What did you buy today? Post your latest purchase!

[beanflying]

I also have one, it is very useful. And do't forget to get a cliff quick test connector as well. 

I've always been tempted to get a Cliff quick tester, they seem really useful to have, but I find the price way too high for a piece of plastic with 3 switches and a bulb.

McBryce.

Very worthwhile box to have around the bench and in my case gets reached for nearly every time over a screw terminal version I made.

[Terry01]

Oh YEAH! I'm up all night playin' Big Clive.

LOL 

[McBryce]

I also have one, it is very useful. And do't forget to get a cliff quick test connector as well. 

I've always been tempted to get a Cliff quick tester, they seem really useful to have, but I find the price way too high for a piece of plastic with 3 switches and a bulb.

McBryce.

Very worthwhile box to have around the bench and in my case gets reached for nearly every time over a screw terminal version I made.

That's exactly my thoughts, everytime I get some gear to fix that arrives without a power plug, but the Quick Tester costs €65 here, which puts me off. Is there a cheaper way to get one?

McBryce.

[beanflying]

I also have one, it is very useful. And do't forget to get a cliff quick test connector as well. 

I've always been tempted to get a Cliff quick tester, they seem really useful to have, but I find the price way too high for a piece of plastic with 3 switches and a bulb.

McBryce.

Very worthwhile box to have around the bench and in my case gets reached for nearly every time over a screw terminal version I made.

That's exactly my thoughts, everytime I get some gear to fix that arrives without a power plug, but the Quick Tester costs €65 here, which puts me off. Is there a cheaper way to get one?

McBryce.

Prices vary a LOT I remember from buying mine. These few UK sellers look worth a go for you eBay auction: #121720059249 or eBay auction: #201562327116 or eBay auction: #283506068384 depending on how freight and or Brexit is going into Europe

[Terry01]

Ebay UK £32 but dunno what the postage would be for you?

[McBryce]

Ebay UK £32 but dunno what the postage would be for you?

Found... And...... Ordered!


McBryce.

[Terry01]

Ebay UK £32 but dunno what the postage would be for you?

Found... And...... Ordered!


McBryce.

 

[melwin]

Got a few new (to me) pieces over the last few weeks:

Keithley 181 Nanovoltmeter (with mV cables!)
HP 6274B DC power supply (with 50V 20A 900W option)
Tek 2335 "portable" 100MHz 2ch oscilloscope

The Keithley and HP from a very nice gentleman who had a big electronics businesses that he closed down a few years back and that I had the pleasure of spending an afternoon with during which he shared a lot of fun stories from the trenches. Great learning experience for an amateur like myself!

Don't have any good plans for the things yet. Any fun ideas to share what to do with a Nanovoltmeter (wanted a bench multimeter really but he didn't have any suitable) and somewhat higher output DC supply?

/M

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[dcbrown73]

A variac and an isolation transformer. 

[Terry01]

Got a few new (to me) pieces over the last few weeks:

Keithley 181 Nanovoltmeter (with mV cables!)
HP 6274B DC power supply (with 50V 20A 900W option)
Tek 2335 "portable" 100MHz 2ch oscilloscope

The Keithley and HP from a very nice gentleman who had a big electronics businesses that he closed down a few years back and that I had the pleasure of spending an afternoon with during which he shared a lot of fun stories from the trenches. Great learning experience for an amateur like myself!

Don't have any good plans for the things yet. Any fun ideas to share what to do with a Nanovoltmeter (wanted a bench multimeter really but he didn't have any suitable) and somewhat higher output DC supply?

/M

Sent from my SM-N960F using Tapatalk

That's some nice stuff buddy! Nice score... 

[McBryce]

After so many people singing the praises of the Wiha precision screwdriver set, I was "forced" to get some for myself. Conclusion - Sex on a stick!!! What a great piece of kit.

McBryce.

[Mr.B]

...Sex on a stick!!! ...

Yes, yes it is...

[Terry01]

After so many people singing the praises of the Wiha precision screwdriver set, I was "forced" to get some for myself. Conclusion - Sex on a stick!!! What a great piece of kit.

McBryce.

They are a nice set of small drivers for sure!

Even after quite a few months of use they are still smooth as silk to use. 

[gamalot]

My new Raspberry Pi is finally here. It is fast and a little hot! 

[Falkra]

A variac and an isolation transformer.

Any pictures ? It's always nice to see the devices.   

[PA0PBZ]

Any pictures ? It's always nice to see the devices.   

I'll show you mine if you show me yours

[dexters_lab]

Picked up this £2000 dye-sublimation printer the other day for £15, you certainly can still pick up bargains on ebay if you wait long enough!

[purfield]

Bought a plasma wand for treating surfaces.

[Mr. Scram]

Bought a plasma wand for treating surfaces.

Perhaps smallifying the imagine a bit will help people. Now it's over 2 MB big!

[HighVoltage]

Bought a plasma wand for treating surfaces.

What brand is it?
How much did it cost?

[tooki]

Bought a plasma wand for treating surfaces.

Perhaps smallifying the imagine a bit will help people. Now it's over 2 MB big!

That and starting with a halfway decent photo to begin with. That one is uselessly blurry.

[thm_w]

Picked up this £2000 dye-sublimation printer the other day for £15, you certainly can still pick up bargains on ebay if you wait long enough!

Cool design. But how much is the ink?
Are you going to transfer the prints to something?

[tooki]

Picked up this £2000 dye-sublimation printer the other day for £15, you certainly can still pick up bargains on ebay if you wait long enough!

Cool design. But how much is the ink?

Totally reasonable. Around $120 for a pack for 200 A6 prints (both ribbon and paper), or $80 for 240 10x9cm prints.

Are you going to transfer the prints to something?

This is a (medical) photo printer, you can't re-transfer from the photo paper.

Dye sublimation for transfers doesn't use dye sublimation in the printer. Instead, another printing technology (like inkjet) is used to print the "raw" dye-sub ink onto transfer paper. Then the transfer paper is pressed under heat to the final product (e.g. fabric), which is where the dye sublimation process occurs. The diffusion that happens in this step causes the tiny inkjet droplets to blur, resulting in a smooth, continuous-tone print on the final product.

In a dye-sub photo printer, the dye-sub ink is already deposited onto a ribbon, and then a thermal printhead sublimates it onto the paper, so the print is the final product.

[purfield]

Sorry for the huge blurry image.  It was a quick and dirty picture and I'm more of a lurker than a poster.

It's a PlasmaEtch PlasmaWand http://www.plasmaetch.com/atmospheric-plasma-wand-cleaner.php, which is just a rebadge of a Relyon Piezobrush https://www.relyon-plasma.com/relyon-plasma-products/piezobrush-pz2/?lang=en.

I think the price is about $3800, but I got it on ePay for $1200 with one hour of use.  It's not cheap!  Generates a lot of ozone and really stinks up the air, but it's cool.

[Nominal Animal]

Cool design. But how much is the ink?

Totally reasonable. Around $120 for a pack for 200 A6 prints (both ribbon and paper), or $80 for 240 10x9cm prints.

Why do I get a mental image of the walls at your place being plastered over with A6-sized photo-quality prints? 

(Oh, I know.  That's what I'd do.  Tiled images of real and unreal places and stuff, maybe like small windows or ports...  Just do a DuckDuckGo image search on Plitvice to see what I mean.  I wonder how large a rounded icosahedron you could make, with the surface of Mars printed on it, without wasting too much space on those A6 sheets?)