Simply stunning! Would you consider making a video about your life in electronics? How it began, where you worked, how you got to where you are? Also I see most of your equipment is relatively old. Would you make a video describing how you acquired some of the more interesting bits? Please keep making the videos, you're a firm favourite and are fuelling my enthusiasm for learning.
Get involved with a HAM radio group and scour the ads for equipment... He probably did not spend a lot of money on most of that stuff its just being active & being at the right place in the right time plus you'd be surprised what people throw out. Though non electronic I got a PORSCHE brand SUV topper from a guy who divorced his wife... hopping to make it into a bike trailer. He was happy to see it get reused! (even has dual side locks)Ideally an electrical pusher bike trailer. It's black and sleek ( highly aerodynamic ) and really cool. And don't be afraid to ask. Know your laws in your area, too. Here, anything in the dumpster is free game and I get paint & solvents, BBQ starter fluid, rocking chairs (which I fix because one of my hobbies is woodworking) -- I gotta start selling more of the stuff. I could probably make it into a business to buy a really good scope and whatnot. I got 3 vacs in the past week. I rebuilt/restored a small sized Oreck which now runs perfectly. It's a top notch American Made (Louisiana) Vacuum Cleaner. Got another one tonight on a short 1/2 block walk around my neighborhood. A cyclonic hoover, I think, it was dark. All I cared was that it had attachments (for the Oreck that was missing them) and had a long cord (I added one to my portable metal cutting saw after accidentally cutting it off and am looking to do the same to my woodcutting circular saw because it turned out to be the handiest mistake I made all season!) But I agree, I'd enjoy the story, too.
Mr Carlson, I stumbled upon your UA-cam content by accident, but I will never regret it! I have no electronics background, but an avid appetite for knowledge and observing all experts in whatever trades. What keeps me watching your feed, is the fact my Father was a keen 'electronics ' guy? I can still remember as a young boy going into his little workshop and marvelling at the trays and trays of components and the smell of solder. I find that the way your videos put across the subject matter to be so addictive! Keep up the good work, it's great viewing, thank you.
Oh! the things that I can create/invent in your lab. I love this stuff. Please never stop posting your projects! Your knowledge that you posses in that amazing brain of yours is a benefit to all mankind. Thank you, for sharing.
Growing up in the 60s I had two neighbors,who were Ham Radio Operators. One had served as an engineer during WWII. His basement was filled wall to wall with shelves filled to brimming with Radio equipment, power supplies, etc. Virtually all of it was tube based. I had just started to learn when we moved. I think I regret that more than most things. Your shop reminds me of his basement.... even to the constant hum of equipment. Id love to see video of restoration and conversion of WWII and pre war military communication equipment... for use in a modern Ham environment. A lot of unique things were developed by RCA between 1935 and the early 40s... including some very unusual tube sockets, and the 6L6.
All the test equipment is on at the same time, probably just for the videos.. He must need a separate feeder to his house and it must be hot in that room. I'm guessing no wife and no kids. Wile E. Carlson, Super Genius.
I just checked out your repair web site and I like one comment in particular "We repair what others can't"...And from what I have seen from you so far, I have no doubt that there has not been much that you have not tackled that you could not fix...LOL Keep up the great videos and lessons. Vic
love your videos. I'm an electrician and an electrical engineering student (graduating this year. soon to be an EIT). I am absolutely fascinated by your old lab equipment and tricks of the trade - which we do not learn in school. I just wanted to say, "Thanks for making these videos". I'll be tuning in for as long as you keep making them Cheers -Brian
The neatness of your workshop reflects in everything you do. The first job I had to do when I was an apprentice electrician was to sweep up and keep the workshop tidy. More than 50 years later I still tinker in electronics but always clean and tidy after every project. I have to say though I am still an apprentice in electronics when I see what you do. Thanks for showing your lab, it was very interesting.
Thanks Paul for the fine list of videos and reviews, and the equipment you have on your bench. Top drawer! I especially enjoyed the Heathkit videos as I used to work there as a service tech back in the late '60's. I have a somewhat less 'elaborate' setup on my bench, but it works, hi. (ham) I was a radio tech for 39 years and I still learn stuff from you videos. We are never too old to learn something new. I am retired now so it is still great to get back on the bench and work on stuff in my leisure time. 73, Fred or Ski
Great Lab. Love the older electronic stuff, especially valves. I started into electronics 50+ years ago but haven't done much since SMD. My lab, at the moment. is a Multimeter in a plastic box. Thought I knew how to put a capacitor in. The case writing all same way etc, then I saw your video feed re capacitors. Very informative. I realise now how little I do know and what there is to learn, fantastic.
While general electronics knowledge is cool, I come here for deep insights into schematics and component choices. You are a hero to me, man. So jealous of your lab
I was not interested in electronics before. But after watching this video and some other videos of yours, now I'm eager learn electronics. wish you would be my teacher. Great job sir
Wonderful display of electronic test equipment. I am so glad we have people like you that can fix almost anything brought to you. I can imagine fixing a flat screen tv would be very boring to you. Thanks for the showing. Very enjoyable.
