I stumbled upon this fascinating 17 minute video which documents the making of a valve entirely by hand. I find it rather beautiful to watch, I hope you do too...
(The video clip is at the bottom of the page)
http://paillard.claude.free.fr/
The Artistry Of Tubes...
I stumbled upon this fascinating 17 minute video which documents the making of a valve entirely by hand. I find it rather beautiful to watch, I hope you do too...
(The video clip is at the bottom of the page)
http://paillard.claude.free.fr/
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I have seen this before, but it always worth watching again. The guys skill is unbelievable.
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This was great, I really enjoyed watching this.
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it's VALVES not tubes!!
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So please explain why changing valves for different but compatible types is known as "tube rolling"Originally Posted by kt66
Why not valve rolling?
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Indeed - I think we (in the UK) are about the only ones in the world who refer to tubes as 'valves'.
However, linguistically, BOTH are correct
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Yeh but i could't see myself calling an old valve such as the VT121 a tube tbh!Indeed - I think we (in the UK) are about the only ones in the world who refer to tubes as 'valves'.
However, linguistically, BOTH are correct
Aren't you kinda missing the point here?
Regardless of what you wanna call 'em, the guy is still an artist, semantics be damned......
I wouldn't have the patience to do what he does, but I appreciate the skill and dexterity he possesses and would happily spend an evening watching him do his thing...
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That was bloody brilliant. 'cuse my french. Truly, an artist at work.
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BTW, a tube is just that. (could be anything)
A valve controls the flow of something (in this case, electrons).
You pays yer money and takes yer choice, innit bruv.
Just an opinion of course.
Richard
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