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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...

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...

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

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

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...

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, ...

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.   ...

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...

I am very glad to see that Mr. Carlson is NOT slowing down.  In fact he has built another lab and is ramping up.  FB!  

This is a SolderSmoke Classic:  Pete Juliano N6QW coached me on how to tap (put screw threads) a piece of aluminum.  This is an important ho...

What a treat!  We have been learning so much, for so long from Todd VE7BPO.  I was really pleased to have this look at the workshop where al...

During a recent visit to Barnes and Noble I picked up Adam Savage's book (please use the Amazon link in the righthand column) about Maki...

At first, this video made me think of Michael AA1TJ and his underground Hobbit Hole workshop .  Then I started thinking about my own crawlsp...

I nteresting workbench build.   While his tools were all for woodworking, this got me wondering about using this technique to store bigger p...

Really cool to see Hans describe his QRP Labs workshop in Turkey.  Lots of soul in that worshop.  Thanks Hans.    And here is a 2022 Turkish...

This is almost too much.  This makes me want to go out and buy some more test gear, maybe another scope, or a spectrum analyzer, or at least...

I always like Tim Hunkin's videos, even when they are not directly related to radio electronics.  In this one we learn about his prototy...

Also interesting are Van Neistat's thoughts on workshop design:  https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=r8bzWKBvZsE  

I went to a similar course at Ft. Gordon Ga. in 1977.  But I think my instructors would pass out if they saw the way I REALLY solder in the ...

  Hack-A-Day has a potentially useful workshop tip.   Has anyone tried this?  https://hackaday.com/2022/03/06/how-to-solder-to-aluminum-easi...