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Please Do Not Buy Ozone Generators!

And don't send them to me to review. They just end up in my parts bins disassembled! High voltage transformers and AC fans are always handy for projects. https://youtu.be/Cc6gDtjixuQ

Going Deaf - Or Not - With Buds!

An important discussion about the ubiquitous acceptance of dangerous sound levels and what that means for young people who stand to lose their hearing before even getting to adulthood. I speak form experience - and I hope do deliver some good advice for those who want to listen.... and still can. En...

Thunder Rod!!!! (1971)

This 16mm film from my archive is supposed to be a parable... So here it is: Work hard washing cars, and you can buy the most awesome build-it-yourself 1971 Daytona Charger SST (On Sale!), put it together in your basement, race it with your best friend, smash it to bits against the wall, and you get...

Raised By Phone vs. Free Range Children

Time to condense a discussion that I have been reading about for many months. What to do about it is pretty simple, but will things change for the better in the years ahead? Very likely not. I do expect more of the same, but perhaps sometime after the children of today become the adults of tomorrow,...

From The Vault: Mini Graph!

Time for another Treasure From The Vault - this time it's another gizmo from the University of Pennsylvania haul years back. No teardowns in the Vault, sorry. Enjoy!https://youtu.be/9soFW2MUg68

Weird But Practical - Leper Amps!

No matter how you spell it or pronounce it, they can be quite useful - with some modifications and routine maintenance. Just a note that the model 2020A that you find is not the same as the 2020A+.... Enjoy!https://youtu.be/Bj0v67iyTH4

Side Bench Assembly

Putting together a small roll-away side bench for the Lab. Enjoy!https://youtu.be/y7N6xIVSAs4

Guitar Restringing The Easy Way

A quick reference video that shows the main points of how I restring my guitars - decades of experience have made me optimize this process. You may do it differently, and that's okay too. Tools you should have: - Wire cutters - String Winder - Guitar Tunerhttps://youtu.be/4EDulREkuFQ

From The Vault: Precision Apparatus Model 954 Tube Tester

First in this series Treasures From The Vault - I present a common everyday portable tube tester - well, common for the 1950's. Enjoy!https://youtu.be/rjAsJbA9PM4

Bending And Reflecting Sunlight (1971)

Another 16mm reel from my collection that is a moment in time - this time being 1971 - and definitely the kind of film I would have seen in elementary school back in the day. As always I transferred this film with my own Telecine and corrected color to taste. Enjoy!https://youtu.be/FQvKd-Z1XYg

Eclipse

As much of the Lunar Eclipse as I could see - before the Moon was eclipsed by the skyline....https://youtu.be/FkoCfiHfdLU

Why We Tell The Truth (1978)

This film from my collection tells the whole story - After Space Clowns taught us how to lie and destroyed society, people got fed up with having it all to themselves, so they decided to all take a solemn oath to stop lying, trust each other, and return the world back to the perfect machine-like dai...

FranLab.com is for Sale - Continued...

iCANN does not do free arbitration anymore, but will intervene for a fee when someone like myself has legal representation and is in a legal fight with a cybersquatter. So - if I throw about $2500 at the problem I might get a chance to arbitrate for a better price on my own domain. Who want's to...

Safety On The Streets (1966)

https://youtu.be/lbOSPzfxyBM

Real vs. Fake NASA Squawk Boxes!

A long overdue follow up to my 2018 video where I made an exact reproduction of the prop used in the film Apollo 13 - this time I show and demonstrate what a real Apollo era NASA Squawk Box looked and sounded like. Extra audio treats after the credit roll too.... Enjoy!https://youtu.be/pYMyNlaRa40

The Decision To Drop The Bomb (1964)

An interesting reel from my collection that reflects a moment in time, in 1964 looking back at the decisions made in the mid 1940's to use the atomic bomb to end WWII in the Pacific. This reel is part one of a two-parter, of which the second reel is lost. The film was released by the US Atomic E...

Extortion!

Well, at least it's enough money that I don't ever have to worry about a troll putting up a phishing site (except for the troll that registered the name of course).... Oh yea and don't forget the .net, .biz, .org.............

It's All About The Patrons!

Yes, after the better part of a week of work the public premiere of my Deep Dive into the Conn Strobotuner has fallen to the bottom of the pool right off the bat. So, as I expected if I put out one of these a week it will be entirely up to You - my existing Patrons - to keep the channel on the air, ...

The Dawn Of Digital: Conn ST-11 Strobotuner

You asked for a deep dive - You got a deep dive! I go all-in to find out as much as I can about the Conn ST-11 Strobotuner, with a full demonstration and break down of how it works with schematics and a teardown and more! Enjoy!https://youtu.be/Yy4DgR8bF_I

The Problem Of Shock (1970)

This fascinating 16mm film from my collection was made with the help of Corning Glassworks and really gets into the science of making glass that will not shatter with rapid temperature changes. Some really cool footage of glass molding production lines for light bulbs, glass bottles, and CRT tubes. ...

Project Going In The YouTube Trash Bin?

Well, there's always the next project. More to come! The Frantone Electronics Channel: https://www.youtube.com/FrantoneElectronicshttps://youtu.be/4fSqv2LA8jQ

The Tonsil Stone Show

Okay - not really the title, but that's what it ended up being at 6:24. I don't think it's worth making public - and forgive me if I don't watch it with you - it's just too disgusting!https://youtu.be/cI5sNC54EXI

Micro Electronic Packaging (Book On Video)

An amazing book sent in by viewer Alex: Micro-Electronic Packaging, Interconnection and Assembly of Integrated Circuits by George Sideris (who was editor of Electro-Technology Magazine) published in 1968 - Shows exactly how all of those multilayered IBM PCB's (like the System 360 and Saturn V LV...

Groundhog Day

Soooooo...... today I completed a video about a project for which the last two videos I made for were never published and why - and wondering why I'm even making this video about it - and after all the editing, compiling, uploading, and processing, this afternoon I finally get to preview the fin...

Calling For Moderators

If you have been a Patron for a while and a channel viewer for even longer and want to help get rid of the bots, crypto-scammers, imposters, flat-Earthers, and trolls that infest the FranLab channel then let me know. To help me out you need a working YouTube channel page yourself, with a unique thum...

HEADS UP!!!

No live stream today, but it is another beautiful Saturday afternoon in Center City Philly!https://youtu.be/I_wQyxRg57A

FranLab 3.0

The Patrons have spoken: Return to Form! So that's what we're gonna do. If you want to be a moderator send me a message here and include your YouTube account address, and I'll fill you in on the moderation rules and what to look out for. Bots are getting pretty clever!https://youtu.be/Lh...