Star Trek and Vacuum Tubes

CUSTOMIZED EPISODE INSPIRED DISPLAY:

In the TV episode, Mr Spock & Captain Kirk are hurled back to the 1930s by The Guardian of Forever to search for Dr. McCoy who entered 'The Guardian' earlier. In order to operate his tricorder, Mr Spock must built a large and complex electronic circuit, using only the materials of the period - wooden framing, vacuum tubes, bus-fuses, coils, transformers, and other crude electronic components.
The base is solid pine. The working part of the display was fashioned from light-weight wood, styrene plastic (simulated ceramic tube mounts), hand turned copper and brass wire coils, and real vintage vacuum tubes. The simulated electronic device was deliberately built to look primitive and hastily assembled like Mr Spock's did in the show. It was meant to have the same 'stone knives and bear skins' crudeness about it as the TV prop. For a finishing touch a 10-post chaser board rigged it to light up the vacuum tubes. The tricorder is free-standing on the display base and can be placed anywhere desired (in front of the vacuum tubes).

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High Power Vacuum Tube Tesla Coil

The vacuum tube device is a high powered Hartley radio frequency oscillator tuned to the resonant frequency of the secondary coil. The circuit uses a medium powered 833A triode transmitting tube that inherently has a high grid to plate capacitance and is readily available. The plate section of the coil is wound with 1/4 inch copper tubing. The grid feed back coil is wound with #16 litz wire. The secondary is wound with #24 litz wire on a properly prepped plastic form.

These spectacular display devices produce arcs and sparks quite unlike the damped spark gap driven Tesla coils. Operation does not require a noisy spark gap that produces copious amounts of RFI radio frequency interference, but operates efficiently at the quarter wave frequency of the secondary coil

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VACTESLA1 - Vacuum Tube Tesla Coil Plans (By Download - $10.00) .........................$20.00
VACTESLA10 - Fully Assembled 1kW Vacuum Tube Tesla Coil with 12" Toroid .....$3750.00

Viva la resistance

OK This is not a Tube forgive me but it is Art from an electronic component
What a great concept

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Norman Rockwell 1894 – 1978

Norman Percevel Rockwell (February 3, 1894 – November 8, 1978)

A 20th-century American painter and illustrator. His works enjoy a broad popular appeal in the United States,






where Rockwell is most famous for the cover illustrations of everyday life scenarios he created for The Saturday Evening Post magazine over more than four decades

Walmart sells Vacuum Tube Radio

Mutant V-Tube 1B AM/FM Radio with Vacuum Tube Preamp and MP3 Playback, MIG-VT1.1

Specially designed for the person who demands high quality sound. The vacuum tube pre-amplified circuit provides a rich warm sound that will satisfy the most demanding ear. And the elegant wood finish will fit into any environment. The retro-style tuning dial adds a distinctive touch. The MIG-VT1.1 also features a MMC/SD memory card slot and a USB port for playing back your favorite MP3 files

$97.00


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