Jason howe Hi Jason, only a few operate at a time, so no big deal. If I turn them all on, the scene from National Lampoons Christmas vacation comes to mind :^)
Very impressive lab Paul. Very tidy and well organized. I have to say, I've been watching your videos for a few months now and even though I have no idea what all that equipment is and I have no knowledge of electronics I find your work fascinating just the same. Thanks for sharing your skills with us.
Thanks for the comment! I'm a bit of a "youtube noob" and being recognized here takes a while. I don't have any advertising on the site, and I think that provides more exposure??? Maybe down the road?
Found you vids, amazing! You are wise, skilled and accomplished beyond your years. Your video production and presentation skills are only surpassed by your technical knowledge and abilities. Your background would be an interesting story! Fascinated with the Canadian "accent." Looking forward to more videos, hope you don't get bored with the process.
Tektronix 5xx gear (vacuum tube) and Tektronix 79xx gear (solid state) are wonderful antique pieces, with lots of plug in modules. Great fun. Today's digital oscilloscopes surpass almost all measurement capabilities of these boat anchors. Now, the 44Ghz spectrum analyzer is an unusual piece, maybe good for E.T. radio transmissions, if E.T. even uses radio waves.
having equipment is one thing but using it the way that you do its marvelous I'm just returning to electronics after many years and you've given me so much incentive thank you Mr Carlson
Wow, You've got to be a genius. Iv'e been watching your repair videos and I am officially one of your "on line " students. Keep the videos coming. There is hope for all of us old geeks!!!!
Thanks for showing us your electronics laboratory. Wow, it's like a time warp going back to the 70's and early 80's, thanks again for showing all that working vintage test equipment you have!
Thanks for the tour! So much lovely test gear including Nixie tube counters and oscilloscopes, do you find the devices at equipment disposals? Amazing how tidy your work area is, I always end up creating a huge mess which becomes unworkable, never got the hang of keeping tidy so your work place is a real credit to you. Must look amazing in there with the lights turned off with all the screens and displays doing their thing.
Magnificent!!! My electronics bench is anemic by your standards. It’s great to see Tek Scopes in use at your bench, I worked for Tectronix labs 1974 to 1980 and saw some amazing things there the best nerd years of my life. And yes I have some Tek scopes. Also your other videos are very good too. Wish they had been available when I was a kid but you do have some good tips for us old timers too thanks.
Paul, I just came across your channel and quickly subscribed as I am and always have been very interested in electronics and formally started my education in 1968 in my 11th grade where half of my day at school was spent learning electronics and tube circuitry. I graduated high school with 1000 hours of electronics training and a 2nd class FCC Radiotelephone License. With the draft being done, I chose to enlist in the Navy as an Electronics Technician and volunteered for submarine duty to stay away from Vietnam, which worked very well as I spent 75 days at a time being submerged with Polaris missiles. I specialized in Inertial Navigation which was very interesting but I was more of a module technician than an electronics technician as we never did any troubleshooting to the component level. After 6 years in the Navy I got out and started my career working on TVs and stereos. Anyway, after working for 50 years in electronics, I am now retired but still have a very strong interest in it and I am very much excited to watch all of your videos, which I will have the time for now especially because of the Coronavirus lockdown right now. I have built and repaired tube equipment since 1965 and just lust after your lab equipment, even after working with some pretty amazing stuff myself, some of which I cannot really talk about from my days working on Top Secret stuff in the Nevada desert. Really looking forward to watching your stuff instead of hours and hours of movies on TV.
Sure, but he doesn't need heating in the winter. Just switch on that fridge-sized transmitter and microwave the whole house (and the garden outside, if there is one)
You might have mentioned that much of your test gear is from an era when the gear could still be repaired by humans. Today's professional test gear is often just a few channels of proprietary high-speed A/D facing into a computer, and potted modules, multi-level boards, microscopic components and lack of test points makes this difficult for the upscale home hobbyist. BTW, you might comment on how you handle calibration of your gear; do you keep your own standards or do you ship out your better test gear to an external metrology lab?
