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[unknownparticle]

Road bike pedals with titanium axle.
200 euro, brand new! Very expensive!
I see the difference with steel axle pedals.

Am I titanium-addicted? 

Probably but so am I   I have a Mitsubishi Evo 6 which I've owned from new, I must have £2k's worth of Ti fasteners on it and some custom fabricated Ti parts and a full Ti  Veilside 90MM exhaust.  Also have many Ti fasteners on my MV Agusta Brutale, want a Ti exhaust for it but it is many ££££££'s!!!  Ti and Carbon fibre are 2 of my favourite things.  If I could find Inconel parts without going broke I'd have those too!
Exotic alloys, mmmmmm!!

[Peter_O]

At times when I'm thinking my spending money for TE is getting to much kind of an addicition or decadence , I take countermeasures by donating equal money to non profit organizations I trust.

[BU508A]

Bought today 50 OPA 691 IDR opamps for ca. 1.90 EUR per piece. Mouser is asking more than 5 EUR plus VAT for the OPA691ID. 
Attached the datasheet below.




Received today two 10ml tubes AMTECH flux NC-559-ASM. Exp. date 08/2024. Should do it for my needs. 
10 Euro per tube plus shipping. Not a bargain but okay imo.

[DiTBho]

Yes 

[beanflying]

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Yes 

My back is to old to ride in the drops so I have cheater goosenecks on my Roady and Track bike 

[themadhippy]

My ole trusty instek 620fg recently decided it wanted the single life.So the penny jar has been emptied and a replacement ordered.

[DiTBho]

WOW, I need a new DSO (or MSO?), too 

[nightfire]

Todays haul involves some thermal grease (I will use to fix the damaged LED based grow lights I just got), some plastic tweezers from Knipex, some tweezers from Bernstein, opening equipment from iFixit and very nice, some cable conduct from Lapp: SKINTOP CLICK BS M 12- nice feature is that you do not need some countering screw on the inside of a case.

The Bernstein tweezers feel very good, some soft, light touch on the metal and they will bend precisely, and the tip is not pointed, but made blunt as a chisel. I think I am hooked now, best tweezers I had in my hands so far, and for comparatively decent money.

[armandine2]

my PPE haul wasn't going so great, and today my Medium fit coverall is a return - hopefully the Sibille Large is not so large as the Sibille Medium was small

[BU508A]

Bought today a Makita DGA511ZJ.




Bought also 12 cutting disks:

[PlainName]

Bought also 12 cutting disks:

For a moment I was wondering why an angle grinder came with a CD.

[Messtechniker]

Well not exactly "buy today" but "salvaged today" instead.
From a 55 in. 3 year old Sony telly with a smashed screen. 
Screen was damaged (not by me) when turning the tv against the wall. 
These ever so thin frames do not offer any protection whatsoever.
Thus beyond repair.

From the PSU I only salvaged:

4x N-MOS K4A50D
2x N-MOS K8A50D
2x N-MOS K15A50D
and the heat sinks.

All are OK. See graphs.

Maybe I could use them for a simple electric load, should the need arise....




I have a habit of testing any salvaged stuff before stocking it. No point is saving components
of dubious condition.

[exor]

Some Neutrik adapters. The one on top left is quite universal.

[Zeyneb]

Bought today a Makita DGA511ZJ.

Ha, cool. Do you have experience with angle grinders? Like do you have a corded angle grinder already?

I do have two Metabo corded ones.

For fun check out this safety video:


EDIT: How do you actually get the above link to show as a youtube video?
SOLVED By BU508A here further down

[themadhippy]

Some Neutrik adapters.

fancy box,is it road proof? ours were just chucked into the top compartment of the toolbox

[exor]

Some Neutrik adapters.

fancy box,is it road proof? ours were just chucked into the top compartment of the toolbox

Yes, box is quite sturdy. This is Canford Audio branded second hand set, not sure if it is still available.

Edit:

I visited Canford Audio site and found the box they have used for the set, it is this (size A2):
https://www.canford.co.uk/Products/20658/16-682_HOFBAUER-CASE-A2

[CatalinaWOW]

Bought today a Makita DGA511ZJ.




Bought also 12 cutting disks:

Planning to get into the precious metals business?   

[BU508A]

Bought today a Makita DGA511ZJ.

Ha, cool. Do you have experience with angle grinders? Like do you have a corded angle grinder already?

I do have two Metabo corded ones.

For fun check out this safety video:
https://youtu.be/qyD3ACgLnrY

EDIT: How do you actually get the above link to show as a youtube video?

Yes, I do have some experience with them. Have here a 1500W Metabo (old one, owned by my grandpa) which I've splitted roof tiles with.

For the YT link:
change it to

Code: [Select]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyD3ACgLnrY
and you're done

[BU508A]

Planning to get into the precious metals business?   

Sort of.
Need to replace a satellite dish of a friend of mine at the weekend. The old dish is very rusty and the screws won't move in the slightest.
So he'll get a nice new Gibertini 90cm dish as a replacement. 

[w.v.s.]

Some work: A Swiss 700W motion controller with torn-off USB-connector:

[jonpaul]

A small Function generator by Thurby Thandar, UK.

2 MHz 20V, has Sweep input, DC offset and LCD can display F, V, DC offset etc.

Was up for the bin at a lab, rescued, an unexpected gift!

Exactly what I needed to complete my little lab in France.

Anyone ever seen these?

Bon Soirée

Jon

[rsjsouza]

I haven't seen one of these, but it is a very cute function generator.

[beanflying]

Final bit of a Laser Project I have been accumulating the bits for and now have some space to build in. 

Got a good deal on a RECI W2 (90-100W) tube direct from Cloudray with a 10% off coupon https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1X9GBCO3RlU/VvHEqJh53KI/AAAAAAAACVA/1iuYCrW4uJQLsL1kQw4TRlSAjKP_bofQQ/s1600/lasers.jpg about $150-200 AUD less than 'normal' if you buy on evilbay or AliX.

Outer Covers removed but fairly much finished design 1200x900 bed with pass through capability for rolled stock.

[paulca]

First set of SMD components for the new PCB arrived.  Lots of pink and silver SMD bags.

Got a fright with the crystal as it came separately with a load of documentation and certificates.  Seemed I ordered the "Certificate of compliance" version, oops.

The STM32 MCUs came oddly packed.  Separate large bag with 3 bags of dessicant and one of those "bake, don't bake" cards.  Annoyingly though, the actual packaging was a small carboard box filled with anti-static foam and the 2 MCUs where just "tossed in".  With 64 LQFP pins on them, getting them off and out of the foam was a challenge to do without bending pins.  Took me 3 minutes to free one of them.

Other than that I'm managing my AliExpress/Amazon breakout board and junk purchase habbits.  Although I couldn't turn down 50 WS2812 LEDs for £3.10!

[RAPo]

A TE-20D signal generator (my first tube gadget).