From old school felt tip to modern porous point - I pay homage to the cheapest and most common of all fountain pens. Yes, they are fountain pens. Enjoy!
2021-04-08 01:07:21 +0000 UTC View Post
A weird one that has fallen through the cracks of time, the Tesdata Systems Model 002-0354-00 whateveritis. If you know what it does, put it in the comments!
2021-04-06 02:00:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Fran Blanche on IMDB - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11361021/
2021-04-02 23:21:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Thanks to the generosity of Gerry Moersdorf the Burroughs B-7971 Alphanumeric Nixie Tube is put on display and made to do a dance or two with an ATmega328P microcontroller and a custom high voltage interface. A nice little project and a cool bigass tube! Enjoy...
More to come!
2021-03-25 00:15:46 +0000 UTC View Post
A simple project that took a surprisingly long time to build. I made this board just for testing my programs, so that I could visually verify with LED's to indicate any high bits. Enjoy!
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2021-03-22 22:38:27 +0000 UTC View Post
A follow up to a video I made in 2019, and my own take on the core issues facing the great disparity in gender representation in electronics and engineering in the US.
2021-03-19 01:10:40 +0000 UTC View Post
A cool little gizmo from my bins that deserves its own little video. Enjoy!
2021-03-13 20:48:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Unobtainium? Or just a boondoggle? I really would like to see even a photo of one of these monsters if they even exist - or ever existed. Perhaps the rarest of the rare - so rare that perhaps they never were really made. My speculation - but you decide for yourself. And en...
2021-03-12 00:49:02 +0000 UTC View Post
A very rare and audacious display - perhaps the only ones in existence now - I give you The Dialight R-100 7-Segment Neon Decade High Voltage Display! A piece of history, and one of those ambitious attempts to muscle in on the Burroughs Nixie market with a direct substitute display that use...
2021-03-09 21:09:48 +0000 UTC View Post
FranLab LIVE - From the Bench! In this attempt I will explore a very weird little gizmo I found that does I don't know what. Let's have some fun!
2021-03-07 18:25:18 +0000 UTC View Post
The finale of my 10 year retrospective is the culmination of my year in quarantine, and there were so many memorable moments that they get their own feature length spotlight. So grab the snacks, sit back, and relax. And here's to looking ahead to 2021....
There is movement... and I must Frant about it! Enjoy!
2021-03-03 18:26:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Part 2 of my FranLab 10 Year retrospective takes off with the rebirth of the lab in the new digs in 2019 and an explosion of projects and videos. We cross 100K subscribers, get the YouTube Silver Play Button award, do a build with Adam Savage at the Air and Space Museum, and many other adve...
2021-02-28 07:07:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Feature Length FranLab! I have boiled down all of FranLab's greatest hits spanning an entire decade to create the ultimate Mega-Mix of builds, experiments, teardowns, and all my sorted adventures over the past 10 years. In Part One we go from the humble beginnings in the first basemen...
2021-02-20 23:20:11 +0000 UTC View Post
A Jam Handy Picture - for your enjoyment!
2021-02-09 01:41:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone! Just a quick note to thank all of you for hanging in there while I sort out stuff on my end. I've been busy working on more than a half dozen projects but not seeming to get anywhere near completing any of them. But I have invested in some new hardware to make live...
2021-02-04 20:15:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Let's take a deep dive into a genuine piece of Cold War technology and I'll reminisce about one of my favorite films - Wargames. Enjoy!
2021-01-19 02:59:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Chill time. Enjoy!
2021-01-15 20:11:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Ah.... The Getter. In this little video I give the Getter its due. Enjoy!
2021-01-06 02:42:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Another retro build project that was popular back in the 1960's because you could build it completely with cheap Cold War surplus parts - and in keeping this tradition I used ONLY stuff that I had in stock in my bins to build this relaxation oscillator tree. I packed this video with all the...
2020-12-31 23:18:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Time to rant about the ranting about some of the recent videos.... again!
2020-12-29 22:26:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Note: YouTube has age-restricted this video clip of today's dirty little Google Doodle. Go Algorithm!
2020-12-21 17:17:12 +0000 UTC View Post
You asked for it, so here it is! And on my day off. Enjoy!!!
2020-12-17 00:10:45 +0000 UTC View Post
