What did you buy today? Post your latest purchase!

[Ed.Kloonk]

I think he means the 1832. That what I have. No rachtet.

Don't like the look of that one much and think TH1833 would be the better choice as those and 1846 have the fine adjustment. 
https://www.jaycar.co.nz/search/?q=crimping%20tool:relevance&page=0

I got it 15(?) years ago. I'm not sure if the ratchet one was available. I recall needed it for just one wire and meant to pick up something better from the wholesaler when convenient. Apparently I never did get around to it. I only ever needed to run coax in the walls for people ahead of a pay-tv install as those fitters would only run coax surface. 

Someone else usually terminated the ends. The rare few I did do, I remember wishing and wanting.

[bsfeechannel]

Mothballs

[gamalot]

An Arduino Nano 33 IOT for my son, and some RP2040 microcontrollers for myself 

[vk6zgo]

Not today, but last week, I bought some heatshrink tubing, some TO3 mica washers & spacers, a knob to fit a 1/4' shaft pot, & a useless coax crimping tool!

The one I've used for years has disappeared, so I needed another, & bought this thing from Jaycar.
Problem is, it doesn't crimp, running out of travel before it can do so!

Which one ?
Recently got their TH1846 but not used it much yet.
Figured the handle is a generic type that will take the many various crimp heads/dies that can be sourced online.

I think he means the 1832. That what I have. No rachtet.

Don't like the look of that one much and think TH1833 would be the better choice as those and 1846 have the fine adjustment. 
https://www.jaycar.co.nz/search/?q=crimping%20tool:relevance&page=0

It's a TH1833, & yes, it has a ratchet.
The ones at all my jobs had proper self-evident adjustments, & my only "El Cheapo" (the lost one), worked OK from scratch.
The only thing that looks like it is possibly an adjustment, is a small hole next to one of the pivots.

I will have another look tomorrow, & if I can't find any adjustment, back it goes.

[tautech]

Not today, but last week, I bought some heatshrink tubing, some TO3 mica washers & spacers, a knob to fit a 1/4' shaft pot, & a useless coax crimping tool!

The one I've used for years has disappeared, so I needed another, & bought this thing from Jaycar.
Problem is, it doesn't crimp, running out of travel before it can do so!

Which one ?
Recently got their TH1846 but not used it much yet.
Figured the handle is a generic type that will take the many various crimp heads/dies that can be sourced online.

I think he means the 1832. That what I have. No rachtet.

Don't like the look of that one much and think TH1833 would be the better choice as those and 1846 have the fine adjustment. 
https://www.jaycar.co.nz/search/?q=crimping%20tool:relevance&page=0

It's a TH1833, & yes, it has a ratchet.
The ones at all my jobs had proper self-evident adjustments, & my only "El Cheapo" (the lost one), worked OK from scratch.
The only thing that looks like it is possibly an adjustment, is a small hole next to one of the pivots.

I will have another look tomorrow, & if I can't find any adjustment, back it goes.

Expand this image and the + adjustment is clearly visible:
https://www.jaycar.co.nz/hex-ratchet-crimping-tool/p/TH1833?pos=5&queryId=8484ac65b54516342c5704cd877dc78e&sort=relevance
How effective it is IDK however I'm interested in what you find. 

[exe]

That finally happened! I found OPA2192 on lcsc, they had 10 pieces at stock. I was looking for it for months. How hard would it be to find an opamp these days? To my surprise, it was out-of-stock everywhere for months (except some obscure to me dealers).

Even on ti.com it is out-of-stock since a long time ago.

[Alex Eisenhut]

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/294140859101

Even though I have a desoldering gun, I liked the looks of this thing and the silicone tube just makes sense.

[DeanA]

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/294140859101

Even though I have a desoldering gun, I liked the looks of this thing and the silicone tube just makes sense.

I bought one of those only to find I much prefer the Goot GS-100 one I already had, but the silicone tube gave me an idea so I bought some of this...https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000833290804.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.27424c4dJQX5aa
I got three different sizes of tube to find the best fit, 1m lengths at $1 or $2 a length is enough for a lifetime.  Don't waste your money buying the 2 inches of replacement tube SS-16 https://www.tme.com/au/en/details/fut.ss-16/desoldering-pumps/engineer/ss-16/.

[vk6zgo]

Not today, but last week, I bought some heatshrink tubing, some TO3 mica washers & spacers, a knob to fit a 1/4' shaft pot, & a useless coax crimping tool!

The one I've used for years has disappeared, so I needed another, & bought this thing from Jaycar.
Problem is, it doesn't crimp, running out of travel before it can do so!

