Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread

[beanflying]

To soon for savings @Brumby ? eBay auction: #163960440176 might suit another local in the market.

A little outside the budget at the moment - and the 2,200km round trip for "local pickup" isn't tickling my fancy to say the least.

But it does look nice. 

Seller will post  Only one excuse left and your possible demise at the hands of SHMBO 

On 30-Nov-19 at 16:35:18 AEDST, seller added the following information:
Happy to post at actual cost from 4570 weight is 5kg 38cm x 30cm x 13 cm. Postage cost will be added when true cost can be determined.

[Brumby]

I'm still working on placement of my rack - and you want me to put a second gun to my head?

You're not making this easy - but, then, as an enabler I suppose that doesn't factor into your endeavours too highly.  The clincher is that the budget doesn't allow....





... but it does look nice.

[beanflying]

Correct all care for the mission at hand and no responsibility for negative outcomes or fallout of success 

[Cerebus]

When making glass marbles, ...
-Pat

Yeah... when I was sorting my mother's stuff for the move, I found several handmade glass "ornament beads" from approx 25-75mm that she had bought from another artisan met at one of her shows. They were essentially large marbles of various artistic content with a little flat loop of glass at the top; you could see where the fellow had heated the punty and formed the loop with pliers. She did several orders by mail over the years with him.

I did some slumped glass bits for her using a rosebud torch and working on a piece of 1" thick plate steel; had to heat the steel before I started and keep it heated as I worked so I could lay the softened sheet & bits together on the plate so it would cool slowly enough to not shatter. Real "primitive work", but it gave me a real appreciation for the artisans I remembered seeing at work at Corning Glass as a kid. And for the value of a proper electric kiln. 

mnem
*primitive*

If you guys want to wile away a few hours search YouBoob for "Corning Museum of Glass". They have (sometimes hours long) videos of invited master glass makers making things. Fascinating, educational, relaxing and more addictive than box sets - you have been warned.

[Cerebus]

Even worse, my foot was caught by the power cord and then the iron was "caught" by my face just across the mouth. Nice burn mark on my lips was the result ...

Enquirer: "How did you do that?"
Bullshot, casually: "Kissed a really hot babe."

[med6753]

Correct all care for the mission at hand and no responsibility for negative outcomes or fallout of success 

Have you no shame? 

[BU508A]

My first soldering iron was a Ersa 30.

This is an example from ebay:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/133018848335



My second one was a Weller WTCP-S:



Currently I own a Weller WD 1000 120W like this one:
https://uk.farnell.com/weller/wd-1000hpt/soldering-station-120w-230v/dp/2629106



And I own as well a JBC HD-2B with two soldering irons: a T470 for the heavy duty stuff and a T245 for the  fine work.
Both soldering irons are connected to the HD-2B via a DIY switch (one cannot connect a T245 directly to a HD-2B. A 6 Ohm high  load resistor in series is needed)



Edit: This is the DIY switch:

[mnementh]

Correct all care for the mission at hand and no responsibility for negative outcomes or fallout of success 

Have you no shame? 

As a youth, my motto was "Balls To The Walls, checkered flag or crash." In fact, during my motorcycle and stock car racing days, I was "BTTW Racing". Shame did NOT enter into the equation.

mnem
"Hello my name is bean; have we met...?"

[xrunner]

But it does look nice. 

[mnementh]

When making glass marbles, ...
-Pat

Yeah... when I was sorting my mother's stuff for the move, I found several handmade glass "ornament beads" from approx 25-75mm that she had bought from another artisan met at one of her shows. They were essentially large marbles of various artistic content with a little flat loop of glass at the top; you could see where the fellow had heated the punty and formed the loop with pliers. She did several orders by mail over the years with him.

