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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-/184087117880For 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.
My T12 made a bang . Honestly 10% more quality is required there. They seem to be designed for production use in China where they have one dude on the line who’s job is to fix shit. Weller tips are crap now. I actually used one TCP tip for ten entire years once (!)
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Quote from: beanflying on December 17, 2019, 04:09:53 pmGood 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. @Germans: Bitte nicht im Ebay Kleineanzeige diese Drucker kaufen...
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.
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.
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.
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...
Oh no... I have rented another garage a couple blocks from my house for... ahem.. "storage". This is probably a bad thing...
Good luck, you risk the wrath of the nixie fans. Just like I got the great unwashed that goes ape every time I get out the blue spray paint.
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-1100A7. Paint it blue
I suspect it was just a crazy monkey with a stolen phone in his hands.
Quote from: mnementh on December 18, 2019, 02:51:51 pmHoly 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. 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. 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...
Quote from: bd139 on December 18, 2019, 02:26:45 pmOk 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-1100A7. Paint it blue Just put a 5.5mm COAX POWER (barrel connector) socket on it and recycle a old 19.5V laptop charger to power it. A couple LM317Ts and done. Minimal assache, cheap and reliable. And yes, please paint it blue... just for med. mnem
Quote from: Cerebus on December 18, 2019, 02:11:41 pmWent 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-/184087117880For 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?
It's using a windows phone by the looks so it's already done for
Quote from: mnementh on December 18, 2019, 03:30:09 pmQuote from: bd139 on December 18, 2019, 02:26:45 pmOk 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-1100A7. Paint it blue Just put a 5.5mm COAX POWER (barrel connector) socket on it and recycle a old 19.5V laptop charger to power it. A couple LM317Ts and done. Minimal assache, cheap and reliable. And yes, please paint it blue... just for med. mnem Don't worry, he will. I sent him a case of Krylon Bahama Sea Blue.
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. (Attachment Link) (Attachment Link)
You have rednecks in Germany? Because that is a classic "Redneck Repair"