That was pure genius.
Not the come-up-with-some-theory-and-hire-100-engineers-with-limitless-money kind of genius either.
GangsterHutterite 1 year ago
have you estimated how much cost there is for making a tube? materials, electricity, gas, etc?
tsirosgoddammit 1 year ago
@tsirosgoddammit I am not the person in this video. I am just a person who found the video and put it here on youtube sorry :/
mikeymike4g63 1 year ago
@mikeymike4g63 thought you would know. oh well. awesome videos anyway.
tsirosgoddammit 1 year ago
@tsirosgoddammit sorry, but you might be able to email the creator. his information is on his website which is in the video information! :D
mikeymike4g63 1 year ago
This a fine example of a true craftsman and someone who genuinely enjoys their work.
ki4hou 1 year ago
You are a pro very very good.... U have been blessed..
joeysways 1 year ago
It would be cool if I found even just one Mr. Paillard's tubes in my collection. Right now all my old tubes are just packed away in plastic storage bins. Does anyone here have any ideas about how to inventory large volumes of vacuum tubes and track all the details that are intrinsic to these collectibles? I want to list them on VTubeAudio's Facebook page.
VTubeAudio 1 year ago
@VTubeAudio Pick a metric that's most commonly used by tube afficionados I suppose. Is the date of the tube most important?
mikeymike4g63 1 year ago
Thank you for this. What a beautiful piece. Art for the technically inclined!
jinx748 1 year ago
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Wonderful tech ! Watc also Tesla tech in videos: "Wonderful energy" by HorizonDelta ;-)
HorizonDelta 1 year ago
i would like to build a vttc with these tubes
MrThomassss 1 year ago 3
At home of course....
YES, this video makes me so happy to:)
emercito 1 year ago
in home of couse
emercito 1 year ago
All I can say is WOW!!
gchenley 1 year ago
what kind of tube is it?, its not an el84...is it? o.O
mikevmpr3 1 year ago
He is Scissor hand's father! isn't he?
You're a genious man!
speedkingmusicguitar 1 year ago
INCREDIBLE VIDEO!! Quality is poor... but Content is PURE GOLD!!!!!! THIS IS HISTORY FOR SURE!!!!!
axel1973w 1 year ago
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Good ! More Tesla video: "Tesla cold electricity" by HorizonDelta
HorizonDelta 1 year ago
Very cool ,crazy, good
santiagofz 1 year ago
Amazing!
TheDriveMaster 1 year ago
hardcore , look at the mfg support, thank god for silicon
mikewm9v 1 year ago
this is how every thing should be made or not made at all, the right way
MrIlikegadgets 1 year ago
Respect!, this guy has awesome skills.
MT12XD 1 year ago
this guy is a truly genious ... im glad to see him in action . Great video should be play in every electronics schooll .
Does anybody know who he is or where he works .
pamala007 1 year ago
@pamala007 Please read the video description.
mikeymike4g63 1 year ago
this guy is a truly genious ... im glad to see him in action . Great video should be paly in every electronics schooll .
pamala007 1 year ago
Very impressive...
iggy151 1 year ago
hey what's the song?
bqskate 1 year ago
@bqskate Update November 23, 2008: We have discovered the title of the song featured in this video, it is called "The Man I Love" and was created by the Gershwin Brothers (Written for a female singer). It's in the video info :)
mikeymike4g63 1 year ago
I love electron tubes. Have an old Tubeamp with 4x EL84 but it doesnt work correctly :-(
nice video, nice pianomusic. All nice, very great work.
Pitchplus8 1 year ago
Is that some kind of magic eye at 5:59 ? Really great work.
Steppenwulf79 1 year ago
@Steppenwulf79 What do you mean magic eye?
mikeymike4g63 1 year ago
@mikeymike4g63
that's tube with luminescent screen, old tuning indicator like this watch?v=_JeIG4dcyeQ
Steppenwulf79 1 year ago
@Steppenwulf79 Oh those. Yeah they are similar to nixie tubes.
mikeymike4g63 1 year ago
Wonderful, amazing!!! Very compliments!
damiafix 1 year ago
Wonderful, amazing!!! Very compliments!
damiafix 1 year ago
I never though there was so much work to create a vacuum tube. This is definely a very artistic thing. Simply WOW!