Which one ?
Recently got their TH1846 but not used it much yet.
Figured the handle is a generic type that will take the many various crimp heads/dies that can be sourced online.

I think he means the 1832. That what I have. No rachtet.

Don't like the look of that one much and think TH1833 would be the better choice as those and 1846 have the fine adjustment. 
https://www.jaycar.co.nz/search/?q=crimping%20tool:relevance&page=0

It's a TH1833, & yes, it has a ratchet.
The ones at all my jobs had proper self-evident adjustments, & my only "El Cheapo" (the lost one), worked OK from scratch.
The only thing that looks like it is possibly an adjustment, is a small hole next to one of the pivots.

I will have another look tomorrow, & if I can't find any adjustment, back it goes.

Expand this image and the + adjustment is clearly visible:
https://www.jaycar.co.nz/hex-ratchet-crimping-tool/p/TH1833?pos=5&queryId=8484ac65b54516342c5704cd877dc78e&sort=relevance
How effective it is IDK however I'm interested in what you find. 

I double checked that the Oz Jaycar picture of the TH1833 was the same as the NZ one, which it is, & similarly, shows the adjustment part.
Unfortunately, that bit is conspicuously absent in the one I bought!

 
I will have to go back & see if it is a "one off" or if they have found a new, cheaper OEM for these things!

[tautech]

Not today, but last week, I bought some heatshrink tubing, some TO3 mica washers & spacers, a knob to fit a 1/4' shaft pot, & a useless coax crimping tool!

The one I've used for years has disappeared, so I needed another, & bought this thing from Jaycar.
Problem is, it doesn't crimp, running out of travel before it can do so!

Which one ?
Recently got their TH1846 but not used it much yet.
Figured the handle is a generic type that will take the many various crimp heads/dies that can be sourced online.

I think he means the 1832. That what I have. No rachtet.

Don't like the look of that one much and think TH1833 would be the better choice as those and 1846 have the fine adjustment. 
https://www.jaycar.co.nz/search/?q=crimping%20tool:relevance&page=0

It's a TH1833, & yes, it has a ratchet.
The ones at all my jobs had proper self-evident adjustments, & my only "El Cheapo" (the lost one), worked OK from scratch.
The only thing that looks like it is possibly an adjustment, is a small hole next to one of the pivots.

I will have another look tomorrow, & if I can't find any adjustment, back it goes.

Expand this image and the + adjustment is clearly visible:
https://www.jaycar.co.nz/hex-ratchet-crimping-tool/p/TH1833?pos=5&queryId=8484ac65b54516342c5704cd877dc78e&sort=relevance
How effective it is IDK however I'm interested in what you find. 

I double checked that the Oz Jaycar picture of the TH1833 was the same as the NZ one, which it is, & similarly, shows the adjustment part.
Unfortunately, that bit is conspicuously absent in the one I bought!

 
I will have to go back & see if it is a "one off" or if they have found a new, cheaper OEM for these things!

Maybe you should take a coax cable into Jaycar for in-shop tests of their crimpers.   

[vk6zgo]

Not today, but last week, I bought some heatshrink tubing, some TO3 mica washers & spacers, a knob to fit a 1/4' shaft pot, & a useless coax crimping tool!

The one I've used for years has disappeared, so I needed another, & bought this thing from Jaycar.
Problem is, it doesn't crimp, running out of travel before it can do so!

Which one ?
Recently got their TH1846 but not used it much yet.
Figured the handle is a generic type that will take the many various crimp heads/dies that can be sourced online.

I think he means the 1832. That what I have. No rachtet.

Don't like the look of that one much and think TH1833 would be the better choice as those and 1846 have the fine adjustment. 
https://www.jaycar.co.nz/search/?q=crimping%20tool:relevance&page=0

It's a TH1833, & yes, it has a ratchet.
The ones at all my jobs had proper self-evident adjustments, & my only "El Cheapo" (the lost one), worked OK from scratch.
The only thing that looks like it is possibly an adjustment, is a small hole next to one of the pivots.

I will have another look tomorrow, & if I can't find any adjustment, back it goes.

Expand this image and the + adjustment is clearly visible:
https://www.jaycar.co.nz/hex-ratchet-crimping-tool/p/TH1833?pos=5&queryId=8484ac65b54516342c5704cd877dc78e&sort=relevance
How effective it is IDK however I'm interested in what you find. 

I double checked that the Oz Jaycar picture of the TH1833 was the same as the NZ one, which it is, & similarly, shows the adjustment part.
Unfortunately, that bit is conspicuously absent in the one I bought!

