Thanks to everyone who tuned in to my 24-Hour Live Fran-o-Thon last week, and double thanks to everyone who signed on to become new Patrons and Members of the channel.
2023-10-26 00:13:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Finally - the epic story can be told! From my break-out video showing the very first demonstration of an operational NIMO tube on YouTube, to completing my discrete NIMO clock, to getting different types of NIMO tubes and demonstrating a few one-of-a-kind prototype NIMO's, and finishing off with a comprehensive hist...
2023-10-25 13:17:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Finally, the story can be told! From the days after getting the assignment, through weeks of crushing pressure fabricating my components, and ending in the final build with Adam Savage and his team at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, this epic feature has it all. Get your popcorn and beverage, and enjoy!<...
2023-10-24 13:39:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Spanning years of time and lots of research, finally you have all in one place the real and the fake of NASA Squawk Boxes - from my painstakingly creating a faithful reproduction of the prop used in the film Apollo 13, to my re-energizing a real Squawk Box and demonstrations of both using real mission audio. Enjoy!<...
2023-10-23 00:24:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Join me for this marathon live extravaganza! In the spirit of the Jerry Lewis Telethons of my youth, I will be running the console for a full 24 hours (at least) where I will hang out with the viewers, tell stories, maybe show some cool films, highlight some of my best and most memorable projects over the past 12 ye...
2023-10-20 22:54:26 +0000 UTC View Post
A lot of work went into making a simple looking little sign, but I wanted it to be lightweight, portable, battery powered, and run for a very long time. Mission Accomplished! Enjoy....
A project within a project - In this video I show the process of converting a few vintage Soviet Nixie display modules to make a 3-digit BCD controlled counter for my upcoming live Fran-o-Thon. Enjoy!
2023-10-07 00:52:51 +0000 UTC View PostHey Gang!
I just wanted to put up a quick note that I am aware of the issues that many of you are continuing to have with Patreon telling you that your card is declined. So far in the past couple months there have been several hundred of you that have accounts that have been rejected by the new processing company. Al...
2023-09-28 13:21:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Okay - primary mission accomplished, and to be continued. Enjoy!
Currently running the new Lumitime in the office (along with four other clocks)... It really does look sharp! I may be a bit obsessed with time keeping machines.
2023-09-21 15:21:09 +0000 UTC View Post
The simple repair of a Lumitime electromechanical neon digital alarm clock turns into quite an adventure with many unexpected twists and turns. Will I ever get it to work? Can I possibly put it all back together? What was that thing in the motor anyway? Answers to all these questions and more unfol...
2023-09-20 18:39:57 +0000 UTC View Post
In the 90's I was a puppet on a cable access show. Can you guess which one is me?
Why destroy a perfectly good thermometer when you could destroy a perfectly good thermometer? That's what I said. Enjoy!
When the usual tools don't work, you gotta go back the basics. My very first tool will do the trick! Enjoy....
The Museum of Natural History gift shop delivered a very cute little toy. Let's take a look!
These electromechanical neon display clocks do need regular maintenance to keep on running. Here is a short video to show you how to do it.
Daniel McFarlan Moore was an engineer ahead of his time who envisioned a world illuminated by his brilliant light tubes. The world was not ready.
Simple and reliable, amazingly these Rustrak paper recorders are still in use - and apparently you CAN still get that carbon paper! Amazing...
It's a tool that artists have used some version of for centuries, and if you're left handed and want to use any kind of wet ink pen for writing without messing up your work, you might give this simple bridge idea a try.
https://youtu.be/ZRikYQJO0d...
2023-08-27 00:19:26 +0000 UTC View Post
You don't see them very often, and there is a reason for that - but back in their day these simple and affordable writing instruments were a marvel.
2023-08-24 01:15:51 +0000 UTC View Post
A blast form the past, donated by my family for your entertainment. Enjoy!