this is my DREAM lab. So far ive got a fluke multimeter, 30 volt 1 amp power supply, a tektronix analog oscilloscope, soldering station, and a few tools. I will eventually build up to having this awesome lab. One day... Anyway awesome video thumbs up 👍
Millions of buttons and potentiometers to operate, this is enormous and I'm sitting here with with 45 EUR china PC oscilloscope and trying to learn how to get my toroidale core into better resonance for my re-emf charger. Oh my god ;-)
VarietyGamer , Growing up , I experienced sideways approach / exposure sometimes by way of various, often cross-pollinating interests ( very much where a lot of excitement around synergy further drove passions and curiosities ) and was introduced to toroidals from a foray into speaker and amplifier design where toroidal transformers in the power supplies of those amplifiers had benefits. ... Hm. I get an interesting rush of memories in a retrospective I don't think I have recollected till now ~ 25-30 years later ... I would almost anthropologically pick a part electronic advertisements listing all of their specifications to an overwhelming degree / manner for the layperson to put into perspective which may have come from misunderstanding the overreach of some electronic advertisement of a product's greatly disappointing return from a meager yet high portion of a childhood investment for the product ( and the advertisement's "promise" ) at the time. I was a frustrated kid at times, knowing more about the gaps in performance than the adults could appreciate around me and not being able to voice frustrations to a listener who could fully appreciate the scope of the loss of my childhood savings. There was one thing left to do and too much to learn to be hung up too long, so I'd go and read more Forrest M. Mims III Getting Started In Electronics or Engineer's Mini-Notebooks ( or peruse the local RadioShack and buy additional issues ) , or get additional exposure in the early days of Barnes & Noble Book Sellers by sitting down in the engineering book section ( which is now been replaced by teen romance and drama novels ) then go verify what I read with what I found on the early days of the internet as well as with store representatives and installers which became another lesson in the knowledge base available at retailers and seeing that change through the years. [ my speech / composition teacher would check me right about now regarding such a run-on sentence, but the spirit is there nonetheless ]
well I know what a volt /ohm meter is..... man I would hate to be payin' his electricity bill! That was a cool look at your area... I do appreciate your time and effort to make all the videos you do.. I am a very basic knowledge fella and I learn something new every time I watch one of your vids... thanks again for your hard work... we dummies are learning new things every day here..
@@markgigiel2722 yeah Mark you are the third person to tell me that.. so now I am on a quest... wait milliammeter? oh it stands for milli amp meter.. geez it is wonderful to get old..
Hi, I Recently found your channel, and very impressed to say the least. Coming from a fella who's dad was a Radio Shack/Heath-kit TV builder, aficionado (Albeit tho, we spent A LOT family time there... Actually tbh, later I even went on eventually to be a manager of a Radio Shack in the mid 80's store # 01-2178 NJ, being at the time still a electronics fascinated kid !!!) His workshop smaller, yet similar to yours, was many of oscilloscope's and various equipment... Of course back then I was the pre teen-teen, growing up in the early 70's/80's who like most kids knew everything back then as a teenager !!! I can certainly NOW at 50+ y/o fully understand, and Totally appreciate what he did back then !!! And he's still needle SHARP at his 70+...!!! Glad to see you also took your brilliance, (like my father, and somewhat myself) and applied it to this incredibly fascinating/and VERY rewarding line of work/career pathway to even a higher achievement level...!!! Congrats, and I will let my my Pops, my children, and grandchildren watch, sub to your channel also... Again, veryyy Nice Work...!!!
I've always felt that I attained a respectable level of accomplishment in my career as a TV and home entertainment product service and repair technician but you sir, I bow before the master! I enjoy your videos immensley and I remain ready to learn something new everyday! Your lab is certainly impressive and I'd be particularly interested in learning more about your radio gear as well as what it is you listen to. Thanks for all you do!
But But .... where's your harbor fright $5 multimeter.... amateur !!!.... 😂😂😂 All I can say is OH....MY....GOD... Hardware Heaven right there.. Thanks for the tour , man 😎
I don't know exactly what look I had on my face while I was watching this but my girlfriend thought I was watching porn on the computer until I showed her what the video was and then she looked at me all puzzled and strange, lol.
Electronics "porn"! I sneak over here late at night when the wife has gone to bed when I need old time kit fix! Many (many) moons ago I had a lot of this stuff then the IC came along with disposable electronics! How I yearn for the smell of a broken vacuum tube...
Nice set up, but if a scope or some other unit went down then you will have to dig it out, That could take some time huh? I wouldn't say no to a similar set up though, very nice.
I enjoyed your tour. thank you for sharing that with the world. You lab is comfortable, organized, clean and must be very relaxing. I am not the sort that has an understanding of what I just saw, but do possess a sense of wonder and appreciation.
Thank you for the tour. My father was television and radio repair, a radio engineer in Jacksonville FL, then he ended his career moving up the ranks in digital electronics at Show Biz Pizza and Chuck E Cheeze. I remember in the 70s when he replaced a huge vacuum tube based transmitter that was fenced in along a wall of inside of the building. I remember the replacement might have been close to the size of two refrigerators. I remember he hired my brother in law to replace the light at the top of the 400+ foot tower.
+jakejakeboom LOL, Well, He's more into the modern test gear end of things (which is absolutely fine) I have a soft spot for older test gear. We both have our ways of explaining things, which gives the viewers some variety.
