[sdiy] here's one for all you eBay lovers

[Toby Paddock]

The glass blanks in the last picture look an awful lot like the molds
for making those resin giant-bunch-of-grapes from the 70's.
Toby Paddock

metasonix wrote:
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2181635717&category=1
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> This pile of old crap was used by a guy named Phil Weingarten to make
> bogus (excuse me, "replica") DeForest Audion triodes in the 1980s.
> Phil was banned from the Antique Wireless Association for life because
> of his activities. He allegedly passed some of his homemade tubes
> off as originals....genuine Audions sell for thousands of dollars.
>
> He lied to the guy who bought it, who is now trying to sell Phil's
> junk on eBay for (he hopes) a big sum. His reserve is $50,000, I have
heard.
>
> Among other problems here, thoriated filament wire was NOT used in
> the original Audions! It wasn't invented until 1920. Original Audions
> used tantalum wire filaments.
>
> If you buy something on eBay, keep this in mind.
>