This is the most amazing thing I have ever seen. Not once was I tempted to skip through the video to see the end product, I was so captivated by what was happening, the whole process, it was all so consistently interesting. There is nothing I would like more than to have a masterclass from this guy. My mechanical engineering program skims over these fundamental processes that give an individual the power to make electronics from scratch, which is so valuable.

You are a true master of your craft. I hope you have a chance to pass this knowledge down to someone. We need more 'analog' craftsmen.

People like this are slowly disappearing.......This kind of person made America what it once was .......The day for skills is coming again..........YOU ARE AWESOME..... a pleasure and a treasure......U-ROCK

This is the best part of KZfaq. Standing over a masters shoulder and just watching

I remember when I was a kid the school took us to the science museum in London and they had a Mercury arc rectifier running, I seem to remember what looked like a ball of fire dancing around on top of the Mercury, it looked really evil hellish even.

Watching those pieces of glass rotating I kept hearing Hans Zimmer music in my head..! Not just possible, but necessary too.... thank you.

Ron. that was amazing how you put the bends on the tubular ends! What a magnificent, scientific, technological showpiece you have duplicated here without the toxic mercury, that would have been involved in the original rectifier tube. Bravo! Another fantastic end enlightening video you have produce here my friend! Tom

You have a rare skill set absolutely captivating thank you very much for making

what an artform. I've hit enough dabs to respect the skill it takes to control the temp so precisely. bravo good sir

I've been in electronics since graduating from college, 45 years ago. I also blow glass as a hobby. I had the opportunity to learn scientific glassblowing where I used to work. Watching this has been a real treat for me. Well done!!

Ron you've out done yourself again great job on that mercury Arc rectifier now time to make a reproduction Tunger bulb. Keep up the great videos and awesome work.

Young lady you make this looks so easy and I I know it ain't easy you are one hell of a scientist thanks for your videos keep up the good work

Wow!!!! The knowledge /wisdom in what you do is absolutely confounding! I literally can't believe my eyes watching this I wish I could spend some time around you ang glean from the wealth of knowledge you have!!!!! Brilliant

You make this look about as easy as it's possible to make it look but I am in no doubt about the skill required here. When you were putting the 90 deg. bends in the co-ordination of limbs and senses together was amazing but I was utterly stunned to think you were at the same time using your own lungs as an air compressor. Thank you for sharing this, it really is one of the best things I've seen - genuinely inspiring skills :-)

i'm still gonna get you a picture of a 1915ish mercury arc rectifier used in a chicago electric car, just gotta wait till the next fall festival when they put all that stuff out on display ^^ wonderful video.

I love watching these longer videos. There's something very relaxing about them. Keep up your great work, sir!

I love watching you work.

As always a pleasure to watch and plenty to learn from this man. Keep it up.

Stunning work Ron, a real work of art. It looks fantastic.

He makes this look so easy, yet working with glass on a lathe must be near impossible. Unbelievable skill. Thanks for posting

Beautiful! It was a unique experience and a pleasure watching you work. Thank you for sharing it.

Wow Ron, you've done it again - it looks nothing short of amazing!

Magnificent! You have a real talent. Much respect.

High Current Rectifier like the 'Tungar Tube' also used Argon gas instead of Mercury. They were used in half-wave circuits to charge batteries

After watching all your tube related videos I'm still amazed by how easily you shape the glass, with the right diameters etc. It's so smooth and natural ;)

Fantastic work!!!

Love the attention to details! Very nice!

That looks awesome!....Fantastic job!...what a beautiful piece of artwork!

That was a fantastic video. I love that you did this purely as a work of art. So amazing.

I recently stumbled upon your video’s. I’m nothing short of impressed. More!!!

Try Googling The Manx Electric railway. Situated on The Isle of Man between The UK and Ireland. They used mercury arc rectifiers until quite recently to supply the 600 volt dc for the tramcars. I was lucky enough to gain access to the power house and see them first hand. Quite a sight!. Some units were over 100 years old and had never failed. There are some videos on you tube about them. Well done to you, quite a task. Lynton G4XCQ

love your work Sir, a true craftsman at work. Thank you for sharing.

I've always loved the glow of those tubes!

Wow, the final product is a work of art! Wonderful video good sir!

Beautiful, a work of art literally.

Simply Amazing!!! The plasma glow never gets old!

Fascinating video. Impressive skills, you are a true craftsman.

I was researching mercury arc rectifiers and found your channel. Well done!! Its powerful what a passion for something can achieve!

It's incredible watching you practice what I thought was now a lost art! So awesome to see people using skills others might consider obsolete, but this man can make anything! Phenomenal work and compulsive viewing. I could relax watching and listening all day. Thanks so much for your time and effort! Edit: That 90⁰ bend was something else! Superfluous skill!

Very fine work. Excellent!

Great results. I would love to have that standing as a display peace. Your glass blowing videos are very relaxing to watch.

I've seen a big one of these working and it's truly mesmerizing.

Watching you make things is mesmerizing, I don't have the knowledge to tell you how skilled you are.. But knowing how fragile glass is if you don't handle it right.. What you're doing is very beautiful and elegant, not just the end-products but the process itself. Thank you for making these videos.

Just marvelous...I loved every bit of it.

Fascinating demo. Thanks.

WOW! Talk about your fine motor skills, makes drilling a pc board and soldering it while loose on the table look easy. I've always prided myself in being able to fabricate just about anything, but glasslinger puts my skills to shame. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge, it's much appreciated.