What a treat to see, i would say however if you are hit with a earthquake you might need a roll cage with a hard top and escape hatch ! , but for sure , one might not dismiss this line of thinking as it can happen, a custom framing system to hold your lab safe in the event of a 7. or higher ( should not be outwardly dismissed ) would be a crying shame to see denting and broken cathode tube all over such nice gear and investment . just food for thought. thanks
Wow, when I see all this stuff. I imagine what a setup I could have had if I'd just stuck with it. I use to repair Radios and TV's back in the late sixty's. I built my first Oscilloscope out of an old TV set. LOL. Collected a lot of Ham radios, receivers and test equipment over time. But I took a left turn somewhere early in my life (music and cars) and got out of it. Got rid of everything. Brings back memories. Thanks for the tour!
Simply stunning! Would you consider making a video about your life in electronics? How it began, where you worked, how you got to where you are? Also I see most of your equipment is relatively old. Would you make a video describing how you acquired some of the more interesting bits? Please keep making the videos, you're a firm favourite and are fuelling my enthusiasm for learning.
I would also like to know how you got started in electronics. Very impressive lab!!
Get involved with a HAM radio group and scour the ads for equipment... He probably did not spend a lot of money on most of that stuff its just being active & being at the right place in the right time plus you'd be surprised what people throw out.
Though non electronic I got a PORSCHE brand SUV topper from a guy who divorced his wife... hopping to make it into a bike trailer. He was happy to see it get reused! (even has dual side locks)Ideally an electrical pusher bike trailer. It's black and sleek ( highly aerodynamic ) and really cool. And don't be afraid to ask. Know your laws in your area, too.
Here, anything in the dumpster is free game and I get paint & solvents, BBQ starter fluid, rocking chairs (which I fix because one of my hobbies is woodworking) -- I gotta start selling more of the stuff. I could probably make it into a business to buy a really good scope and whatnot. I got 3 vacs in the past week. I rebuilt/restored a small sized Oreck which now runs perfectly. It's a top notch American Made (Louisiana) Vacuum Cleaner. Got another one tonight on a short 1/2 block walk around my neighborhood. A cyclonic hoover, I think, it was dark. All I cared was that it had attachments (for the Oreck that was missing them) and had a long cord (I added one to my portable metal cutting saw after accidentally cutting it off and am looking to do the same to my woodcutting circular saw because it turned out to be the handiest mistake I made all season!)
But I agree, I'd enjoy the story, too.
Great idea!
Alfie Malfie I AGREE!!!!!!!!!! Please do one thanks
Oh man a video like that would be so awesome! I desperately hope to follow a similar path! I would love to hear how life led him to where he is.
That's not a lab, that's a museum! incredible equipment Carlson! Best regards from Spain :)
Thanks for your kind comment!
@@MrCarlsonsLab
I thought that lab that I worked in Brazil had the largest vintage instrument collection.
I could just sit in that room and push some button´s and scream "Dive Dive Dive" for hours. ;D
LOL!
Polywog84 Funny you should say that, being a submarine sailor myself from the Cold War days. By chance are you a submariner?
I'd lock myself in that room with a bottle of whiskey and play old Art Bell radio broadcasts while I slowly go insane.
@@StewartMarkley Sorry, no i´m a heavy equipment operator. (Excavators and stuff like that.) :)
Mr Carlson, I stumbled upon your UA-cam content by accident, but I will never regret it! I have no electronics background, but an avid appetite for knowledge and observing all experts in whatever trades. What keeps me watching your feed, is the fact my Father was a keen 'electronics ' guy? I can still remember as a young boy going into his little workshop and marvelling at the trays and trays of components and the smell of solder. I find that the way your videos put across the subject matter to be so addictive! Keep up the good work, it's great viewing, thank you.
Oh! the things that I can create/invent in your lab.
I love this stuff.
Please never stop posting your projects!
Your knowledge that you posses in that amazing brain of yours is a benefit to all mankind.
Thank you, for sharing.
+Gene Brodsky
Thanks for the very kind words Gene!
Growing up in the 60s I had two neighbors,who were Ham Radio Operators. One had served as an engineer during WWII. His basement was filled wall to wall with shelves filled to brimming with Radio equipment, power supplies, etc. Virtually all of it was tube based. I had just started to learn when we moved. I think I regret that more than most things. Your shop reminds me of his basement.... even to the constant hum of equipment. Id love to see video of restoration and conversion of WWII and pre war military communication equipment... for use in a modern Ham environment. A lot of unique things were developed by RCA between 1935 and the early 40s... including some very unusual tube sockets, and the 6L6.
A most enjoyable look around your lab. Well fitted out and very tidy, I am green with envy.
Stuart Grant Thanks for the nice comment Stuart!
I loved every bit of this. Thanks for the tour.
Wonderful gear you have.
You are awesome Mr. Carlson I wish you would tell more of your story and background I've watched many of your videos enjoy them all thank you
Wow! Amazing lab to work. So clean and neat also.
You arranged things so it seems you are inside a space ship. Cool!
Congrats! Big thumbs up!
This set up is just crazy. You must be considered as one off the best radio operators of all time.
Birds never land on the power lines to his house, they're always too hot for little bird feet.
How's the RV comming?
