Hand-Made Vacuum Tubes

djmoore writes "Over at Make Magazine, watch this video of a French amateur radio operator making and testing his own vacuum tubes. It looks like he built much of his own equipment as well. The Make poster notes: 'I love the ease with which he performs these rather high-end skills (like glass forming), the gestural flourishes (like it's hand magic), and the Zelig-esque soundtrack.'"

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Re:The art of electronics

[User 956]

Yeah, like Pierre Scerri, who spent 15 years making a scale model of a Ferrari 312. Not only did he make the body, he learned to make glass in order to create the headlights, and learned to make rubber to make his own tires. It's almost unbelievable.