Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread

[bd139]

It’s on my bucket list to wheel Christmas dinner out on a scopemobile one day 

[Specmaster]

It’s on my bucket list to wheel Christmas dinner out on a scopemobile one day 

With shit loads of unobtainable chips piled high?

[med6753]

Do we have here some Tektronix fans?   
Just spotted in the German "ebay Kleinanzeigen" (no affiliations with the sellers):

A very nice Tek 7623A with 6 modules for 210.- EUR
https://www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de/s-anzeige/speicher-oszilloskop-tektronix-7623a-plus-einschuebe/1440866205-168-2137


It comes with these modules:

• 3x 7A18
• 3x 7B53A

And one of these could be handy:
Some Tek scope carts, 50.- EUR.
https://www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de/s-anzeige/tektronix-beistellwagen-diverse/1441476862-168-1512



 

You should notify Martin. BTW, has anyone seen him lately?

[0culus]

Do we have here some Tektronix fans?   
Just spotted in the German "ebay Kleinanzeigen" (no affiliations with the sellers):

A very nice Tek 7623A with 6 modules for 210.- EUR
https://www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de/s-anzeige/speicher-oszilloskop-tektronix-7623a-plus-einschuebe/1440866205-168-2137


It comes with these modules:

• 3x 7A18
• 3x 7B53A

And one of these could be handy:
Some Tek scope carts, 50.- EUR.
https://www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de/s-anzeige/tektronix-beistellwagen-diverse/1441476862-168-1512



 

You should notify Martin. BTW, has anyone seen him lately?

I have not heard from him in some time. I have a 7k plugin that I picked up for him at his request at my local surplus joint ages ago and right about then he went radio silent. 

[BU508A]

Do we have here some Tektronix fans?   
Just spotted in the German "ebay Kleinanzeigen" (no affiliations with the sellers):

A very nice Tek 7623A with 6 modules for 210.- EUR
https://www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de/s-anzeige/speicher-oszilloskop-tektronix-7623a-plus-einschuebe/1440866205-168-2137


It comes with these modules:

• 3x 7A18
• 3x 7B53A

And one of these could be handy:
Some Tek scope carts, 50.- EUR.
https://www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de/s-anzeige/tektronix-beistellwagen-diverse/1441476862-168-1512



 

You should notify Martin. BTW, has anyone seen him lately?

Haven't seen him here for a while. I hope, he is allright.   

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June 07, 2020, 03:04:31 am

I'll write him a message.

Edit 2:
Done. Let's see, what happens.

[Mr. Scram]

Been fighting clogged drains all weekend. The drains are winning. I've opened 'r up a few times and all looks well and within 30 minutes it's back to a slow trickle again. May be some nasty gooey stuff which reseals itself. Time to regroup.

[med6753]

I am such as bad boy. I can't stop snickering. RE: Scope Wars.

Somebody smack me. 

[Specmaster]

I am such as bad boy. I can't stop snickering. RE: Scope Wars.

Somebody smack me. 

There you go, sorted.

[bd139]

Been fighting clogged drains all weekend. The drains are winning. I've opened 'r up a few times and all looks well and within 30 minutes it's back to a slow trickle again. May be some nasty gooey stuff which reseals itself. Time to regroup.

Been doing the caulking in the bathroom so I’m equally miserable.   

Last time I had a blocked drain I was rodding it and the end came off inside the drain ffs. Took me three hours to get it out of the drain.

[0culus]

I am such as bad boy. I can't stop snickering. RE: Scope Wars.

Somebody smack me. 

That thread has become the usual EEVBlog DSO thread. 95%+ noise and you have to dig for the signal.

[tautech]

I am such as bad boy. I can't stop snickering. RE: Scope Wars.

Somebody smack me. 

That thread has become the usual EEVBlog DSO thread. 95%+ noise and you have to dig for the signal.

Which signal ? 
The one from the math genius or from those with years of scope experience ?

[0culus]

I didn't say anything about that...

[Mr. Scram]

Been doing the caulking in the bathroom so I’m equally miserable.   

Last time I had a blocked drain I was rodding it and the end came off inside the drain ffs. Took me three hours to get it out of the drain.

That's why I got one with an "inline" end, but it's not doing it for me. That some genius constructed this house with right angle drains in concrete floors so you can't get other tools in properly isn't helping either.

[bd139]

Been doing the caulking in the bathroom so I’m equally miserable.   