Wolfytototito 1 year ago
@Wolfytototito Yea the fabrication is quite involved but it's awesome to watch him do it with such ease.
mikeymike4g63 1 year ago
I love vacuum technology, particular tubes that create pretty plasmas inside! I've seen his web site ages ago, featuring the very same videos posted here. I'd love to make tubes myself one day, I wish there are detailed how-to manuals lying around.
AntiProtonBoy 1 year ago
I'm not even a techy guy and watching this is an inspiration.
DivineFellowship 1 year ago
Old men rock.
DivineFellowship 1 year ago
@DivineFellowship So much knowledge.
mikeymike4g63 1 year ago
this is one piece i never see before . just amazing
Shurbovi 1 year ago
@Shurbovi It is very amazing :)
mikeymike4g63 1 year ago
That is pure beauty. I can't say any mor than that.
masadification 1 year ago
@masadification sorry, typo. "more"
masadification 1 year ago
the 5 people who clicked dislike, need to have all their technology taken from them and given some that runs on these tubes!
Nexarianz 1 year ago
@Nexarianz I totally agree. Have you seen the new commercials where they try to justify some luxurious expense/item and one of them is a guy talking about tube amps?
mikeymike4g63 1 year ago
@mikeymike4g63 Yes, I have- I believe the person said " I replicates frequencies that only dogs can hear" and I must say that whatever it is, it sure looks nice.
Nexarianz 1 year ago
@Nexarianz LOL I know. Looks like a pretty nice tube amp.
mikeymike4g63 1 year ago
CQ CQ de this is one of the coolest and best videos that I have ever seen here. What we are seeing here is a genius in motion. I could only pray to be as good at anything as you are at this. Magnificent! M Apache Junction AZ USA
themainproblem 1 year ago
One of the finest pieces I've seen on YouTube. Thank you for pointing out this wonderful craftsman, I will now look into his work further.
Inspirational, to say the least.
APublicDomain 1 year ago
@APublicDomain You're welcome. He is quite the fabricator that's for sure.
mikeymike4g63 1 year ago
I'm a gonna try to remake this with the Text in english. I know how to translate it VIA google translate
stormsirens2 1 year ago
great work !!!
outpulse92 1 year ago
By the way, the last tube seems to be an X-ray device!
JICABELLA 1 year ago
Amazing. A true artist. With people like him, I don't fear living in a post apocaliptic world...
JICABELLA 1 year ago 14
@JICABELLA Yeah self sufficiency is an empowering thing. Fabrication can make you feel like you can do anything without reliance on someone else.
mikeymike4g63 1 year ago
@JICABELLA Ummm....of what use are vacuum tubes in a post apocalyptic world? No electricity = no electrons = no need. I would guess you'd need more knowledge about farming and self defense and medicine for starters. Actually, your comment was really fucking stupid. Post apocalyptic world....
beeroosterm 1 year ago
@beeroosterm Why would there be no electrons??? You'll find that free electrons are contained in a piece of copper (or any other conductor, for that matter). Obviously you've no understanding of elementary electronics or have the slightest understanding of particle physics. If you'd graduated high school, you might not have made such a ridiculous comment... If you fail to see why understanding every step in this process and why it works is important, you're a moron.
dgurthy 1 year ago 4
@dgurthy It is YOU who do not understand the physics involved, asshole. Since you have the mental capacity of a three year old, I'll spell it out for you - again: Of what use is a triode in a world with no electricity? You gonna capture them free electrons? Fuck off...
beeroosterm 1 year ago
@beeroosterm Such an eloquent response. I've gotta say that, just using your language as an indicator, a personality such as yours would be the exact type that would motivate me to learn more about self defense. Jeez, man. You can easily build a battery (or many batteries) out of easily attainable materials. Sure, maybe not as easily attainable in a "post-apocalyptic" world, but that's not really the point now is it. Knowledge is key. You're correct though, about Medicine and hydroponics.
dgurthy 1 year ago
@dgurthy It is entirely to "the point" that your triode is a completely impractical device. Sure - you can build simple batteries using a copper/salt bridge, etc. - but powering a triode would probably require hundreds of them - and it would work for only a few seconds. Better to scrounge capacitors and charge them up so transistorized electronics can be used. This exchange is stupid - fuck the post-apocalyptic world. Now go watch some Mel Gibson movies...
