Sneak Peak - Mystery High Current Device In An Upcoming Video, And More News!
Added 2024-10-03 00:51:23 +0000 UTCA behind the scenes tour of the high current mystery device in the next video, before I begin the process of making it work. More news about the GRR Series, regarding it's future, and more!
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Hell Yeah, crank it up and let that lamp shine!
Jeff
2025-01-13 06:39:43 +0000 UTCVery impressive project.
george
2024-10-10 22:03:58 +0000 UTCNot for this project, as an arc start was required to get the process going.
Mr Carlson's Lab
2024-10-07 22:52:07 +0000 UTCHey, what happened? You didn't use the big power supply - didn't it need it?
Rick Parsons
2024-10-07 11:35:31 +0000 UTCgreat content, love seeing the behind the scenes action and updates.
cvr
2024-10-06 23:31:27 +0000 UTCWhen I was maybe 9 years old, I made a carbon arc lamp using D cell battery carbon electrodes sharpened in a pencil sharpener. A one gallon pickle jar with salt water and a couple of bolts suspended by a pair of wires formed the ballast resistor. The rods were connected to the AC line with the ballast in series. We knocked holes in a small clay pot forming the holder and reflector. We'd manually strike the arc then seperate the electrodes. I have a bubble in the retina of my right eye which until this video I thought was from accidentally looking at the sun. I bet it was from that experiment. Man was that arc bright, and the water in the ballast would boil.
Dale
2024-10-06 04:46:20 +0000 UTCYou are absolutely incredible, and much crazier than I ever was!! Thank-you so much for sharing all this with us, you now have me on the edge of my seat!!
Robert McNulty
2024-10-05 19:49:58 +0000 UTCI think I will buy some stock in VIM, looks like someone is going to need a truck load!
David Hoppe
2024-10-05 01:36:13 +0000 UTCGlad to hear the GRS is still in motion. Besides my SP-600, a recently acquired Hallicrafters SX-101a with matching transmitter needs attention. I like the commercial oven. Would like to powder coat a few projects with something similar.
Steve Foudray
2024-10-05 00:07:07 +0000 UTCThis being a carbon arc lamp, the welding transformer you showed makes sense. Don't they need or at least prefer DC though? .. Ah yes, and the whole paint takes 2 weeks to fully cure thing, learned this the hard way.
Christian Erker
2024-10-04 13:34:54 +0000 UTCActually no, in the summer it gets really hot, and with the humidity, it's even worse. The winters are relatively cold, and snow makes travel rough.
Mr Carlson's Lab
2024-10-04 07:55:16 +0000 UTCI'm excited to see this light up, but I can't lie... I was kind of hoping the mystery device would be the submarine detector 😂.
Jonathan Jacob
2024-10-04 01:54:36 +0000 UTCDoes it say relatively cold where you live in Canada Most of the year?
Jonathan Hughes
2024-10-04 01:35:25 +0000 UTCOne of my favorite DIY projects involved taking four "100 watt" LED COB lights, mounting them on a fan-cooled heatsink, and powering them from 115 VAC line power. Lights up the ENTIRE backyard. Your ASW light would light up my ENTIRE STREET I figure...
Benjamin Hall
2024-10-04 01:09:44 +0000 UTCOh my goodness I CAN'T WAIT to see you light that thing up! So cool!
Benjamin Hall
2024-10-04 01:01:59 +0000 UTCToured a Canadian P8 sub hunter. The crew was most proud/thankful for the air rated galley toaster.
Richard
2024-10-04 00:23:12 +0000 UTCI also would like to see the 3 phase to single phase thanks Love your content Stan
Stan Corbett
2024-10-04 00:03:17 +0000 UTCThanks for the sneak peek Paul. The spotlight is super interesting. Guess we know who'll have the brightest Christmas lights on the Carlson street this year ;)
MR on Patreon
2024-10-03 22:26:43 +0000 UTCShe lives in 75 Watts, i don't know the street, but i know the town :-)
Bjorn V
2024-10-03 21:43:46 +0000 UTCSo the airplane picture is big you say? Don't know if it was intentional but very funny aha moment from your hand entering @0:54 to "you" entering @1:06. Always fun to see what you're up to behind the scenes, but please don't forget to get some rest & sleep, nobody want you tired when playing with that crazy lamp... Besides protecting your eyes, don't forget your skin (I'd guess)
Gustaf Linge
2024-10-03 21:31:10 +0000 UTCI'm thinking so.
