Went to the Bay of Ebil to see quite how painful bd139's life was about to become hunting down that ZM1000 and tripped across this:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/METRIX-OX803B-2-x-40-MHz-0956-analog-oscilloscope-/184087117880
For those who can't be bothered to follow the link it's a "METRIX OX803B 2 x 40 MHz / 0956 analog oscilloscope" with a "Buy it now" price of £1,181.23. I've seen some dumb asking prices for 'scopes before, but I think that's a record new level of fuckwitery.
One day I want to try to sell my dirty underwear in Ebay auction starting at 1€ and see what I get at the end.
Good decision to move this one on. Either that or strip it for parts. *** Take ALL 3D printer reviews from all sources with a huge grain of salt as MOST reviewers are getting freebies or percentage of sales. The Ender 3 as a first up fairly idiot proof printer takes some beating.
I almost sold that 3D printer yesterday for 230€... at the end the buyer did not pulled the trigger. ![Flogging A Dead Horse :horse:](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/DeadHorse.gif)
@Germans: Bitte nicht im Ebay Kleineanzeige diese Drucker kaufen...
Holy Fucking Asscrackers! I can't believe you actually got serious nibbles at that price range.
![Shocked :o](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/shocked.gif)
I'll just shut the fuck up now, and quietly lick my
Tevo Tarantula wounds in the corner...
mnem
"It only hurts until you die."
One day I want to try to sell my dirty underwear in Ebay auction starting at 1€ and see what I get at the end.
Two things wrong there that will limit your success:
- You're not a girl.
- You didn't specify Japanese eBay.
Likewise, my T12 OLED has been up to all the jobs I have thrown at it so far. I love the fact that it has a low standby temperature and as soon you pick the handle it ramps up to working temp within a couple of seconds or so and if you require a boost because you hit ground plane or some lead free solder, give the setting knob a quick press and boom you have the heat you need.
I also have a clone 936 station and that has a big arse old transformer in it as well.
![](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/test-equipment-anonymous-(tea)-group-therapy-thread/?action=dlattach;attach=400135;image)
mnem's current T12 StationPut a 1000uF or so cap across the outputs of that XFMR supply... if it reads BELOW 28V, she's a prime candidate for "upgrading" with a T12 module kit for cheap.
![ThumbsUp :-+](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/icon_smile_thumbsup.gif)
mnem
NO BOOM FOR YOO!!!
Holy Fucking Asscrackers! I can't believe you actually got serious nibbles at that price range.
I'll just shut the fuck up now, and quietly lick my Tevo Tarantula wounds in the corner...
I suspect it was just a crazy monkey with a stolen phone in his hands.
![](http://www.wp7connect.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/berbermonkey-lumia1.jpg)
Re: Metcal. At the Produtronica in Munich this year the Thermaltronics stand had so much more interesting toys than the Metcal one. One day I will post the pics. the most impressive was the dual coil soldering big ass iron. It took the two RF input into one device to give you more power.
Moreover I liked very much the color code on the Thermaltronics tips to get the temperature sorted out.
![](http://www.thermaltronics.com/assets/images/tmt-9000s/mseries_l.jpg)
That's why I bought red and blue nail shellac.. to upgrade all my tips: no color=yellow.
mnem after you push me to buy that transparent nail shellac I have no brakes now....
![](https://imgur.com/e1UFoIl.jpg)
This makes me cry a little inside...Were you not able to make a shipping damage claim? Or was it just not worth the hassle given what you paid...?
mnem
*tzzzzt^
I paid $19 for it. My plan B was sell the good tubes and drivers if it was a turd so hardly worth complaining.
I can still turn it into a usable counter with about 3h of effort which is probably worth it. Either that or recycle the enclosure as it’s a nice one with tilt feet.
Edit: new switch just turned up for the PL330QMD so I’ll stick that in tonight
I suspect it was just a crazy monkey with a stolen phone in his hands.
![](http://www.wp7connect.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/berbermonkey-lumia1.jpg)
Yeah, but I suspect that wasn't the monkey who bid on your 3DP, I suspect that money is the one who works in the patent office that approved this patent for colour coded identification:
![](http://www.thermaltronics.com/assets/images/tmt-9000s/mseries_l.jpg)
Proof, if we needed it, that the world is going to the dogs:
- 1902-1909 Patent office clerk publishes the Special Theory of Relativity and revolutionises our knowledge of the physical world
- 2019 Patent office clerk issues a patent that fails both the essential, fundamental tests for a patent of non-obviousness and for novelty that a six year old child with nothing more than a blackboard, a cuddly toy and sticky jam encrusted face and fingers would not have missed. "You had one job..."
I suspect it was just a crazy monkey with a stolen phone in his hands.
![](http://www.wp7connect.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/berbermonkey-lumia1.jpg)
That monkey will make more intelligent choices with that phone than most people can.
It's using a windows phone by the looks so it's already done for
Went to the Bay of Ebil to see quite how painful bd139's life was about to become hunting down that ZM1000 and tripped across this:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/METRIX-OX803B-2-x-40-MHz-0956-analog-oscilloscope-/184087117880
For those who can't be bothered to follow the link it's a "METRIX OX803B 2 x 40 MHz / 0956 analog oscilloscope" with a "Buy it now" price of £1,181.23. I've seen some dumb asking prices for 'scopes before, but I think that's a record new level of fuckwitery.
Holy shit, what are they smoking? ![Banging Head |O](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/bangheadonwall.gif)
Dried greed with a pinch of foolishness from their customers.
It's using a windows phone by the looks so it's already done for ![Laughing :-DD](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/smiley_laughing.gif)
Believe it or not I'm still using my Nokia 925 with Win8.1 but I am upgrading this Christmas. Nothing wrong with the phone itself. Extremely reliable but slowly all the apps are going down the toilet due to lack of support.
Ok decided to turn this counter into an absolutely pointless project just for the hell of it. Plan is as follows:
1. Rip out the transformer and entire power supply and sell.
2. Rip out the nixie tubes, drivers and sell.
3. Build a simple buck-boost 12v -> 5v -> 15.5v supply for the internal rails (have some TI simple switchers and some inductors somewhere I can use for this and supply filtering).
4. Attach a powerpole connector to the back of it instead of a horrible integrated lead.
5. Build a new front panel board with LED displays on one side and SMD 74LS47 devices on the other side that just plugs into the latch bus.
6. Clean up front panel, paint and relabel as IB-1100A
7. Paint it blue ![Smiley :)](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/smiley.gif)
Or you COULD do steps 1, 2 & 7, then recycle the enclosure to... build you a new T12 OLED station.
![Evil >:D](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/evil.gif)
mnem
*agitating-ily*
Not exactly TEA and not electronic either ..
Had some water damage in the house, first picture shows the "patch" applied to the borked pipe.
Now look at the second picture, showing a really interesting "wiring" of the pipes. The repair guy said, this was a really rare view (he claims to have about 600 cases per year.
![Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=81471.0;attach=891940;image)
Not exactly TEA and not electronic either ..
Had some water damage in the house, first picture shows the "patch" applied to the borked pipe.
Now look at the second picture, showing a really interesting "wiring" of the pipes. The repair guy said, this was a really rare view (he claims to have about 600 cases per year.
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Right before Christmas. Excellent timing.
![Sad :(](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/sad.gif)
I hope, the damage isn't too much. Do you need now to dry the walls?