All the test equipment is on at the same time, probably just for the videos.. He must need a separate feeder to his house and it must be hot in that room. I'm guessing no wife and no kids. Wile E. Carlson, Super Genius.
No but they land close to them in the winter hi hi
I just checked out your repair web site and I like one comment in particular "We repair what others can't"...And from what I have seen from you so far, I have no doubt that there has not been much that you have not tackled that you could not fix...LOL Keep up the great videos and lessons. Vic
Thanks for your kind comment Vic!
love your videos. I'm an electrician and an electrical engineering student (graduating this year. soon to be an EIT). I am absolutely fascinated by your old lab equipment and tricks of the trade - which we do not learn in school. I just wanted to say, "Thanks for making these videos". I'll be tuning in for as long as you keep making them
Cheers
-Brian
The neatness of your workshop reflects in everything you do.
The first job I had to do when I was an apprentice electrician was to sweep up and keep the workshop tidy.
More than 50 years later I still tinker in electronics but always clean and tidy after every project.
I have to say though I am still an apprentice in electronics when I see what you do.
Thanks for showing your lab, it was very interesting.
Thanks, and your welcome Nodrog!
Thanks Paul for the fine list of videos and reviews, and the equipment you have on your bench. Top drawer! I especially enjoyed the Heathkit videos as I used to work there as a service tech back in the late '60's. I have a somewhat less 'elaborate' setup on my bench, but it works, hi. (ham) I was a radio tech for 39 years and I still learn stuff from you videos. We are never too old to learn something new.
I am retired now so it is still great to get back on the bench and work on stuff in my leisure time.
73,
Fred or Ski
Incredible man cave you have there!!
I just found your channel, so I subbed, binge watched, and learned a lot with each video.
thanks for sharing!!
Amazing setup particularly of your age a lot of the kit was from the long distant past when test equipment was really well made. Well done chap.
I had not seen anything like it yet. Extremely clean and organized. A very congratulations to you.
Great Lab. Love the older electronic stuff, especially valves. I started into electronics 50+ years ago but haven't done much since SMD. My lab, at the moment. is a Multimeter in a plastic box. Thought I knew how to put a capacitor in. The case writing all same way etc, then I saw your video feed re capacitors. Very informative. I realise now how little I do know and what there is to learn, fantastic.
While general electronics knowledge is cool, I come here for deep insights into schematics and component choices.
You are a hero to me, man. So jealous of your lab
I was not interested in electronics before. But after watching this video and some other videos of yours, now I'm eager learn electronics. wish you would be my teacher. Great job sir
Great to read Eshan! Thank you for your kind words.
Until now I imagined that you would only see this in movies and comic books. Quite a setup for a lab at home.
Wonderful display of electronic test equipment. I am so glad we have people like you that can fix almost anything brought to you.
I can imagine fixing a flat screen tv would be very boring to you. Thanks for the showing. Very enjoyable.
LOL I will show your video to my wife, she always complain that I have too many oscilloscopes (3)
:o)
Hi Mark Batten. Thanks for your comment! I may just do a video on that in the future.
I wish you would fix more guitar amps. Especially Marshall and Fender tube amps. I enjoy seeing that.
In the future, when I look at one again, I will make another video. Thanks for your comment!
Someone with to many toys to play with I would hate to see the power bill you pay for running all that testing equipment
Jason howe Hi Jason, only a few operate at a time, so no big deal. If I turn them all on, the scene from National Lampoons Christmas vacation comes to mind :^)
Lol
That's awesome, thanks for sharing. Love your lab, inspiring.
Very impressive lab Paul. Very tidy and well organized. I have to say, I've been watching your videos for a few months now and even though I have no idea what all that equipment is and I have no knowledge of electronics I find your work fascinating just the same. Thanks for sharing your skills with us.
Thanks George, glad your enjoying the video's!
Now THAT is a man cave! (for the nerds, at least). I, sir, do not know why this doesn't have thousands of views.
Thanks for the comment! I'm a bit of a "youtube noob" and being recognized here takes a while. I don't have any advertising on the site, and I think that provides more exposure??? Maybe down the road?
It wont take long!
Mr Carlson's Lab I would try to avoid the advertising I think. It can be very distracting to the viewer.
and look where Mr Carlson's Lab is now, its beautifull to see progression in youtube accounts this way
@@roancraenen1385 same
Hey, the labs clean!
5:23 70s eletronic????????????
Not even any dust in there. I have no idea how OCD you must be. But, it's great.
Wow! Excellent collection of parts and equipment! You're living the dream. Keep up the good work.
This is what I imagine my future lab would look like. As of now I only have a dinky little fpga board, but someday...
Awesome lab Mr. Carlson!
Found you vids, amazing! You are wise, skilled and accomplished beyond your years. Your video production and presentation skills are only surpassed by your technical knowledge and abilities. Your background would be an interesting
story! Fascinated with the Canadian "accent." Looking forward to more videos, hope you don't get bored with the process.
Thanks for your kind comment David!