Mr Carlson's Lab
2024-10-03 21:07:05 +0000 UTCThey were nice enough to include one in a bag in the top of the unit. It's different than all the ones on the net too!
Mr Carlson's Lab
2024-10-03 21:06:36 +0000 UTCI'm thinking (and hoping) welding goggles will be enough :^)
Mr Carlson's Lab
2024-10-03 21:05:28 +0000 UTCThanks for your kind comment Brian!
Mr Carlson's Lab
2024-10-03 21:03:28 +0000 UTCFascinating stuff. Glad you're pressing on with the receiver restorations, and yes I'd be interested to see how you modded the oven. Info on the tools and techniques you use behind the scenes is always fascinating
Alan Drury
2024-10-03 20:54:30 +0000 UTCyea show the stove conversion seems like an interesting project
M T
2024-10-03 20:24:46 +0000 UTCJust a thought, that oven unit would be OK for powder coat curing
Jim Stanley
2024-10-03 20:13:40 +0000 UTCI was in Vietnam at an aviation unit. They flew the Grumman OV-1 Mohawk. It has many similarities to the Grumman Tracker in the body. The bulbous nose, props, and wings with de-ice boots on leading edge. They had a pilot and an IR man. They used a long antenna virtually the length of the plane called SLAR for Side Looking Airborne Radar. They could fly 10 miles off the coast and picture inland by bouncing radar beams at an angle. They had a machine in the IR man's seat to take infrared film and then bring it back for developing to see ground troop movements.
Dennis Isham
2024-10-03 18:43:40 +0000 UTCNow, we just need a huge magnifying glass...
JL Riley
2024-10-03 17:33:17 +0000 UTCI think you are missing a opportunity here. Mount the carbon arc lamp on the oven, so it supplies the heat to cure your painted chassis. 🤠
Eric Schirmer
2024-10-03 17:30:38 +0000 UTC"DANGER PAUL CARLSON,DANGER!" please add a huge amplifier and speaker playing the welcome bars from Close Encounter when you switch that lamp on. Your neighbours will report a UFO landing when that light blazes out of your workshop
David Moule
2024-10-03 17:13:36 +0000 UTCThe NUVU unit Should make a good paint oven but needs to be cleaned of the old crud.A product called Super Clean will take the old grease off.If you want a wiring diagram go to Parts Town web site,they should have it. As for the Light WOW that's going to be bright.
richard ockman
2024-10-03 16:17:07 +0000 UTCFor comparison, The Action Lab did a YouTube video two months ago with the world's strongest flashlight at 200,000 lumens. The Grumman searchlight was 70 million candlepower, or 880 million lumens!
Tom Oetlinger
2024-10-03 16:06:58 +0000 UTCDamn, you don't do anything half way! The great news, is you can also bake break for the next family reunion.
David Kuhn
2024-10-03 15:05:09 +0000 UTCI'm also curious what that thing on the floor half hidden behind the oven was. It looked like a wood box with a transformer inside and wires coming out of the top.
Chip
2024-10-03 14:17:58 +0000 UTCI would like to see a bit of the oven restoration/cleaning as well
Mikael Hansen
2024-10-03 13:30:11 +0000 UTCWonder why they spelled centre rather than center? Was it made in UK?
Hauptwerk Hardware
2024-10-03 13:29:30 +0000 UTCAwesome! Dad was a chief in the back of a E2C Hawkeye of which the Grumman S-2 was a predecessor! So this project hits pretty close to home. I can’t wait to see that lamp light up the night sky once again ;)
Michael Lewallen
2024-10-03 13:21:12 +0000 UTCLol, who's Sylvania?
david c tayloe
2024-10-03 13:00:10 +0000 UTCDang, Paul! I dig th aircraft spotlight. Some may ask, why? I, & I'm confident you also ask, why not! Also I love upcycling old equipment. Yes to all explanations!
david c tayloe
2024-10-03 12:16:57 +0000 UTCWhen it's done you should cut out a Batman logo stencil and......... :D
Luca Pandolfini
2024-10-03 11:41:19 +0000 UTCShow me the go levers and point me into the wind....
Portrayal Press
2024-10-03 11:38:48 +0000 UTCKick the tires and light the fires !
