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Welcome to Stefan Vorkoetter’s web site! I’m a private pilot and model aviation hobbyist, slide rule, calculator, and fountain pen collector, electronics hobbyist, Hammond organ enthusiast, and software developer living on a Fjord horse farm in Ontario, Canada. This page is a gateway to the ever growing collection of articles I like to write describing my projects and hobbies. If your interests coincide at all with mine, I’m sure you’ll find something useful here.
Electronics Reviews
In-depth tests, reviews, and discussion of batteries, chargers, computers, and gadgets I use.
Electric R/C Airplanes
Over 50 articles demystifying the design, construction, theory, and practice of electric R/C planes.
Building a Volksplane
Follow my progress in words and pictures as I build an Evans single seat VW powered Volksplane.
Hammond Organs
Understanding, maintaining, and modifying the Hammond tone-wheel and vacuum tube organ.
Vintage Calculators
Repair, programming, and use of HP programmable calculators from the 1970s to today.
Slide Rules
My collection of slip-sticks and whiz-wheels, the calculating tool of choice for 350 years.
Miscellanous Articles
Articles and papers on other topics that just don't fit neatly into any of the categories above.
Restoring a Mechanical Russian Alarm Watch
Shortly after my interest in Russian mechanical watches began, a particular Poljot (Полет) model equipped with a 2612.1 alarm movement caught my eye. After watching sales of this watch on eBay for a month and eager to try my hand at watchmaking, I purchased one that I knew was going to require some work.
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