<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jun 1, 2025, at 3:49 PM, Ben Stuyts <<a href="mailto:ben@stuyts.nl" class="">ben@stuyts.nl</a>> wrote:</div><div class=""><div class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span class=""><br class=""></span><div class=""><span class="">Terry makes a run for it and settles neatly between Ingo and Karl.</span></div><div class=""></div></div></div></blockquote><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Wow. I have Batz beat by a mile or at least a kilometer.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jun 1, 2025, at 1:23 PM, Ben Stuyts via Synth-diy <<a href="mailto:synth-diy@synth-diy.org" class="">synth-diy@synth-diy.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">I looked at that <a href="http://archive.org/" class="">archive.org</a> page and saw that the Delton T. Horn book was put out by TAB Books. This reminded me of my favourite book I used to borrow (often) from the university of Delft EE library back in the early 1980’s. It was also by TAB Books, so they knew how to put out a good book too: Brice Ward - Electronic Music Circuit Guidebook.</div></div></blockquote><br class=""></div><div>Trust me, most of their books were outdated, a me-to copy of the previous book by that guy at Research Unlimited (?), enough know-how to be dangerous and/or straight up crap. The perfect marriage between exploitation and tech.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>The local book fair had a huge pile of them that came from an auction somewhere. There were so many that they just gave them to a local charity that was asking a dollar apiece for them. I grabbed all of the books on electronics, lasers, Tesla coils, robotics etc. They were worth it for the price but...</div><div><br class=""></div><div>Having said that, when they weren't selling the same Tesla coil or laser by "that guy" there were true gems in there. The best one that I have is on arc and oxyacetylene welding. Excellent and written by someone who knows their subject. If I ever need to use a torch I'll pull that one off the shelf.</div><div><br class=""></div><br class=""><div class="">
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