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[SingedFingers]

I'm going to try when the dymo is delivered and let you know

The children escaped unfortunately. They saw it coming. So I labelled my new power supply...



Sooo.... what next. Everything!

Edit: actually my wife has stolen it and is now labelling all her books with "MY BOOK"

[bitseeker]

Those labels look good. Are they easy to apply? I've tried a couple of the Brother P-Touch label printers and they are they're rather fiddly to get the backing removed from the label tape.

[SingedFingers]

They are quite difficult for me because I have banana fingers. There is a slit lengthwise down the entire reel which makes it slightly easier.

Still miss programming Intermec printers in the late 1990s. Those were much more fun

[bitseeker]

That sounds much better for getting the backing off. Thanks!

[Cubdriver]

The Brother P-touch label maker I now have uses tape that's got the lengthwise slit on the back now, too.  Makes them much easier to apply - peel half and get it positioned, then peel the other part.  At my previous job we had one of the earlier p-touch printers with the non slit backing and they were definitely a bear to peel.

Difficult to remove or not, they're still a thousand times easier than the old Dymo labels made on the embosser.  Spin the dial, squeeze the handle, and without fail the next letter needed would be on the opposite side. Thkthkthkthkthk-click  Thkthkthkthkthkthkthkthk-click  Thkthkthkthkthkthk-click and then near the end you'd screw up and land on the wrong letter and need to start again.     that and the natural curl of the tape made them want to pop off if not thoroughly stuck down to an immaculately clean surface.

-Pat

[SeanB]

Dymo tape, the best way to stick it down was to use solvent welding, or contact adhesive.  Otherwise after 10 years all that was there was a brittle adhesive imprint, with the label curled up below it.

[bitseeker]

they're still a thousand times easier than the old Dymo labels made on the embosser.  Spin the dial, squeeze the handle, and without fail the next letter needed would be on the opposite side. Thkthkthkthkthk-click  Thkthkthkthkthkthkthkthk-click  Thkthkthkthkthkthk-click and then near the end you'd screw up and land on the wrong letter and need to start again.

Ahhh, the memories! Trying to get all the letters the same shade and/or evenly embossed would give you OCD if you didn't have it already.

[tkuhmone]

They are quite difficult for me because I have banana fingers. There is a slit lengthwise down the entire reel which makes it slightly easier.

Agree with Dymo labels, I have same label writer... Sometimes I use exacto knife to grab the back paper. Dymo labels that I used in last 15 years, will turn slowly darker during longer period if eposed to warm temperature. I had few stickers on the laptop, color goes from white to brown :-)

I also do labeling of extension cords (using long piece of label around wire) with Dymo.

[SingedFingers]

I got the transparent ones for this work. I expect them to yellow slightly over time.

[djos]

They are quite difficult for me because I have banana fingers. There is a slit lengthwise down the entire reel which makes it slightly easier.

Still miss programming Intermec printers in the late 1990s. Those were much more fun

Thankfully the Epson label makers have this too.

[mtdoc]

Some capacitor decade substitution boxes.

2 vintage Cornell Dubiliers and 1 newer with larger value electrolytics

[Cubdriver]

Dymo tape, the best way to stick it down was to use solvent welding, or contact adhesive.  Otherwise after 10 years all that was there was a brittle adhesive imprint, with the label curled up below it.

I don't think it even took that long!  I have sets of drawers with the loose curved labels sitting in the recess on top of the drawer pull.  At least they didn't go too far astray.   

-Pat

[bitseeker]

The Cornell Dubilier substitution boxes look so cool. I almost bought a whole set of them a couple years ago. They would've taken a lot of space though, as compared with the thumbwheel decade types.

[Vtile]

Those labels look good. Are they easy to apply? I've tried a couple of the Brother P-Touch label printers and they are they're rather fiddly to get the backing removed from the label tape.

Try with sharp SMD tweezers works..

Don't forget to label the labels.

[mtdoc]

The Cornell Dubilier substitution boxes look so cool. I almost bought a whole set of them a couple years ago. They would've taken a lot of space though, as compared with the thumbwheel decade types.

I didn't buy them because they look cool. I  bought them because I need them. Really, I do..    

[Cubdriver]

The Cornell Dubilier substitution boxes look so cool. I almost bought a whole set of them a couple years ago. They would've taken a lot of space though, as compared with the thumbwheel decade types.

I didn't buy them because they look cool. I  bought them because I need them. Really, I do..

Shouldn't this be in the TEA thread?   

-Pat

[bitseeker]

LOL, you guys crack me up.

[xrunner]

I didn't buy them because they look cool. I  bought them because I need them. Really, I do..

Run - don't walk - to this thread and get help!

Test Equipment Anonymous Group Therapy

[bitseeker]

No worries, mtdoc is already a resident.

[djos]

I think I'll be making a trip to aldi next weekend, I need some more component shelves and the little air compressor should meet my minimal needs nicely.

[gamalot]

I think I'll be making a trip to aldi next weekend, I need some more component shelves and the little air compressor should meet my minimal needs nicely.

I like ALDI. 

[djos]

I think I'll be making a trip to aldi next weekend, I need some more component shelves and the little air compressor should meet my minimal needs nicely.

I like ALDI. 

Me too, even some of their 20v (seriously marketing dept, they are 18v!) lithium tools are pretty good for the home gamer like me,  You just need to buy at least 3 of the batteries so if you are working the tools really hard, you can swap in a fresh pack when the batteries temp protection kicks in.

[SingedFingers]

Annoyingly not in UK those deals

[mmagin]

Incredibly cheap demagnetizer, the line cord is 0.5mm^2, the plug is one of those Chinese plugs that's like a NEMA 1-15 but not quite.  I wouldn't leave it unattended, but it did the job cheaply of demagnetizing my diagonal cutters nicely.  This is the guts of it:

[nctnico]

I ordered a hot plate:

I hope it will help to preheat boards for assembly and rework jobs using hot air. I'll check the inside (wiring) before plugging it in.