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FranLab Through 2020 (Patreon)

Published:
2020-09-01 13:35:18
Imported:
2021-10

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Hello everyone!  I am so glad that we are all getting through this shitbag of a year together and doing our best to stay sane and healthy.  It was necessary for me to take August for personal stuff but FranLab lost support because of my sabbatical, so I'm going to have to get creative in how I can bring in some new support to replace the Patrons who had to leave or reduce their support this summer.   I'm not expecting to make the 100% funding goal this year anymore, but just being able to keep the lab running and keeping myself together into 2021 is I think a very fine goal in itself.   

I have a lot of stuff in the queue this fall, but is there anything that you would particularly like to see or topics that you're interested in me exploring in the near future?   

Comments

Anonymous

Your loss of support might just be due to people cutting back on expenses and not due to your sabbatical. I'm still with you.

Anonymous

I'm so glad to finally be a patreon! I really like the diversity of your videos, but I personally have a fondness for the ones where you deconstruct things and point out how they work/what's wrong with them. I feel like I learn a lot from your videos: thank you!

Anonymous

Hey Fran, its so nice to see you back! It sure is a shitbag of a year, I don't think you could have said it any better 😂. I'd really love to know more about are the pros and cons of various circuits for effect pedals. I know there are many articles online but they definitely lack context and often miss out the "why" 😀.

Anonymous

I appreciate and enjoy all of your videos, so I'm grateful for whatever you create. As a music creator, I really enjoy the music/audio/media related stuff, but will continue to support whatever you do for as long as I'm able. The spirit behind the content is just as important, to me.

Nicholas Wilson

Good to see you up & running again, I look forward to what you have coming. My best wishes to you, Fran. 😊

Anonymous

Hello Fran, glad you took the time out to recuperate and look after your health. I really liked the video on the galvanometer, I'd love to see the more old obscure devices from your collection that you just don't see anymore in our modern world. Cheers, Mark

Circuitmike

Like many people, I like seeing tear-downs of old, clacky electromechanical vintage hardware, but in general I think your interests and mine align to a large degree, so I tend to watch every video you make. Even stuff like the air filter saga was really great - I learned about manufacturers of high-end air filters that I'd never heard of, and about problems I wouldn't have known about otherwise.

Anonymous

Thanks Fran! This has been a horrible year, but I love seeing any and all topics from you. The preservation/mitigation of vintage items has been a joy. Hang in there, I'm certainly trying.

Anonymous

Sane?!?! I've NEVER been accused of THAT before!

Anonymous

Electronics for me, either looking at vintage gear tear downs or fix ups or even something a bit more modern, however anything is better than nothing so happy to watch any subject.

Anonymous

I'd recommend you start with some easy stuff. This way, you can do more of them in a week. You can put aside the hard ones until next year, when you have more energy. Plus the easy stuff can be more fun than work ;-)

Anonymous

Your Patrons like different things and topics so producing different stuff like you do will please them all most of the time. I like vintage / retro / science / techy stuff so I am always happy. There are others channels on YouTube doing some of this stuff but it is your unique way of looking at things that makes yours stand out. Recent examples are the vintage Li-Ion battery problem and the sound quality of modern transistor radios (little to nothing similar on YouTube). Now that it looks like office staff will be working from home more and not travelling to work in the Cities (at least here in the UK) are there any techy / people issues arising from this change that could be subject to your unique way of looking at things?

Tom

Your vintage electronics examinations have always been wonderful. I feel like there's a potential crossover with amateur radio vintage stuff that could be explored and might have the potential to bring in viewers in the ham tinkerer community. Full disclosure... I am one, but I mean surely there are others and if you start exploring RF electronics even if they aren't ham specific that could generate some interest.

Anonymous

Franlab has huge potential for a very interesting Netflix series. I would love to see Fran go exploring and looking into cool stuff of the electrical persuasion all over the world.