That’s really a fine piece of working electronic art.

Beautiful workmanship and amazingly informative. I envy your skill, thank you for creating the video :)

Amazing skills. Thank you especially for leaving in the "uh-ohs"and showing how you fixed them.

Beautiful work, I like all kind of reproductions of old tech, specially the ones that glow. Glassblowing is an amazing hobby.

Amazing! This looks so incredibly difficult.

That is so beautiful... great job!

Absolutely incredible! I'm watching someone with skills I believed were lost building something incredible. I collect large tubes whenever I come across them as I think they're a beautiful mixture of artistry and science. I have a single mercury rectifier that I think was used in a pair or possibly a quad in a large military radar set. I must look into getting it to glow.

Very nicely Done..Work of Art..

Simply superb!

absoluby beautiful , you are truly amazing!

Awesome work!!

Just amazing work.

I know this is an old video but my daughter and I have both long been fascinated by glass blowing, it was something she wanted to do when she left school but instead followed a different path. I was showing her the exquisite skills shown here and she was captivated by it as much as I am, we both admire any form of artisan work and somehow I wished I had stayed on my original path of wanting to be a forgemaster/glass blower which is good honest crafting.

Man, you have some skills!

Wow! Looks just like the ones I remember!

Beautiful ! Job well done.

Dear Mr. Glasslinger congratulating you for this unbelievable work is not enough it's almost incredible. Is a pleasure seeing you working with all my respect I would like to make you a suggestion: I have notice that whenever you cut with your diamond disc the rotation of the disc and the piece to be cut are rotating in the same direction. In order to improve the cutting, the direction of movement between the disc and the material to be cut should be opposite, to increase the relative peripheral speed. This means you should invert the rotation of your lathe while cutting. Thank You for sharing your big experience and knowledge with us.

Wonderful job.

Amazing work sir..

Thanks for for this wonderful video you made at thing of beauty

fantastic yet again!

That's some damn skill!

Fantastic! Sir!

It's a flux capacitor,,!!! Very relaxed, seems ideal Playing with wires oscilloscopes soldiering with glass making, chemistry shapes, you can't make things like that with time pressures inflicted on you in the UK be proud of what you have created.

thank you you toke me back almost 50 years we had one mercury rectifier wheni was in trade school enevthen it was old stuff must have i say about 25 pound of mercury in it but as i remember color was the same all you mist is the arking inside again thank you

Awesome info. Photoninduction channel has a huge 1 around 80 yrs of age & he fires it up. Brilliant stuff.

seeing at a radio museum. I live in Cincy, and actually saw something like this on the old WLW 500kw transmitter. We played with these in industrial electronics in college in the late 60's and early 70's

wow a flux capacitor !!!! love the work

Very very skilled

Rinoa Super-Genius eat your heart out. You could never do this. Nice work glasslinger.

A MASTERPIECE!

That rectifier tube is just precious, I have often thought about modifying a guitar amp as a gimmick to operate with an external rectifier tube but there aren't a lot of choices out there for rectifier tubes to be had. I have a Mesa Boogie triple rectifier guitar amp that lets you switch back and forth to channels having three of the different rectifier 's by using a foot switch on the fly, but the rectifiers are solid state, not tubes. What would be better I could imagine would be switching back and fourth from a Mercury based rectifier and the the Argon rectifier hence the name of the songs on stage in live concert stage show and having the third be a Tritium rectifier and then it blows up during the climactic guitar solo that we could call the Trinity and it catches on fire, then of course roadies come out and put out the fire as usual. Nothing new however I haven't seen this done for a number of years but the product line would be the new twist selling and external attchment for a guitar ampliphier that is the rectifier and of course a line of outrageous guitar amps .... 🎸

Amazing stuff 😳

Very nice!

When I was in the Navy, I was told to get a Fallopian Tube. Now, I know what it is.

Wow, thats impressive! 45W too!

Very informative and superb workmanship. Deserves more views and likes.

This, this sir is badass.

You are one bloody clever dood

Fantastic man!

FABULOUS!!

wow awesome i would love to make tubes for people just for the joy of it

Ron missing a lot of your new viddies. i been looking for new vids everyother day. i hope your okay health wize and can still post some new vids soon. your a definite craftsmen and with a dying art. Greetings and salutations, We miss u point

very good job

your the best glasslinger

If you don't have/don't want to work with mercury you can fill lamp with sodium or potassium, and after heating lamp up to their melting point lamp will work as rectifier.

That's a skill that is rare

I'm trying to get my hands on one of the few the city has in storage here from back when they operated streetcars here. I have a friend that is over all that warehouse stuff so maybe he will let me have or right out buy one before they get destroyed or auctioned off. I do have a smaller one that was from an abandoned AM transmitter tower site we took down, it's about the size of that one in the video. I think this is very cool that you are documenting your skills for others to follow.

Awesome work! You should sell these!

I love your channel!. You have taught me a lot in the last few videos... I think it would be neat if you made a working "Thyratron" or "Tungar Lamp" if have not already?... Cheers from a new subber in Canada, looking forward to catching up on more of your videos :-)

You are amazing!

Eighteen thumbs down WHY ? this is a work of art produced by a very skilled and knowledgeable electronics genius. ✌peace

Electric uterus FTW. Love it. Really amazing work!

thank you ron