Tektronix 5xx gear (vacuum tube) and Tektronix 79xx gear (solid state) are wonderful antique pieces, with lots of plug in modules. Great fun. Today's digital oscilloscopes surpass almost all measurement capabilities of these boat anchors. Now, the 44Ghz spectrum analyzer is an unusual piece, maybe good for E.T. radio transmissions, if E.T. even uses radio waves.
having equipment is one thing but using it the way that you do its marvelous I'm just returning to electronics after many years and you've given me so much incentive thank you Mr Carlson
Wow, You've got to be a genius. Iv'e been watching your repair videos and I am officially one of your "on line " students.
Keep the videos coming. There is hope for all of us old geeks!!!!
Thanks Bruce for the nice comment! Just trying to share what I know. Glad your enjoying the video's.
Oh my gosh
Oh my gosh
That place is so amazing, i think I'd lose my mind in there.
A vintage 44 GHz spectrum analyzer? WHAT??
I know! Some of that stuff is unreal :o
Thanks for showing us your electronics laboratory. Wow, it's like a time warp going back to the 70's and early 80's, thanks again for showing all that working vintage test equipment you have!
Glad you enjoyed Joseph!
i love your lab ,so many instruments i remeber from my earlyier years in elctronics
Thanks for the tour! So much lovely test gear including Nixie tube counters and oscilloscopes, do you find the devices at equipment disposals? Amazing how tidy your work area is, I always end up creating a huge mess which becomes unworkable, never got the hang of keeping tidy so your work place is a real credit to you. Must look amazing in there with the lights turned off with all the screens and displays doing their thing.
After watching this video I become a fan of this channel, big respect sir.:)
Thanks!
Magnificent!!! My electronics bench is anemic by your standards.
It’s great to see Tek Scopes in use at your bench, I worked for
Tectronix labs 1974 to 1980 and saw some amazing things there
the best nerd years of my life. And yes I have some Tek scopes.
Also your other videos are very good too. Wish they had been
available when I was a kid but you do have some good tips for
us old timers too thanks.
Paul, I just came across your channel and quickly subscribed as I am and always have been very interested in electronics and formally started my education in 1968 in my 11th grade where half of my day at school was spent learning electronics and tube circuitry. I graduated high school with 1000 hours of electronics training and a 2nd class FCC Radiotelephone License. With the draft being done, I chose to enlist in the Navy as an Electronics Technician and volunteered for submarine duty to stay away from Vietnam, which worked very well as I spent 75 days at a time being submerged with Polaris missiles. I specialized in Inertial Navigation which was very interesting but I was more of a module technician than an electronics technician as we never did any troubleshooting to the component level. After 6 years in the Navy I got out and started my career working on TVs and stereos. Anyway, after working for 50 years in electronics, I am now retired but still have a very strong interest in it and I am very much excited to watch all of your videos, which I will have the time for now especially because of the Coronavirus lockdown right now. I have built and repaired tube equipment since 1965 and just lust after your lab equipment, even after working with some pretty amazing stuff myself, some of which I cannot really talk about from my days working on Top Secret stuff in the Nevada desert. Really looking forward to watching your stuff instead of hours and hours of movies on TV.
Your electric bill must be high
over 9000 that is
I'm sure he has his own Tesla generator outside!
Sure, but he doesn't need heating in the winter. Just switch on that fridge-sized transmitter and microwave the whole house (and the garden outside, if there is one)
I'm imagining he needed a much higher amperage breaker installed into his panel for the garage circuit.
Looks glorious!
Awesome lab and gorgeous radio setup!
Very impressive lab there! What's even more impressive is that you have the knowledge to put that equipment to work and do so!
I once picked out an alarm clock based on it having the most buttons. That place is like a dream lol, I would be like a baby with a Playmobil
+Jarrod P
LOL, Thanks for your comment Jarrod!
You might have mentioned that much of your test gear is from an era when the gear could still be repaired by humans. Today's professional test gear is often just a few channels of proprietary high-speed A/D facing into a computer, and potted modules, multi-level boards, microscopic components and lack of test points makes this difficult for the upscale home hobbyist. BTW, you might comment on how you handle calibration of your gear; do you keep your own standards or do you ship out your better test gear to an external metrology lab?
this is my DREAM lab. So far ive got a fluke multimeter, 30 volt 1 amp power supply, a tektronix analog oscilloscope, soldering station, and a few tools. I will eventually build up to having this awesome lab. One day... Anyway awesome video thumbs up 👍
One word for you lab
HEAVEN
"sound angelic" I appreciate your videos and the humor thrown in is a good touch.
Beautiful lab, very profesional, thanks for share your videos , very important to understand more from electronics !!!!
I'm drooling about now. Pretty sweet setup!
Looks like a lab worthy of Doc Emmett Brown. Awesome.
Millions of buttons and potentiometers to operate, this is enormous and I'm sitting here with with 45 EUR china PC oscilloscope and trying to learn how to get my toroidale core into better resonance for my re-emf charger. Oh my god ;-)
And I'm sitting here wondering what a toroidale core is.
