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Getting old and lazy. I bought a 355mm cut-off/chop saw to save myself some tedious hand hack-sawing. Built a rack for my 500-series Tektronix oscilloscopes. The lower two positions will carry my pair of 545Bs, the third from the bottom my 575 curve tracer, the fourth my 551 and the very top rung will carry the 551's power supply unit. For now the frame is brushed down in a phosphoric acid based rust converter. I'll let that dry over night and give the frame a couple of coats of gloss black "Rust Guard" epoxy enamel tomorrow morning.
Resistance decade box - bigger than I thought it would be.Also, I orderd 1 ltr of MG Chemicals Rosin Flux a couple weeks ago, it got delivered somewhere else (not where Amazon said it was) and I claimed against them for the loss and was refunded. A neighbour brought it round today - took her time! Still, can't complain - I guess it was free in the end..
Specmaster, beautiful fab job on that scope rack! Just be careful moving it about - I bet that sucker's gonna be pretty top heavy once it's loaded up with 500 series Tek scopes!-Pat
Quote from: Cubdriver on December 09, 2017, 08:47:54 pmSpecmaster, beautiful fab job on that scope rack! Just be careful moving it about - I bet that sucker's gonna be pretty top heavy once it's loaded up with 500 series Tek scopes!-PatThanks, but I didn't build it, it's the creation of GK [emoji23]Sent from my SM-J510FN using Tapatalk
Probably not the brightest idea. But saw a 3458A with 002 for a somewhat reasonable price on fleabay.
Fun and scary all at the same time.
Quote from: Specmaster on December 09, 2017, 08:52:11 pmQuote from: Cubdriver on December 09, 2017, 08:47:54 pmSpecmaster, beautiful fab job on that scope rack! Just be careful moving it about - I bet that sucker's gonna be pretty top heavy once it's loaded up with 500 series Tek scopes!-PatThanks, but I didn't build it, it's the creation of GK [emoji23]Sent from my SM-J510FN using TapatalkDachhh!!! I was quoting from the damned iPad again, and didn't scroll back up far enough. GK, beautiful job on the scope rack! Just be careful moving it around - it'll probably be a bit tipsy when loaded with old Tek iron! (Yeah, I'm an idiot. Why do you ask?)-Pat<edit - typo>
Dachhh!!! I was quoting from the damned iPad again, and didn't scroll back up far enough. GK, beautiful job on the scope rack! Just be careful moving it around - it'll probably be a bit tipsy when loaded with old Tek iron! (Yeah, I'm an idiot. Why do you ask?)-Pat<edit - typo>
If you are using the mobile view, switch to desktop view, it's so much better and works great on my iPad Air 2 (i'm making this post on it now).
Quote from: djos on December 10, 2017, 10:02:19 pmIf you are using the mobile view, switch to desktop view, it's so much better and works great on my iPad Air 2 (i'm making this post on it now).I always use the desktop view; in this case I forgot that the post had been quoted and simply scrolled up till I saw the pictures and used that post originator's name. In this case I was a post or two too far down, and didn't notice that it was a quote. One additional thing to try to pay more attention to in the future. -Pat