beeroosterm 1 year ago
@beeroosterm Ha! Well played, sir. I actually let out a belly laugh when I read your last comment. So thanks for that. Look, all I'm really trying to say is that if the s*%t ever did go down, preservation of ALL scientific knowledge would be important, regardless of the impracticality of an earlier technology. The vacuum tube was precursor to the transistor, after all. But again, you're correct, this exchange is a bit stupid. I'm gonna go watch Mad Max in my fallout bunker with my Mesa Boogie.
dgurthy 1 year ago 2
@JICABELLA too bad hes dead
crazystuffproduction 1 year ago
@JICABELLA
apocalyptic
MrHurricaneFloyd 10 months ago
olha, eu ja vi muita coisa nessa vida , na area de tecnologia, mas isso aqui , e muito mais alem, nao tive muita oportunidade , em mexer com valvulas ,
mas sei que as valvulas, sao as melhores em resposta e linealidade,, , e principalmente muita usadas em amplificadores de alto ganho , e baixo ruido,,, e baixa distorcao,,,
mas, esse video , e sensacional,,,
estao de parabens,,
very nice video comgratulations,,
excuse , but my english , is bad
thanks,,
ciro
mitubashiciro 1 year ago
thats just fucking amazing
renekenshin6573 1 year ago
@renekenshin6573 yeah it rocks!
mikeymike4g63 1 year ago
genius
stabilini 1 year ago
i wonder what they would do in a marshall or mesa amp?
bajaracer40x 1 year ago
Do you know how to contact this guy?!?
Misterstonefarmer 1 year ago
@Misterstonefarmer You can read the information for the video at the top for his website.
mikeymike4g63 1 year ago
Wow!
badalice07 1 year ago
The final step, where he draws the vacuum and conditions the tube, is computer controlled. Even the main vacuum pump is servo driven, allowing for very precise control.
douro20 1 year ago
Extremely well detailed video. Emphasizes the numerous steps of HANDcrafting a cherished era of electronics. There is a place for digital and a place for analog. Nothing compares to an analog sounding tube amp. minus the hummmmmmm. A true artisan, merci bien.
cudaclan 1 year ago
you hands old
999boom777 1 year ago
very nice. 73's
sweetgyy 2 years ago
73's?
mikeymike4g63 2 years ago
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xj10bt 1 year ago
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xj10bt 1 year ago
@mikeymike4g63 73 is ham radio code for best regards.
xj10bt 1 year ago
Are there any more videos from this crafty Gentleman?
mudylafeet 2 years ago
I haven't really searched for them. Perhaps there may be?
mikeymike4g63 2 years ago
@mikeymike4g63
I wonder if we would be able to contact him...
cheeseboat15 1 year ago
Great videos and very educational but could he repair my thatched roof !!??
teamfab 2 years ago
Awesome!, that's some true craftsmanship....
mtx001 2 years ago
yeah it totally is!
mikeymike4g63 2 years ago
Tre's bien!
Can it be done?
OUI!!
RetroCaptain 2 years ago
Impressive. Higly skilled guy with great tools and machines. There's no limit as to what you can do.
jonnebanan 2 years ago 2
Faszinierend !!!!!!
Morgan
MorganOthelloLafay 2 years ago
This dude is a mad scientist! I love this video. I wish I was this guy
PapaKenny777 2 years ago
Can someone tell me if the t-shaped tube
with the purple glow is an X ray tube.
If so,what about the sheilding against gamma rays?
cavador2001 2 years ago
Класс!
Stavr071 2 years ago
This is real work. Not moving money around in a circle in a bank then declaring yourself 'genius'
CmdrTobs 2 years ago 24
@CmdrTobs You got that shit right!
KidMamtom 1 year ago
This was equal parts fascinating...and humbling. This guy is my new new nerd hero!
lerch25 2 years ago
All I can say is wow... ho many people are doing this... not many thats for sure not many electronics techs these days can even turn a part on a lathe. It looks like this guy build some of his test equipment and jigs himself... what a brilliant old man. I feel discouraged in a way that these skills go unnoticed to most of the world.
teflondon91 2 years ago
This guy is so sharp it's humbling. I wish I knew both him AND French! Wow!
