Building a DIY Triode Vacuum Tube

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The Science Furry

4 ай бұрын

I'm trying to build a triode vacuum tube myself. some improvement is definitely necessary, but it is working.

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@jdflyback 4 ай бұрын

oh my god this is great.

@thesciencefurry 4 ай бұрын

If it would actually amplify :p But i'm getting there....eventually.

@jdflyback 4 ай бұрын

I bet it is but it might just have a high plate resistance. For a voltage amplifier a 470k plate resistor would be a good starting point. For driving a speaker I have had good luck with the hammond 1760C output transformer. It seems to work best with the primary configured as 8kOhms and with the 3.2 Ohms secondary connection being used to drive an 8 ohm speaker. I am really jealous of your seals by the way. I still have days where my seals end up having bubbles on the surface of the tungsten and it makes me sad :3

@thesciencefurry 4 ай бұрын

@@jdflyback That's why I make the seals individually and then seal them in. So I can select which ones are good and which ones are not. I was watching your and Dalibors videos and was scratching my head how this supposed to work. But everyone has their own methods.

@SignalDitch 16 күн бұрын

I don't know how I missed this upload originally but this is fantastic work! I noticed on the tubes you showed at the beginning that they appeared to be evacuated from the top instead of having a smaller evacuation stem. This is my preferred method so far as it avoids extra glasswork, although it doesn't allow for a nice, round top. Hopefully I'll also be publishing a triode video soon! Cheers!

@KeritechElectronics 16 күн бұрын

Nice work! Anyone who makes their own tubes lands in the "proper respect" area - Glasslinger, jdflyback, Dalibor Farny, Aleksander Zawada, Nick Poole, Gerrit Deruyter, snd now you too :)

@piotrchojnacki5679 Ай бұрын

I've once seen a scan of an old paper(around 60's) from an electronic company where i read that they used a mixture of barium and strontium carbonates with nitrocelulose dissolved in organic solvents to coat their cathodes. I can't remember if they wrote which solvents they used, but I think that acetone would certainly do the job. Maybe it'd stick to the filament better and make an even coating.

@niocalsgreogiro 4 ай бұрын

Really cool project 👏

@kidnamedcancer 4 ай бұрын

great job dude

@mfbfreak 4 ай бұрын

It might help you to characterise the tube. Based on that you can improve the amplifier circuit. Measure the amplification (mA/v grid voltage) at different anode voltages.

@Matthew-Radon 4 ай бұрын

I just love this type of content

@thesciencefurry 4 ай бұрын

I would love to see more stuff like this on youtube.

@zyeborm 4 ай бұрын

Pretty darn great for a first attempt mate!

@thesciencefurry 4 ай бұрын

Technically the third :p

@zyeborm 4 ай бұрын

@@thesciencefurry first one you got working on KZfaq I'm calling it the first ;-) Probably only down to tweaking your spacing, voltage and vacuum to get a good amplifying tube at this rate man. Inspiring.

@hr.differentmind2048 4 ай бұрын

Nice 👍

@SciDOCMBC 16 күн бұрын

Did you build the spot welder yourself? It would be interesting to see it in more detail in a video. Great video btw.

@thesciencefurry 16 күн бұрын

There are tons of videos covering that and it's super simple. So I wouldn't make a video on that

@janno288 4 ай бұрын

finally some good content on this platform!

@thesciencefurry 4 ай бұрын

Aww thx😄 Hopefully I can do some more shenanigans with vacuum tubes.

@janno288 4 ай бұрын

@@thesciencefurry Reject Transistors, Embrace TUUUB

@Medinos 4 ай бұрын

Nice sehr interessant was du machst ;)

@Enderbro3300 Ай бұрын

Why couldn't you use something like a mason jar for this? Isolate them from the lid and then pump down the tube? I've wanted to make a neon lamp like that as a proof of concept but I don't have a vacuum pump.

@thesciencefurry Ай бұрын

Won't hold vacuum well enough and you have to leave it on the pump. At this point you would be better off to build a proper chamber for it. But a normal vacuum pump usually won't cut it.

@hobbyrob313 3 ай бұрын

I hope you will experiment with FM transmitters again! and then test how far you get, but with a good antenna / dipole!? or beter GP? Greetings from the Netherlands! Rob