VarietyGamer ,
Growing up , I experienced sideways approach / exposure sometimes by way of various, often cross-pollinating interests ( very much where a lot of excitement around synergy further drove passions and curiosities ) and was introduced to toroidals from a foray into speaker and amplifier design where toroidal transformers in the power supplies of those amplifiers had benefits. ... Hm. I get an interesting rush of memories in a retrospective I don't think I have recollected till now ~ 25-30 years later ... I would almost anthropologically pick a part electronic advertisements listing all of their specifications to an overwhelming degree / manner for the layperson to put into perspective which may have come from misunderstanding the overreach of some electronic advertisement of a product's greatly disappointing return from a meager yet high portion of a childhood investment for the product ( and the advertisement's "promise" ) at the time.
I was a frustrated kid at times, knowing more about the gaps in performance than the adults could appreciate around me and not being able to voice frustrations to a listener who could fully appreciate the scope of the loss of my childhood savings. There was one thing left to do and too much to learn to be hung up too long, so I'd go and read more Forrest M. Mims III Getting Started In Electronics or Engineer's Mini-Notebooks ( or peruse the local RadioShack and buy additional issues ) , or get additional exposure in the early days of Barnes & Noble Book Sellers by sitting down in the engineering book section ( which is now been replaced by teen romance and drama novels ) then go verify what I read with what I found on the early days of the internet as well as with store representatives and installers which became another lesson in the knowledge base available at retailers and seeing that change through the years.
[ my speech / composition teacher would check me right about now regarding such a run-on sentence, but the spirit is there nonetheless ]
That is a beautifully organized lab and I appreciate you sharing it with us. Thank you so very much for the inspiration :)
+Diadon Acs (Conscious Energies)
Your welcome, and thanks for the kind words!
Namaste. Nice to see you with all the EQUIPMENT 😍
well I know what a volt /ohm meter is..... man I would hate to be payin' his electricity bill! That was a cool look at your area... I do appreciate your time and effort to make all the videos you do.. I am a very basic knowledge fella and I learn something new every time I watch one of your vids... thanks again for your hard work... we dummies are learning new things every day here..
VOM Volt, Ohm, Milliammeter. Get an old Simpson 260, they are still very useful.
@@markgigiel2722 yeah Mark you are the third person to tell me that.. so now I am on a quest... wait milliammeter? oh it stands for milli amp meter.. geez it is wonderful to get old..
Disneyland! if only i was is that room alone i would push every button and turn every knob hahaha. would take hours tho
Hi, I Recently found your channel, and very impressed to say the least. Coming from a fella who's dad was a Radio Shack/Heath-kit TV builder, aficionado (Albeit tho, we spent A LOT family time there... Actually tbh, later I even went on eventually to be a manager of a Radio Shack in the mid 80's store # 01-2178 NJ, being at the time still a electronics fascinated kid !!!) His workshop smaller, yet similar to yours, was many of oscilloscope's and various equipment... Of course back then I was the pre teen-teen, growing up in the early 70's/80's who like most kids knew everything back then as a teenager !!! I can certainly NOW at 50+ y/o fully understand, and Totally appreciate what he did back then !!! And he's still needle SHARP at his 70+...!!! Glad to see you also took your brilliance, (like my father, and somewhat myself) and applied it to this incredibly fascinating/and VERY rewarding line of work/career pathway to even a higher achievement level...!!! Congrats, and I will let my my Pops, my children, and grandchildren watch, sub to your channel also... Again, veryyy Nice Work...!!!
I've always felt that I attained a respectable level of accomplishment in my career as a TV and home entertainment product service and repair technician but you sir, I bow before the master! I enjoy your videos immensley and I remain ready to learn something new everyday! Your lab is certainly impressive and I'd be particularly interested in learning more about your radio gear as well as what it is you listen to. Thanks for all you do!
Anthony Reo Thanks for the nice comment Anthony!
My my, bling bling for techdogs. I'll rarely leave that room.When I do the safe will be closed and locked.Sheeesh!!!!
I believe you are a Robot Mr. Carlson, that plugs himself in then sits down to power himself up with electrons & data! Lol :-)
Ah, Nixie tubes, love those... Awesome lab, thanks for the tour.
All this equipment reminds me of working as an engineering tech at Ford Aerospace in the late 70's and 80's. Great stuff.
But But .... where's your harbor fright $5 multimeter.... amateur !!!.... 😂😂😂
All I can say is OH....MY....GOD... Hardware Heaven right there..
Thanks for the tour , man 😎
LOL, Thanks!
I don't know exactly what look I had on my face while I was watching this but my girlfriend thought I was watching porn on the computer until I showed her what the video was and then she looked at me all puzzled and strange, lol.
LOL!
Electronics "porn"! I sneak over here late at night when the wife has gone to bed when I need old time kit fix! Many (many) moons ago I had a lot of this stuff then the IC came along with disposable electronics! How I yearn for the smell of a broken vacuum tube...
my wife looks the same way at me too lol....