Mike Hughes

Hi Fran, I am here because of Big Clive in the Isle of man UK- I am a Patreon of his and I saw your teardown of that amfm radio, read your comments and thought yeah, I can put a wee bit your way. Its only a dollar, but hey if a lot more people give just a dollar, it might help a bit. I am retired now and on a low fixed income - so i wish I could send more.- anyways take care and stay safe and big love from the Welsh town of Wrexham.

Anonymous

Hi, a big fan of OFFICE SUPPLIES here! Printers, pencils, calculators, notebooks, inking, typing, sharpening, scetching...do you happen have those fancy schematics-stencils for technical pens?

Anonymous

I don't know if you feel like it, Fran, as it requires a certain state of mind, methinks, but you could do some stuff for Patreon of an ever so slightly salacious nature, if you're still doing corsetry these days, but I wouldn't want you to feel you have to resort to sexing it up if you don't feel like it, that kills the fun.

David Peaker

I like everything you do, so I'm probably not the best one to ask, but my favourites are - teardowns of new and old stuff, demonstrations of obsolete gear, your own build projects and music.

Anonymous

Hi Fran, loved the bina view stuff. Maybe some builds.. and teardowns. Upgrades..

BobC

Your topic list is already so rich and diverse, I hesitate to add anything beyond "More of the Same, Please!" But, since you ask: - A Beginner's Guide to Audio Electronics (both for the tech, and to help when shopping) - A regular series: "When is Old Tech the Better Tech, and When Not?" Such as to compare new and old portable radios from multiple perspectives. This can alternate with episodes of: "It Ain't Dead Yet!", where some "vintage" piece of gear just keeps on keeping on. - Another collaboration. Project Egress was massive and fantastic, but smaller is OK too! - A Fran gig. Just Do It! Bonus points if you also do all the accompaniment! Make this a separate fundraiser, with tickets via a Go Fund Me or something similar. - Please, please show me another bit of Philly. I so miss the place, especially with family there I can't visit. - An overly complex project that demands the use of all the skills and equipment you possess. Bonus points if it includes paper, 3D printing and silk screening. Make Rube Goldberg Proud!

Anonymous

I think you should do anything that interests and challenges you, Fran. Enthusiasm is infectious, and staying challenged avoids boredom. I'm not sure many of us really know what we want until we see it. Sorry if that's so vague and open ended. BTW I do like your audio and pedal related vids.

Anonymous

A working tabletop replica of the Tokyo commuter rail system, or....even better, the kind of stuff you've been doing. Just about anything involving a combination of 3D printing and electronics would be cool, even if it was something as silly as a gnome village.

Anonymous

I kinda miss the mailbag episodes, but I don't know how you feel about doing them at the moment. I like the random, unpredictable nature of what other viewers think you'll find interesting, and your comments and reactions.

Mike Hughes
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Put a request out on my twitter(1600+ followers) for more subscribers for you. Hope it works.

Anonymous

I hate to say guitar pedals, but maybe there's another angle? Why some resistors in some circuits are better than others, etc. Guitar pedal dummies like me hearing about why some pedals do one thing and some do another.

Anonymous

I seem to enjoy pretty much everything you post, but I think my favorites are restorations/explanations of very obscure old hardware like the Binaview, and modifications/new creations like the Fuzzmas pedal and upgraded Star Trek door panel. The plastic welder is a big one in this category. I want to improve my electronics skills/confidence/knowledge, so those really stand out. I also really like when you do art, play music, etc; your music is great and your creativity is infectious.

Anonymous

Fran, I know how time-consuming it can be, and may not net you the desired $, but I just love it when you share your creative/inventive side. Don't get me wrong, I get totally into your repairs and reverse-engineered projects, and how you bring your enthusiasm, childlike sense of wonder, inquisitiveness, and engineering brilliance to those projects. In a nutshell, I hope you'll DO EXACTLY WHAT YOU LIKE, revenue permitting.

Anonymous

just keep doing what your doing im not leaveing haha... maybe a more indepth look at that transformer in the basement .that looked very intresting :)

Anonymous

I'd love to see how you came up with your pedal designs? I so wanted the fuzzy-wuzzy when I found out Lou Reed was using one. But being a teenager back then, and being in Australia, made it somewhat impossible