Mar 24, 2011 #530 Hemlock_Mike 0 Joined Jan 7, 2007 Messages 6,309 Points 83 Looks like it has slowed down. I'll fill in with another. Yes it is a tube but it has no heater. HMike
Looks like it has slowed down. I'll fill in with another. Yes it is a tube but it has no heater. HMike
Mar 25, 2011 #531 A anselm 0 Joined Nov 22, 2010 Messages 2,448 Points 0 It's not a nixie-tube... Audio amplifier? Radio?
Mar 25, 2011 #532 Hemlock_Mike 0 Joined Jan 7, 2007 Messages 6,309 Points 83 Anselm --- Think Photon --- No fillament heater HMike
Mar 25, 2011 #533 Benm 0 Joined Aug 16, 2007 Messages 7,896 Points 113 I'm no expert on these old things... but is it a photodector tube?
Mar 25, 2011 #534 Hemlock_Mike 0 Joined Jan 7, 2007 Messages 6,309 Points 83 Benm ---- Close enough -- You WINNNNN !!!!!!! It is a photo multiplier tube which detects photons like a geiger tube! Tag -- You're it! HMike
Benm ---- Close enough -- You WINNNNN !!!!!!! It is a photo multiplier tube which detects photons like a geiger tube! Tag -- You're it! HMike
Mar 25, 2011 #535 millirad 0 Joined Apr 28, 2009 Messages 2,416 Points 63 What is it?................ Clue: those are not laser pointers on the left and right.
Mar 25, 2011 #536 TTerbo 0 Joined May 20, 2010 Messages 1,361 Points 0 Contraption from the latest SAW movie?
Mar 25, 2011 #538 Coherent Light 0 Joined Jul 17, 2010 Messages 2,160 Points 0 A trophy You won for fabricating an oil well drill bit on a milling machine?
Mar 25, 2011 #539 millirad 0 Joined Apr 28, 2009 Messages 2,416 Points 63 You are getting closer. Another clue: the gold plated(or maybe brass) parts in the center are very revealing. Edit: the tractor is symbolic of something. And there is an "emblem" above it. It's old going back to the 1940's. Last edited: Mar 25, 2011
You are getting closer. Another clue: the gold plated(or maybe brass) parts in the center are very revealing. Edit: the tractor is symbolic of something. And there is an "emblem" above it. It's old going back to the 1940's.
Mar 25, 2011 #540 millirad 0 Joined Apr 28, 2009 Messages 2,416 Points 63 Another clue: the emblem is a hammer and sickle.
Mar 25, 2011 #541 Coherent Light 0 Joined Jul 17, 2010 Messages 2,160 Points 0 Russian Tractor Engine boring set.
Mar 25, 2011 #542 millirad 0 Joined Apr 28, 2009 Messages 2,416 Points 63 No not a boring set, but you were right when you said trophy.
Mar 25, 2011 #543 Coherent Light 0 Joined Jul 17, 2010 Messages 2,160 Points 0 Trophy for the communal farm with the highest grain output?
Mar 25, 2011 #544 millirad 0 Joined Apr 28, 2009 Messages 2,416 Points 63 Close enough. Ding! ding! ding! ding! Coherent Light wins. A trophy for Stalin, for being a good leader. :/
Close enough. Ding! ding! ding! ding! Coherent Light wins. A trophy for Stalin, for being a good leader. :/