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How I Deal With My Arthritis

 A topic that deserves its own video, as so many comments about arthritis have been posted in my Franocaster video last week.  This is my  personal perspective and experience, and yo...

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How can I do better for 2020?

Hey All Patrons! 

This was a rough year for many of us, but on the upside the Lab got a new home with your help and generosity, and I'm back to doing the kind of content that I know you'...

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Holiday Card Guitar Amp!!!

 HoHoHo!  Sending a very personal card to Santa this year - a fully  functional and Rockin' Guitar Amp Holiday Card!  Merry Merry for the  Solstice Season, and Enjoy!  ...

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The Frantone Franocaster

 Gettin' twangy on ya for a bit...  for the story of my special guitar!  

https://youtu.be/Ga9W4p3WI-0

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Analog Donkey Kong

It just isn't Donkey Kong if it isn't played on a genuine vertical CRT arcade monitor.  Four decades of playing this game, and I still stink at it.  But I love playing it!  If you wa...

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Fran Can Change

Just another lab geek who always dreamed of being in a Rock and Roll band.  Better than Linda McCartney, not as good as Marianne Faithfull.  Enjoy! 

Words and music written by ...

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Mini Mail #2 - Vintage Calculator Collection!

Time for another Mini Mail - and this one is long overdue.  Enjoy!

https://youtu.be/vltdJSgIXqU

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Red Alert!! Modding A Star Trek Alarm For FranLab

Another pointless quest to get a toy just the way I want it.  Enjoy! 

https://youtu.be/2sSFu_nVhF0

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Failed Voting Machines - The Saga Continues

Northampton County Election Day Nightmare -

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/1...

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Fun With Vintage Digital Meters!

Some fun on Thanksgiving 2019 - taking a look at a couple of really neat digital meters I got from the University of Pennsylvania Haul.  One mechanical - one LED - Both digital!  Really! ...

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What Is It Like To Have A Concussion???

Thanks Everyone - I'll be back to the usual videos real soon.  ☺

https://youtu.be/ZC907JeZFRI

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Out Of Order

Hey All!  Some of you no doubt saw my post from yesterday on the YouTube Channel Blog but just to reiterate here that I'm currently on the mend from a bonk in the head and plan to get back to ...

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Radio Shack Pulp Fiction????

You figure this one out - I'm stumped! 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hitch-Hiker

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Death Of A Power Supply

Oh... The Humanity!  A troubleshooting quagmire resolves itself in a brilliant and dramatic way, and the results are unexpected.  Enjoy! 

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When Records Were Edible! (Nomm Nomm Nomm....)

It's true - and you know what they taste like too!  Enjoy!

The 45RPM Record - https://youtu.be/3l1O07Q0chc

RCA ...

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Mil-Spec Radium Dial Meters

Time to get out the Geiger Counter and explore some glowy things I found in storage!

An interesting article on the hazards of those early labs - 2019-11-12 22:47:39 +0000 UTC View Post

Frantone Brooklyn Overdrive: Additive Harmonics

A Frantone Video?  You asked for it - so You Got It!  In this one I go over one of my prototypes and explain a bit about my history with distortion pedals..... with a little demonstration...

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Heathkit GC-1000 Power Supply Design Fails and Fixes

Another look at the Heathkit GC-1000 Most Accurate Clock, analyzing why the voltage regulator is prone to failure in this design and the options you might have to make a better linear supply for on...

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Mini Mail #1 - Heathkit GC-1000 Most Accurate Clock

A new take on the classic FranLab Viewer Mail ~ Mini Mail!  Not your usual 90 minute feature length mail but a bite sized version.  Trying it on for size.  Do you like it?  If s...

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My Voting Machine Malfunction

I really debated whether I should vlog about this or not, simply because I realized the subject is open to insane trolling, but I decided that it would be for the greater good for me to record what...

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Slide Rules Are Still Amazing

Oh, the Wonderful World Of Slide Rules!  Is there nothing they can't do?  Oh yea... Add.  But still so Amazing!   Enjoy!  

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Why Did I Upgrade To Windows 10????

Uuuugghhh!!!  New and Improved?  I don't think so.   I really want a permanent work around all of the Windows 10 incompatibilities.   


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Calling All Subscribers!!!

Give me your feedback and leave a comment!

https://youtu.be/kj3OPVizPKY

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Halloween Special - Credit Machine Tearrordown!!

Moooaaahaha!  My annual Halloween Special this year has a 90's era credit card swipe machine as the intended subject.  Lots of fun and bonus material for you..... if you dare!   ...

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Recording My New Montage Music

A short video behind the scenes of recording Interstellar Transmissions for my montage sequence in My Space Odyssey Control Panel Build video.  I originally intended this to be a 60 minute lon...

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My Space Odyssey Control Panel Build

New format for a long video with some new surprises for you.  No clips from the film in this video so if you want to compare please visit part one of this build - 2019-10-27 00:14:40 +0000 UTC View Post

It's In The Mail!

Well, I was skeptical.... but YouTube has officially awarded me the Silver Play Button!  They say I will have it in a couple weeks, so I'll be sure to make an unboxing video when it comes. &nb...

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OMG... So much work!

Oh.  I soooo underestimated the number of hours it would take to complete this console!  I thought it would NEVER come together and am just so numb from the whole process.  Oh - so m...

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Getting over it

The cold, that is.  Still shaking off a virus that I've had for about a week which has been slowing down my next video publication.  Feeling more normal today so maybe I can get it all wr...

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2001: My Button Odyssey - Part 1

Part one of this two part video has me getting started on the road to designing and making my own 2001 Bigass Style Buttons which I will use to make a complete functional replica panel in part two....

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