Showing posts with label workbench. Show all posts
Showing posts with label workbench. Show all posts
Sunday, August 30, 2026

W9TH - Jeff -- Shames Me Into Building a 6T9er -- "You Have No Excuse"

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  First off, that my friends is a ham radio shack.  Note the many books.  And the many Heathkit HW-8s and at least one HW-7. There is a ...
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Wednesday, August 5, 2026

A Homebrew Workbench from Norway -- Please Comment: What would you have done differently?

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I admit to being biased in favor of any project from Norway.  This is the result of the fantastic videos of Helge LA6NCA .   But even withou...
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Tuesday, July 14, 2026

A Nice Workshop (With The Logical Song)

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Sunday, July 12, 2026

How to Build a MODERN Electronics Workshop (and How Much it Might Cost) (PLEASE COMMENT)

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First, kudos to this fellow for pronouncing "solder" correctly.  The L is silent (sorry to our British readers).  He does have an ...
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Wednesday, July 8, 2026

A Very Nice Audio Workbench -- With Lots of Great Ideas

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We covered Ben Hase's workbench earlier this week, focusing on his findings about glue, fusible resistors, and relays.   This is a more ...
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Saturday, May 23, 2026

Building an Electronics Work Bench (and fixing an old CNC Lathe)

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It is interesting to Watch Wes Work .  Recently I came across his YouTube channel when he described his effort to repair an old CNC machine...
Sunday, May 10, 2026

A Very Impressive Workshop from the UK

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This one is almost scary.  There is an amazing number of machines crammed into that workshop.  There is even more stuff in the drawers down ...
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Saturday, December 20, 2025

Bricoleur -- "Someone Who Fixes Stuff with Whatever he Finds Around"

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A short time ago Paul VK3HN told us about the term bricolage. It seemed to capture much of the homebrew spirit.  This morning I heard Van Ne...
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Tuesday, December 9, 2025

Some Great Analog Pictures from MIT Building 20 and other Analog Locations

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Here is a picture of Jim Williams taken through a Tektronix oscilloscope camera.  I never used one of these things, but Dean KK4DAS did.  He...
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Thursday, December 4, 2025

Jim Williams -- Analog Man -- Book Review: "Analog Circuit Design -- Art, Science, and Personalities"

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  Jim Williams at his bench.  Note the mess.  The Bob Pease book that KD4EBM gave me led me to the Jim Willams book entitled Analog Circuit...
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Wednesday, January 22, 2025

SolderSmoke Direct Conversion Receiver Challenge -- Soldering!

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The DCR challenge is going well, and we have several builders making good progress.  We noticed that some first-time builders are having a l...
Sunday, December 29, 2024

Other Kinds of Workshops -- Making a Clock with a Lathe

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Somehow, this video fits well with the SolderSmoke theme.  It may be that Uri cheerfully acknowledges that the lathe can kill you (the same ...
Thursday, October 17, 2024

How to Organize a Small Shack

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A YouTube comment from Paul VK3HN sent me back to "The Spirited Man" YouTube channel , and one of the first things I found was thi...
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Tuesday, July 23, 2024

Some Pictures of SolderSmoke Shack South

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That's me at the operating position.   Window looks out to the terrace and to the ocean to the East, the  Mona channel.  The shack is on...
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Wednesday, June 26, 2024

ANOTHER Great Workshop

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As I get ready to build the SolderSmoke Shack South, the Radio Gods (well at least YouTube) keep sending me these workshop videos.  Today...
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Monday, June 24, 2024

Some Really Amazing Test Gear

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Wow. Really great test gear, and an amazing parts collection.   This guy even gets a "nice workshop" comment from Mr. Carlson.   P...
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Saturday, February 24, 2024

Innovations and Inventions in Garages and Basements

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The Hewlett-Packard garage There is a lot of inspirational stuff in this blog post, especially for those of us who work in home workshops, o...
Tuesday, February 6, 2024

Pine Boards, Analog VFOs, and Homebrew BITX Transceivers -- AG5VG's Magnificent Creations

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Click in image for a better view This is amazingly cool.  WE ARE NOT ALONE!  There are others out there breaking the tyranny of the Si5351, ...
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Saturday, January 20, 2024

K0IYE's Thoughts on Homebrewing and Workshops

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Click on the image for a clearer look I like Frank Harris K0IYE's book so much that I don't mind posting about it frequently.   ...
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Tuesday, January 16, 2024

Andreas HB9BLA's Ideas on Building a Lab or Workshop

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Lots of great ideas on workshop or lab design from Andreas, the guy with the Swiss accent.  Andreas is HB9BLA.  I liked all of this, especia...