Hand made triode

posted Jan 13th 2009 1:17pm by
filed under: classic hacks, home entertainment hacks

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[Claude Paillard] makes his own triodes (google translated) for short wave radios. The site doesn’t have a lot of details itself, but links to entire books on the history of radio tubes and manufacturing of them.  [Claude] takes us through the entire process of building a triode in a 17 minute long video. Even if you aren’t into them, this is fascinating. From the looks of it, several of us might only be a pump or two short of being able to cobble one together.

[thanks Dieter]



28 Responses to Hand made triode

  • zigzagjoe says:
    January 13, 2009 at 1:20 pm

    Failure.

    http://hackaday.com/2008/01/07/how-to-make-a-vacuum-tube/

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  • rvisokey says:
    January 13, 2009 at 1:32 pm

    Looks like new hacks are starting to run very thin…

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  • andrew says:
    January 13, 2009 at 1:33 pm

    deja vu.

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  • torx93 says:
    January 13, 2009 at 2:11 pm

    I knew I’ve seen this before!

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  • sanchoooo says:
    January 13, 2009 at 2:29 pm

    toasty

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  • grizball says:
    January 13, 2009 at 2:30 pm

    hack-a-day pwnd

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  • Max says:
    January 13, 2009 at 3:22 pm

    Yeah i remember this from a while back.
    That spot welder is really tits.

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  • Patman says:
    January 13, 2009 at 3:23 pm

    just shy of a week away from being a year after the first!

    hmmm… coincidence?

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  • ula says:
    January 13, 2009 at 3:35 pm

    andrew, fuck off

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  • Bags says:
    January 13, 2009 at 3:52 pm

    That music is giving me deja vu. It’s not even a full track but its looped for 12 minutes.

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  • hrf says:
    January 13, 2009 at 3:53 pm

    yeah…. but ive always ben wondering.. whats the name of the song he loops in the background of the movie?? i need to know. its been killing me!

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  • steve says:
    January 13, 2009 at 4:28 pm

    Geeze, don’t you guys read your own site? I knew as soon as I saw the picture that this was the same hack as before. It’s a good one but still can’t you search your own site before posting?

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  • phil says:
    January 13, 2009 at 5:57 pm

    nice stuff.

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  • micah says:
    January 13, 2009 at 6:12 pm

    Sweet, that is an awesome video.

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  • -hero says:
    January 13, 2009 at 6:39 pm

    dude that was such a calming video i watched the hole thing just fr art sake.

    -hero

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  • el tejon says:
    January 13, 2009 at 7:25 pm

    It is like watching someone tie a fly…. amazing patience and skill. Very relaxing.

    And the music is Gershwin. I think… specifically… The Man I Love.

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  • happypinguin says:
    January 13, 2009 at 7:32 pm

    lol?

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  • kabukicho2001 says:
    January 13, 2009 at 8:30 pm

    Soon homemade transistor!

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  • Jeri Ellsworth says:
    January 13, 2009 at 10:21 pm

    I’ve been doing transistors for a year or so now. It took about 2 years to find a process that can be done at home.

    Here is my setup I took to a conference and we made solar cells, single FETs and an inverter.
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeriellsworth/2835459827/

    This is an inverter:
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeriellsworth/2835524263/in/photostream/

    This is a quick talk I gave at metalab explaining the basics.
    http://www.vimeo.com/2423528

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  • octelcogopod says:
    January 14, 2009 at 2:02 am

    it’s the ‘slashdot disease’

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  • greenyooper says:
    January 14, 2009 at 5:04 am

    Holy machine shop, Batman! No wonder he has so many jigs and rigs. I especially like the way he doesn’t wait for the mill to stop before reaching for the cutting tool. I though he was going to lose a finger there.

    P.S. Thanks for resurrecting this one, I probably wouldn’t have ever come across it otherwise.

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  • Pouncer says:
    January 14, 2009 at 7:08 am

    So this is, a repost. I kinda thought so, but still very cool. I don’t have the equipment to do this, but if I did I would definitely make my own.
    I didn’t even see the video this time around, but I know the song, and it’s stuck in my head..lol oh well at least it’s a soothing song.

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  • glum says:
    January 14, 2009 at 7:10 am

    “Soon homemade transistor!”

    This has two. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeriellsworth/sets/72157607161498665/

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  • Neolin says:
    January 14, 2009 at 8:06 am

    next time i see a blown tube im gonna cry

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  • Caleb Kraft says:
    January 14, 2009 at 8:19 am

    Hrm… it appears that it is a dupe. It happens. Send us more hacks to post!

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  • henk says:
    January 14, 2009 at 2:16 pm

    Homemade transistors?

    Now that’s hackworthy!

    Not saying that this isn’t tho.

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  • Tachikoma says:
    January 14, 2009 at 4:15 pm

    I was fairly impressed when I first saw this on hack a day a while back, and still is today.

    Re. home made transistors, you can just about make one yourself using a pair of safety pins and chunk of galena. Not exactly precision stuff, but it is possible. Hobbyists were doing similar stuff with crystal sets for nearly a century.

    http://www.qsl.net/k3pd/book.html

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  • jimmys says:
    January 14, 2009 at 7:16 pm

    “Hrm… it appears that it is a dupe. It happens. Send us more hacks to post!”

    That’s not your job?

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