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

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  1. May 18, 2011 #1
    buyusfear

    buyusfear Member

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    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.

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    oldschoolguy

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

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

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    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.
     
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    smolder

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    I'm diggin the pin straighteners... But whats the grid clip for?
     
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    wizard333

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    Sweet!
     
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    big mike

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

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    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... :bonk

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    Baxtercat

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

    Someone gave me a little Hickok.
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    epluribus

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

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    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.
     
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