Oh No! Telechron DigiTel Teardown!
Added 2025-01-22 00:53:09 +0000 UTCGet the popcorn and beverage of your choice and get ready for a feature length classic FranLab teardown of the Telechron DigiTel mechanical digital clock. Nothing ever goes quite as planned, and sometimes even less so. But you'll be happy with the ending, I promise. Enjoy!
Comments
I like these tear down videos. Such clever engineers solving problems mechanically before it was possible to do things with electronics and software. I used to fix copiers for a living and I notice you doing little things without thinking... like rotating those self tapping screws counterclockwise before clockwise so the threads drop into the existing threads... you bending the tip of the zip tie to get it under and around that lever. Even the way you pay attention to screws and where they came from. I remember when I was taking very complicated things apart I would lay the fasteners and parts out on a sheet of paper and write a note (maybe with a sketch) tying them together with where they came from. I also used to start with the shortest machine screws when reassembling. If it didn't catch, it didn't belong there. Too long a screw in the wrong place sometimes causes problems. I know you do this stuff automatically but maybe people would be interested in a video of all these little things you do without thinking. Maybe set clips aside while you're editing your videos. When you have enough, string them together with a VoiceOver explanation and share that video. I'd be interested.
C Genco
2025-01-27 15:18:57 +0000 UTCI've been intrigued by how this display worked since you first showed it. Now you've got down inside it doesn't disappoint, it's really clever. And the way the numbers change is just lovely.
David Peaker
2025-01-23 00:14:30 +0000 UTCK
Donald J Arndt
2025-01-22 17:16:54 +0000 UTCI would but it's not really the target brightness and the current pull is just too much. I'm going to try some other things.
Fran Blanche
2025-01-22 17:14:43 +0000 UTCSwitch a diode in and out (full and half wave AC) for the lamps? And use a magnetic reed switch and an outside the clock magnet for selecting day/night brightness.
Donald J Arndt
2025-01-22 15:41:58 +0000 UTC