Brandy -- Watch the EEVBLOG, he acts like he's in a porno when checking out electronics.
Great lab tour :X ... Thanks for the vid :)
Those parts bins!!!! And what an amazing collection of gear. Thanks for sharing. You've gained a new subscriber.
Nice set up, but if a scope or some other unit went down then you will have to dig it out, That could take some time huh?
I wouldn't say no to a similar set up though, very nice.
Nice lab setup! -must get rather hot in there though, with everything turned on.
Nice and cozy in the winter though.
I would say that this also requires some excellent tetris skills to allign all these instruments in such harmony on a very tight volume, just amazing
I enjoyed your tour. thank you for sharing that with the world. You lab is comfortable, organized, clean and must be very relaxing. I am not the sort that has an understanding of what I just saw, but do possess a sense of wonder and appreciation.
I only understood 1 thing. The lamp. Its so cool your place
Thanks Jingo!
Hi :D Wow! You have much more usable equipment than some universities...
Tell me about it... Our faculty doesn't have a fraction of the equipment I'm seeing here.
Just one word left, STUNNING! thank you for the visit
+marco56702
Thanks for stopping by Marco.
Thank you for the tour. My father was television and radio repair, a radio engineer in Jacksonville FL, then he ended his career moving up the ranks in digital electronics at Show Biz Pizza and Chuck E Cheeze. I remember in the 70s when he replaced a huge vacuum tube based transmitter that was fenced in along a wall of inside of the building. I remember the replacement might have been close to the size of two refrigerators. I remember he hired my brother in law to replace the light at the top of the 400+ foot tower.
Beautiful lab. Have you done any video on your monster transmitter? Looks like something big enough to drive a broadcast AM station.
Not yet, but I may in the future. Thanks Warren!
I was intrigued as well by the transmitter. :)
need to see more of huge transmitter, what do you do with it etc, what's inside
This looks mostly like my workshop in the military ... 25 yerars ago ;) No DSOs or Hakko-irons though.
The one thing you forgot to show was the fusion reactor in your back yard that powers that bench.
Dang, I bet that room glows from space.
Very nice!
It's arranged so nicely! You can tell a lot of effort went into it. Magical place you have made for yourself. Well done!
Thanks!
Holy Cow! Paul
Makes my bench look like a Neanderthal's been using it. Nicely done.
Thanks Pete!
Giving Dave Jones a run for his money :)
+jakejakeboom
LOL, Well, He's more into the modern test gear end of things (which is absolutely fine) I have a soft spot for older test gear. We both have our ways of explaining things, which gives the viewers some variety.
Wow! Impressive lab. Lots of nice test and measurement instruments there. Thanks for showing us.
+Gort Newton
Glad you enjoyed Gort!
Fantastic shop, it seems you have everything anyone would need. Thanks for the tour.
+Tech Chuck Legg
Glad you enjoyed Chuck!
I think it's Apollo Command Module's panel on steroids!
Houston, we have a problem.
WOW, this is electronics porn, hope to see more videos from you. Subscribed!
Thanks Igor! More videos coming soon.
Bro...ur workbench is truly great...
The Genrad analyzer alone costs around $10k. This shop is completely insane.
Hi can you mention the instruments and modules
what is 44k mega cyc module
hi i mean the model of that 44 gigahertz is what
It's a Lavoie Laboratories AN/UPM-110 :)
looks like you're trying to make a time machine!
Great Scott!
That very large transmitter must be a disguised TARDIS!!!
Awesome, awesome, Mr Carlson's Lab is Brilliant once again. Thank you.
+Gerry K
Thanks Gerry!
Wow, what an amazing lab! Thanks for sharing your insight.
You're welcome!
What a treat to see, i would say however if you are hit with a earthquake you might need a roll cage with a hard top and escape hatch ! , but for sure , one might not dismiss this line of thinking as it can happen, a custom framing system to hold your lab safe in the event of a 7. or higher ( should not be outwardly dismissed ) would be a crying shame to see denting and broken cathode tube all over such nice gear and investment . just food for thought. thanks
how do you power all this equipment
a nuclear reactor in his backyard
Built by himself of course.
Overused Name from a coke bottle
Down in the swimming pool? With a big red button at the wall?
Mind Blown!! The ringing must drive you crazy when everything is running!!!
Wow, when I see all this stuff. I imagine what a setup I could have had if I'd just stuck with it. I use to repair Radios and TV's back in the late sixty's. I built my first Oscilloscope out of an old TV set. LOL. Collected a lot of Ham radios, receivers and test equipment over time. But I took a left turn somewhere early in my life (music and cars) and got out of it. Got rid of everything. Brings back memories. Thanks for the tour!
+Mikey Lee
Glad you enjoyed Mike. Cars snuck into my life for a while as well.
Are you an electrical engineer? Also, is your electric bill pretty high? :)