I found this while surfing videos, scroll down his translated page for a DIY video. I wonder if Mr. Halphen knows him.
http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http://paillard.claude.free.fr/&langpair=fr%257Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
It is mind boggling.:jawdrop:

Hi cool link.Would be nice to use colored glass for the tube! Would make them very collectable ! Angelo : )

Hi

About 50 years ago, my parents used a Pailliard valve radio.

tripod

Absolutely amazing!

Did he build all that tooling himself?

Evan

Absolutely amazing!

Did he build all that tooling himself?

Evan

It looks like he made everything that was too costly to buy.