Category: Hong Kong

Other Workshops: Genius Girl Fixes (Re-builds!) Old Tractor

This is amazing. I put it in the “other workshops” category, but when you watch this you will see that she re-builds this tractor with NO WORKSHOP AT ALL. It seems to be done at roadside and on the front yard of her house. With some very basic tools.

I would be a complete mess if I tried this. And I would fail to get it going.


The Next Time You Hear Someone Complaining About Winding Toroids….

… send them this video.

Lin is in Hong Kong. What a great job she does with very simple tools. Notice how she casually mentions that for those parts that have been lost, she will make them herself. Three cheers for Lin!

This video reminded me of the people in Santo Domingo 25 years ago who rewound the transformers and RF chokes from my HT-37. These parts still work.

Chuck KF8TI recently told me that when he was a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Philippines (1965-1967) he visited a transformer re-winding shop there, seeing piles of insulation and wire on the floor. Apparently business was good!