Jamie rygiel
2024-10-03 10:51:22 +0000 UTCI wonder if it produces more lumens than a 5mm white led?
Hans Engelen
2024-10-03 10:39:13 +0000 UTCSomebody's been watching BigClive! ;-)
Jonathan David Lucas
2024-10-03 09:22:43 +0000 UTCAFAIK this is similar to that used on British coastal command aircraft to help in the hunting and sinking u-boats and was known as a Leigh light.
Muir MacDougall
2024-10-03 09:19:00 +0000 UTCOne huge-ass lamp, and that's gonna make a mighty interesting project! Looking forward to seeing the restoration video, if just one.
Keri Szafir
2024-10-03 08:33:14 +0000 UTCYou can't have enough pocket flashlights. When this thing gets lighted up, it will reminds me of the story that George Lopez tells about a big halogen bulb in his show "Why you crying" https://youtu.be/K8FRZSBuk9o?t=390
Bjorn V
2024-10-03 07:48:36 +0000 UTCExcited that your trying to get something from WWII working again. That small screw you'll drop, will never hide again Ha Ha! It's good to hear you haven't lost interest with the GRS. You have that much going on i'm supprided there's room for it all in your brain, your head must hurt sometimes with tension. Dont forget to make time for a life too, Paul. But thanks for sharing with us.
Brian Wood
2024-10-03 07:28:33 +0000 UTCDeep in my treasure chest is a 115VAC 3000 watt incandescent bulb. I put a diode in series with it (so it's at about 2/3 brightness) and it still lights up the neighborhood. And I would believe RScott99 is right about not running it with the plexiglass cover on. She's going to get a might warm.
Ted Benson
2024-10-03 06:56:19 +0000 UTCfantastic huge light and so much electronic necessary.. looking forward to get it light on
Dipl. Ing. Rolf-Dieter Klein
2024-10-03 06:05:17 +0000 UTCThat oven would work beautiful for powder coating.
Scott Morgan
2024-10-03 05:59:38 +0000 UTCTHANKS
Robert McDermott
2024-10-03 04:40:08 +0000 UTCShe's very tolerant :^) And finds this stuff fascinating as well.
Mr Carlson's Lab
2024-10-03 04:38:33 +0000 UTCALWAYS INTERESTING ! But I only have one unrelated question. Is Mr. Carlson married ? My wife would kill me if I brought home a aircraft search light OR A Subway oven & put it in my workshop. And we aren't even going to ask about the costs. Mine goes crazy with any new tool I purchase, Much less a big ticket item. How do you keep out of a divorce ? ? ?
Robert McDermott
2024-10-03 04:33:15 +0000 UTCIt's like when i got my first erector set in 1970! I get excited to see what you are going to do or make next!
Mark A Gordon
2024-10-03 04:06:24 +0000 UTCYou find the neatest things! I enjoy all of your videos and I've learned a lot from them. On your searchlight, I cannot imagine that the plexiglass lasted very long even with the slipstream coolind. Operating stationary, I believe that the plexiglass cover should be off while operating. The only thing bigger would the WW2 antiaircraft search lightlights! Looking forward to future videos. Good luck and take care.
R. Scott99
2024-10-03 03:50:59 +0000 UTCI remember as a kid watching a searchlight (WW2 earain operation. Man oh man was that thing bright. Use welding googles when looking at it when in operation.
Mark Urban
2024-10-03 03:36:33 +0000 UTC400 Hz is almost with certainty to save weight from transformers, motors, solenoids.
Chris Blair
2024-10-03 03:29:14 +0000 UTCFun stuff. I thought the welder would be for a transmitter tube, But no! it's for a backup light for the forklift! When I was little, car dealers used surplus aircraft searchlights to get people in. As to the oven, you can also probably use it for a powdercoating oven.
Tom Harris
2024-10-03 03:28:27 +0000 UTCJust for info. Most aircraft do not have a high voltage, high current generator. Most have 110 volt, 3-phase at 60Hz or 400Hz (most likely) with a 28 volt DC line. I would suspect the unit in the rear of the arc light is a power supply for the arc. The switch would be a ground test switch.
Steve Dudley
2024-10-03 03:25:17 +0000 UTCGive us a heads up on what day you test this out. I will watch for the glow in the sky looking west from North Bay.