Last time I had a blocked drain I was rodding it and the end came off inside the drain ffs. Took me three hours to get it out of the drain.

That's why I got one with an "inline" end, but it's not doing it for me. That some genius constructed this house with right angle drains in concrete floors so you can't get other tools in properly isn't helping either.

Ahh I suffer from that problem as well. Good luck. Dyno-rod time.

[xrunner]

That's why I got one with an "inline" end, but it's not doing it for me. That some genius constructed this house with right angle drains in concrete floors so you can't get other tools in properly isn't helping either.

Hope you don't have to do what I had to for a clogged sewer. That's in one of my bedrooms circa 2007 (that's not me it's the plumber). Not fun.

[med6753]

That's why I got one with an "inline" end, but it's not doing it for me. That some genius constructed this house with right angle drains in concrete floors so you can't get other tools in properly isn't helping either.

Hope you don't have to do what I had to for a clogged sewer. That's in one of my bedrooms circa 2007 (that's not me it's the plumber). Not fun.

Well at least there's no "plumber's crack" 

[tggzzz]

Been doing the caulking in the bathroom so I’m equally miserable.   

Last time I had a blocked drain I was rodding it and the end came off inside the drain ffs. Took me three hours to get it out of the drain.

That's why I got one with an "inline" end, but it's not doing it for me. That some genius constructed this house with right angle drains in concrete floors so you can't get other tools in properly isn't helping either.

Ahh I suffer from that problem as well. Good luck. Dyno-rod time.

Dyno rod are crap. When my mother's 1840 house had a blockage, the first idiot was equipped to clear sink traps. The second was cleared to use rotovators, but there were none available. The third was equipped, but failed.

Called local company MAD (Maintain-A-Drain), who fixed it first time, once they got round the right angle bend.

[TERRA Operative]

Looks like it was designed by committee 

Being a Japanese manufacturer, you don't know how close to the truth that statement really is. 

[mnementh]

Been doing the caulking in the bathroom so I’m equally miserable.   

Last time I had a blocked drain I was rodding it and the end came off inside the drain ffs. Took me three hours to get it out of the drain.

That's why I got one with an "inline" end, but it's not doing it for me. That some genius constructed this house with right angle drains in concrete floors so you can't get other tools in properly isn't helping either.

Ahh I suffer from that problem as well. Good luck. Dyno-rod time.

Dyno rod are crap. When my mother's 1840 house had a blockage, the first idiot was equipped to clear sink traps. The second was cleared to use rotovators, but there were none available. The third was equipped, but failed.

Called local company MAD (Maintain-A-Drain), who fixed it first time, once they got round the right angle bend.

Clogged pipes buried in concrete...? M-80/Cherry bomb time.     Which is actually what I thought bd was suggesting... 

mnem
 

[mnementh]

Hey guys... I just got done doing a bolt extraction on the Juki sewing machine by slotting with a Dremel, etc... I took a few pics and was thinking of doing a little "Tinkering 101: Bolt Extraction" post as a New Topic. Just... I have no idea where would be the right area on eevBlog. 

Suggestions...?

mnem
 

[Brumby]

Repair?

[mnementh]

I peeked in there first off; it looked like it was just people asking for help with repairs. I suppose I could post it and then submit to the "Vintage Restoration, etc Techniques" thread.

 

mnem
*toddles off to ded*

[med6753]

I peeked in there first off; it looked like it was just people asking for help with repairs. I suppose I could post it and then submit to the "Vintage Restoration, etc Techniques" thread.

 

mnem
*toddles off to ded*

I put the Type 561B Repair/Restoration thread in the "Repair" section. It isn't just for folks ASKING for help on a repair.

[BU508A]

Hey guys... I just got done doing a bolt extraction on the Juki sewing machine by slotting with a Dremel, etc... I took a few pics and was thinking of doing a little "Tinkering 101: Bolt Extraction" post as a New Topic. Just... I have no idea where would be the right area on eevBlog. 

Suggestions...?

mnem
 

I have posted my story of the Braun Visacoustic projector in the Repair section because of this:

"Ask for repair help or describe how to repair equipment"

[tggzzz]

I have posted my story of the Braun Visacoustic projector in the Repair section because of this:

"Ask for repair help or describe how to repair equipment"

This is an example of any and all tree-like hierarchical catalogue systems, from filing cabinets to the Dewey Decimal system, and fleabay. They can't unambiguously guide you to where things are; the best they can hope to acheive is to guide you away from where they aren't.