Found the coolest thing today Vintage Tube tester machine (PICS)

[buyusfear]

I was out looking for a birthday gift, and I came across the coolest thing.
An old pharmacy tube testing machine. And it turns on, lights up and everything.
Would look great as a lamp/decor piece in the house. Snapped some iphone pics, put out the call to the wife....and yeah got a big NO on that one.

Regardless, thought i'd share here.

 

[oldschoolguy]

Couldn't you put it in the garage or something where it's not seen everyday? Looks cool to me.

 

[Baxtercat]

An old drug store tube tester!
Now you need the drug store tube stash.

 

[Prairie Dawg]

I found one of them in a barn one time. The guy says "Oh, yah. That came out of the drugstore downtown when it closed about 25 years ago." I was all over the Sylvania stuff down below.

 

[smolder]

I'm diggin the pin straighteners... But whats the grid clip for?

 

[wizard333]

Sweet!

 

[big mike]

Awesome.
I remember going down and testing TV Tubes with Dad for that stuff. Late 70's.

 

[epluribus]

Got an old Eico Damien (Model 666) portable. Gonna make a channel-switching FrankenAmp of some sort out of it...all those cool buttons and stuff. I think I've been gonna do that for, oh, maybe two or three years now...

--Ray

 

[Baxtercat]

Neat EICO. But like INXS sed: Don't Change a Thing.

Someone gave me a little Hickok.

 

[epluribus]

Do it work? Mine's toast, so I don't mind tearing it up. If I ever get around to it that is...

 

[Baxtercat]

Mine still does [probably nds calibrating?] but it's not all that useful. I do better checking tubes [for noise, etc.] right in the old Fender amps.
I hate to think of all these neat USA gadgets getting tossed. I'll have to post a pic of an ancient oscilloscope I found.