Chris Blair
2024-10-03 03:24:50 +0000 UTC.... and I thought PhotonicInductions' 20,000 Watt tungsten lamp video was the brightest lamp I would ever see... that lit up the neighborhood from his back yard. For sure your arc lamp will light up the sky like a searchlight from your yard !!
Chris Blair
2024-10-03 03:01:50 +0000 UTCThanks for your kind comment Ross!
Mr Carlson's Lab
2024-10-03 02:59:22 +0000 UTCCould you use carbon gouging rods as replacements? You can get them in all different sizes and shapes from welding supply store.
Mike Maxwell
2024-10-03 02:48:21 +0000 UTCSo, do you ever get any real rest? When you were talking about the motors and motor controls, my first thought was, too bad they didn't have arduino's or Raspberry's back then. Looks like a very cool project.
James Roberts
2024-10-03 02:39:27 +0000 UTCJust amazing - really looking forward to seeing the arc light in action. Very much enjoyed this behind the scenes look. Your content on YT and Patreon is just incredible. I know that there is a vast amount of work that we don't see - I do hope you are enjoying it though; on this side of the glass it is a real pleasure to watch and learn from you.
Ross Thompson
2024-10-03 02:37:28 +0000 UTCJust ….. WOW!
Roger J Robinson
2024-10-03 02:16:58 +0000 UTCThank you for the behind the scenes look. YES - definitely would like to see how you converted the oven to single phase and are getting it to work.
Eric Fox
2024-10-03 02:11:55 +0000 UTCSo, when you do get that giant light working, what are you going to aim it at? Better break out the solar eclipse glasses. 😎
Bob
2024-10-03 02:01:05 +0000 UTCLooks like you've found your own Batsignal! Suggested icon: pentode tube diagram
Nirky
2024-10-03 01:57:05 +0000 UTCMe too!
Aaron Smith
2024-10-03 01:56:32 +0000 UTCCan't wait to see that lamp light up!
Aaron Smith
2024-10-03 01:56:14 +0000 UTCI have to admit, I have a soft spot for flashlights as well.
Mr Carlson's Lab
2024-10-03 01:32:34 +0000 UTCI'm jealous of your giant drying oven. I have a nice large toaster oven (obviously nowhere close to that) and a warmbox I made out of a big old garden chest that's still not as big as either chamber of that thing.I insulated the daylights out of it and put in heating element and it gets... warm enough. If you're generous. xD (Seriously though, it does let me work on stuff in the cold months and that's basically all I was going for.)
Dara Korra'ti
2024-10-03 01:31:05 +0000 UTCWould love to see the conversion to single phase on the oven.
John Lowe
2024-10-03 01:30:56 +0000 UTCI'm looking forward to all of it!
Marc Chavez
2024-10-03 01:28:18 +0000 UTCPaul, I find the behind-the-scenes videos just as valuable and informative as a "project release" video. I’ve also been enjoying some what “real time” format of the recent YT videos. Thanks again for all your hard work and attention to detail – there is always something I can learn. I bet that light pod will put out a few lumens! I'm a flashlight nut so this will certainly be a unique project!
Bill Hanks
2024-10-03 01:26:39 +0000 UTCIf I can be of help, I worked on and repaired many carbon ark spotlights. Strong trouper and super troupers and a few others including 35mm movie projectors with ark sources (yes, I am old)
Robert Bos
2024-10-03 01:23:08 +0000 UTCYeah this was _not_ on my list of potentials. xD
Dara Korra'ti
2024-10-03 01:21:10 +0000 UTCAs always you amaze me with what you can do. I do love what you do and have learned and relearned many things watching you. So take care and I can't wait to see what the Mr. Carlsons Lab will produce for us in the furture. That lamp is going to be freaky bright. Thanks for what you do
Victor Miller
2024-10-03 01:20:50 +0000 UTCI don't know what surprised me more: the carbon arc lamp or the Subway oven! You're the best, Mr. C!
Chris
2024-10-03 01:20:25 +0000 UTCHE'S MADDDDDD! LOL .... Some footage of the oven restoration might be interesting, Paul.
Roman Charak
2024-10-03 01:18:36 +0000 UTCI never would have guessed!
Fred Flickinger
2024-10-03 01:10:56 +0000 UTCAnd here I thought the welderbwas going to power a transmitter with that huge tube :) shocker !😀
TWISTED1
2024-10-03 01:02:26 +0000 UTC