I did some slumped glass bits for her using a rosebud torch and working on a piece of 1" thick plate steel; had to heat the steel before I started and keep it heated as I worked so I could lay the softened sheet & bits together on the plate so it would cool slowly enough to not shatter. Real "primitive work", but it gave me a real appreciation for the artisans I remembered seeing at work at Corning Glass as a kid. And for the value of a proper electric kiln. 

mnem
*primitive*

If you guys want to wile away a few hours search YouBoob for "Corning Museum of Glass". They have (sometimes hours long) videos of invited master glass makers making things. Fascinating, educational, relaxing and more addictive than box sets - you have been warned.

I grew up about an hour away... I whiled away many hours as a youth in the Corning Glass Museum IRL; got to see them in person and smell the coke ovens.

Another really interesting rabbit-hole to follow is the technical videos on their specialty glass formulas. Crazy-ass shit like bouncing coil & leaf springs and high-speed photography of how their tempered glass shatters with minimal slivering and absorbs much of the impact energy to make a projectile less dangerous. 

mnem

[bd139]

Ugh parcelforce being dumbasses today



Only 57 miles away 

[SilverSolder]

Correct all care for the mission at hand and no responsibility for negative outcomes or fallout of success 

Have you no shame? 

As a youth, my motto was "Balls To The Walls, checkered flag or crash." In fact, during my motorcycle and stock car racing days, I was "BTTW Racing". Shame did NOT enter into the equation.

mnem
"Hello my name is bean; have we met...?"

I had a similar testosterone powered approach to driving when I was young - but sold my motorcycle when my first child was born.  I figured he would probably be better off having a father!

[med6753]

Correct all care for the mission at hand and no responsibility for negative outcomes or fallout of success 

Have you no shame? 

As a youth, my motto was "Balls To The Walls, checkered flag or crash." In fact, during my motorcycle and stock car racing days, I was "BTTW Racing". Shame did NOT enter into the equation.

mnem
"Hello my name is bean; have we met...?"

We already know there's no shame in your game. That's a given. But I didn't ask you, I asked Bean. So MYOB. 

[med6753]

Ugh parcelforce being dumbasses today



Only 57 miles away 

My resistor order is on the truck for delivery. 

[tggzzz]

Ugh parcelforce being dumbasses today

Only 57 miles away 

Give them credit for not bullshitting. Nowadays that's sufficient to hold off my anger

Since I wasn't in, my parcelforce item is being delivered to my local "depot"... 3min away 

[xrunner]

Ugh parcelforce being dumbasses today



Only 57 miles away 

"It will be delivered as soon as possible no matter how many attempt to get it right we have to do". 

[med6753]

But it does look nice. 

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I sure am glad that's in Oz or I'm sure I'd be the brunt of the "you need" 

[Zucca]

Temped to buy other stuff... but I see a tsunami of Xmas packages hitting the delivery chain.
Until Xmas I spend my money in beer.

[med6753]

Temped to buy other stuff... but I see a tsunami of Xmas packages hitting the delivery chain.
Until Xmas I spend my money in beer.

Same here. Already have Christmas presents ordered.....hello Amazon.  But no beer. 

[med6753]

6D10 "Compactron" with 3 separate filaments. 

[beanflying]

Correct all care for the mission at hand and no responsibility for negative outcomes or fallout of success 

Have you no shame? 

[mnementh]

mnem
Just for you, buddy. 

[mnementh]

As a youth, my motto was "Balls To The Walls, checkered flag or crash." In fact, during my motorcycle and stock car racing days, I was "BTTW Racing". Shame did NOT enter into the equation.

mnem
"Hello my name is bean; have we met...?"

We already know there's no shame in your game. That's a given. But I didn't ask you, I asked Bean. So MYOB. 

Yeah, but I already knew the answer to THAT question. And let's be honest; so did YOU.

mnem
...before you even ASKED it.

[mnementh]

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/Vintage-Eico-Oscilloscope-Model-460/254424816857

mnem
Not THAT desperate. YET.

[Specmaster]

@mnem when will your truck loads of gear be delivered to you then? I'd have thought that it would have been there by now??