:excerptstart Brimar Web Store remains open and safe from the recent PHP security issues which have effected many sites :excertend A serious issue with PHP, one of the fundamental building blocks of many websites including Brimar, was announced today. While … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
Our latest project is making a notching and peening system to attach the grid wire to the backbones
[CLICK TO READ MORE]Dave, Ian & Pete in their element nurturing the bulb forming machine for ECC8x small bulbs for ECC83 style dual triodes back to life. Not bad for an 85 year old machine!
[CLICK TO READ MORE]After many months of checking wiring and building a Python code library, Mark is now at the point of running test cases on the whole activation system to check all the main functions perform correctly before we connect the 3 … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
We now have all four sets of cams beautifully engineered by M-Machine near Tyne and Weir. They were responsible for repairing all of the minis in the original 1960s film “The Italian Job” and still manufacture wings and body parts … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
This pump came to us a few years back on a Sylvania CFL bulb outgas rig. We had to condemn the rig however the pump seemed like it had some life in it. Initial test were not very promising with … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
date: June 25, 2026 10:30am tags: restoration, machinery Many months ago, some of our volunteers took the one remaining cam on one of our Mullard Heritage presses and painstakingly measured it out once, twice and then once more for luck … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
Just down the road from our Tungsten Works factory are the long wave masts of the BBC Droitwich transmitter. Sadly it will be shutting down at the end of this month and the faithful valve transmitters will be decommissioned. If … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
Nearly a century after the R-types finished production, Brimar Thermionic Products will launch their first valve, completely designed and manufactured in the UK in April. The R-Type valve was the first triode to be produced and it revolutionised the developing electronic industry worldwide.
[CLICK TO READ MORE]Olly and Sol being trained on one of our lathes which we have fitted with a DRO (digital read out). The display lets us make the most of the precision of the lathe and easier to control. The piece they … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