E5Bobby 2 years ago
!!!
Kywdo 2 years ago
instrumetn at about 4:55 seconds has a sweet nixie tube display. This guy could make tonnns of money making custom nixies.
telephonepole38 2 years ago
Love the sound of tube op-amp radios... some of my few memories of my grandpa there was always a tube radio playing!
I would love to have all of the tools this guy has! Especially the Bridgeport!
Super73VW 2 years ago
I also love tubes. When I found my 1951 console radio on trash day, I was very happy. When I replaced a missing tube, and turned it on, the warm glow of the tubes and the nice sound of one of my records brought joy to me. Even if the phono doesn't work so well, I can still hook-up my 8-track deck and listen to that through the tubes.
VaderNES 2 years ago
This video is so peaceful. It makes me happy.
jeabo0adhd 2 years ago 12
Me too! :)
mikeymike4g63 2 years ago
@jeabo0adhd something like that i want write. Tumbs up.
AlexRoody 1 year ago
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6:42 Wtf? Sex machine?
Botekbiz 2 years ago
@Botekbiz
Go back to where you came from you perverted, useless rat.
Did you accidentally stumble on this video while doing a porn search? Go finish watching your porno trash. Obviously, this video is far beyond your level of intelligence.
The machine you're talking about is a MILL. How is it even possible that you don't know that? Have you spent so many years watching porn that you never learned about basic machinery?
Did you always want to be a perv when you grew up? You swine.
TheGatheringStorms 2 years ago 3
Don't be so low man, it was a joke. I wouldnt watch 7 minutes into a movie on making tubes just so I could say, "Lol, sex machine."
Botekbiz 2 years ago
Call me crazy, but it seems to me that's exactly what you did.
I won't argue and further against your intelligence, however, I will say that I'm sick of seeing vulgar, perverted, and otherwise useless comments of backwards low-lives on youtube.
Last week I saw some guy post some disgusting, gross comment on a little kid's video. He was joking too. It's just wrong.
Nothing personal, I'm just being honest about what category of people you associate yourself with when you make these posts.
TheGatheringStorms 2 years ago 3
what a douche. like he's better than anyone else. He wastes his time to call you stupid, low-life and vulgar. psssshhhh all you said was sex machine lmao
shauncobra 2 years ago
Wonderful work!!! I particularily like the old mini spot-welder!! A true artisan!!
Patriotgal1 2 years ago 2
Espetacular.
Parabéns!
Vintagecomputer 2 years ago
Great
closap 2 years ago
this is fucking insane
xZeeMx 2 years ago
can anybody tell me about the machines used in the process??
Emilien03 2 years ago
A thing of beauty,he is an Artist! thank you so much for this post.
sagittariuslove5 2 years ago
best
sv2mdr 2 years ago
thats a great video thanks for sharing!
Linksimpson 2 years ago
You're welcome. :)
mikeymike4g63 2 years ago
Wow, this dude has a LOT of time on his hands! :D
Madness832 2 years ago
Well put. His hands show it too. Nice to see a master at his trade.
njmikec 2 years ago
buy a tube amplifier
MIT0VITT 2 years ago
What do they use tubes for these days?
Envergure 2 years ago
I'm not sure I understand your question? What do you mean?
mikeymike4g63 2 years ago
I mean, now that we've got transistors everywhere, what applications still favour the use of vacuum tubes? All I can think of is guitar amps (the only place I've ever vacuum tubes for sale was a music store).
Envergure 2 years ago
Tubes are still ideal for stereo application. A tube is easier to get to behave linearly and the distortion is even order which is in harmony with the main signal, vs solid state which distortion is odd order, or dischordant. Tubes tend to put more "meat on the bones" of instruments and vocals I think. And they have a romance with their warm glow that fits the intimacy of music well.
ethorii 2 years ago
damn, i wish i had a penny for every time people talk about tubes giving a "warm sound" or adding "harmonics" or getting that vintage sound. well the original intent of the tube was to give clear signal, and if you look at old tubes, they still do. tubes made nowadays r made with the intent of giving distortion and "vintageness".
jithinchand 2 years ago