Okay so now comes the scary part. The TV Typewriter has its own built in DC power supply, connected to the wall by a line […]
Year: 2017
Building a TVT sandwich (again)!
Following the instructions of the TV Typewriter construction guide, the first thing to do after recreating my TVT boards (again and again) is to drill […]
I redid the boards. And then redid them again. And again…
Okay, so when we last left off, I had discovered an unfortunate mistake in the original PCBs I had recreated for my TV Typewriter project: […]
Brad’s 2-5-2-2 Perfect PCB Toner Transfer Process
When I got started with making my own printed circuit boards (PCBs), I found a plethora of ways and methods. However, very few seemed to […]
… Or maybe it’s not that easy
Okay so let’s start with what I had to do to make some period correct looking Mark-8 PCBs. One thing I’ve had to learn the […]
TV Typewriter Redux Redo
When we last left off, I had found, to my great excitement, some actual vintage 1973 PCB copper clad stock. And I was delighted; this […]
Mark-8 board do-over
As I mentioned in a previous blog post, I got lucky and came across a whole bunch of vintage, produced-in-1973 Synthane Taylor boards. The production […]
Vintage PCB stock found!
I can’t believe it! Working on various vintage reproduction projects, an irritant has been the look of the modern PCB stock we have available today. […]
Printing Silkscreen Layer with Ghost White Toner!
Well it finally arrived: As you know, printers do not print white typically, they work subtractively and simply don’t put toner where white is required. […]
Nearing completion
This week I put in my order to Signal Tranformer for a new 24-1A transformer. Believe it or not, despite the passage of 40 years, […]