[sdiy] "VINTAGE AUDIO" capacitors

[Tim Parkhurst]

On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 9:15 PM, George Mattson <axisair at comcast.net> wrote:
> LOL.
>
> I don't know how people have the balls to pull that stuff off.
>
> When I learned electronics, we were making our own capacitors out of jars,
> wood rocks, paper using tin foil. We didn't have pure aluminum wrap
> available back then. :)
>
> But, we made coils out of toilet paper rolls, oatmeal boxes, wooden dowels.
>
> The good old days. At least we didn't stael the BBQ charcoal to make
> resistors...
>

You had WOOD ROCKS?!?

Back in MY day, we had to... actually I don't know where I'm going with this.


Tim (I got nothin' to match 'wood rocks') Servo
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