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I just watched this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8n4WVRKkmww

I did not expect to be learning how vacuum tubes were produced today but here I am. It appears to be a quite involved process

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Yeah, watch this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRpC8b2FFt0

And that was in a Soviet Union country.

It's still some work, but not nearly as bad as the first video. We used to make millions of those fuckers.

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Yeah every TV screen before the flat screen was a vacuum tube of sorts that had to be sealed. That wasn't all done by hand

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Yeah, as far as manufacturing processes go, that's not hard at all.

In the t, we cranked them out by the millions. The "How It's Made" is deceptive. They mostly show high-end items being made.

In the real world, they were (likely) mostly automated productions - even back then. They didn't blow the glass by hand or shit like that. This company is making tubes that cost hundreds of dollars for 'audiophiles'. In the real world, they did nothing of the sort. (I'm like 99% positive.)

So, don't go by the video you watched. That's from How Its Made.

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Yeah I am sure the process could be automated and streamlined

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It's much more automated in the video I linked - but there's still some hands-on work. Shit, I bet robots could do it all today. At least a goodly amount of the work could be done by robotics.

Hmm...

A modern vacuum tube manufacturing process might actually make some money. Especially if they can keep it up and provide quality.

There's not a lot of demand - but there might be enough demand for a single factory.