 
I will have to go back & see if it is a "one off" or if they have found a new, cheaper OEM for these things!

Maybe you should take a coax cable into Jaycar for in-shop tests of their crimpers.   

Or get my money back, & go somewhere else!

[PlainName]

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/294140859101

Even though I have a desoldering gun, I liked the looks of this thing and the silicone tube just makes sense.

Engineer-brand stuff generally looks decent, but I am surprised there is no guard for the plunger on that - easy to take an eye out.

[rsjsouza]

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/294140859101

Even though I have a desoldering gun, I liked the looks of this thing and the silicone tube just makes sense.

Engineer-brand stuff generally looks decent, but I am surprised there is no guard for the plunger on that - easy to take an eye out.

If these are well built and the plunger does not go flying away, then it should be a matter of paying attention... 

I have been using these desoldering with no guards for many years and the best feature is that, for the big jobs that require many operations, you can rearm it in your own leg and speed up the process considerably without the fatigue that overcomes your own thumb on the enclosed ones (I am talking about hundreds of operations when disassembling boards). The Edsyn Soldapult has a more or less open design but the back of the plunger has a very small area that allows you to do this only a handful of times before your leg starts being sore.

[Alex Eisenhut]

I find that heating up my old 707 takes 10 minutes, but my Pace or Ksger irons heat up in seconds, so I use a solder sucker for few pins.

[PlainName]

With SMD being rather common now I find I use braid rather than a sucker on pads, and for the relatively few PTH my Denon 7000 is fantastic. But it takes a few minutes to warm up, and something handy to use quickly for the odd hole might be nice.

[Alex Eisenhut]

What I noticed about my 707 is that once in a while it will blow out before starting to suck, creating solder splatters.

I don't know if that's because it's old, or some sort of flaw because the motor never stops in the same place in the pump cycle.

[PlainName]

Might be a feature! The Denon can blow or suck so you can use it as a hot air gun, but typically I put it on blow after sucking to clean out the tubes before turning off. Maybe they slipped that into the 707 as an easter egg

[dl6lr]

Some germanium transistors for repairs.

[exe]

Some germanium transistors for repairs.

Wow, that's quite some collection. Where did you buy them?

[wkb]

Another HP desk multimeter. My other one felt lonely.

TEA I'm afraid 

[ChristofferB]

30$ bought me a Nascom 2 computer in good condition, and a uranium glaze bowl. My geiger counter picked up the bowl 1 meter away! Flea markets for the win!

[wkb]

Your next buy: lead sheet?

[ChristofferB]

Agreed, the Nascom must be encased in lead to avoid the EPROM's being corrupted by cosmic rays 

Jokes aside, I keep the bowl in a shed far from me. 5mm acryllic is actually sufficient to block 99% of the radiation.

[deadlylover]

I had to buy some replacement pre-filters for the Inovaair E7 air purifier so I might as well give a mini review after living with it for about 9 months.

Fan is a ebm-papst R2E190-RA26-51 made in Germany, rated 57W but the unit seems to under drive it at 36W on high. This fan is like ~USD110 on Mouser so I seem to be getting my money's worth haha (purifier was ~USD510).

Chassis is 5052 aluminium, with a Dulux powder coat outdoor rated for 10 years, so will last ages indoors according to the manufacturer. It has held up just perfectly fine even if I use it as a makeshift nightstand.

Run capacitor is a Hydra MKP series, 400V AC @ 30,000 hours 85C.

Crimp terminals are TE Connectivity/AMP nylon, quite impressed they didn't just use some cheapo PVC rubbish. Interesting that they soldered the earth wire on the IEC inlet but used crimp terminals everywhere else.

Latch is branded Nielsen Sessions, it's very sturdy. The plastic carrying handles are branded Elesa Italy, made from PA+GF (polyamide with glass fiber)

The main HEPA filter is rated for up to 3-5 years (USD145), thanks in part to the prefilter which has to be replaced about every 6 months(USD18, not tooooo expensive). They say you should replace the prefilter when it gets 2mm of dust buildup which was 9 months in my little bedroom though I could have stretched it some more, it's kinda hard to eyeball.

The unit itself is made in Australia you bloody ripper. Everything looks easy to replace/repair so it will last a lifetime, none of that microprocessor controlled smart bluetooth consumer garbage with RFID-tagged filter replacements ahahah.

You know I actually had a little buyers remorse just after ordering because maybe I should have bought a cheapie $200 Xiaomi purifier or similar instead, but after using the air purifier and doing the teardown I think it was worth every one of the 700 dollarydoos. 

[basinstreetdesign]

   Sev....seven.... did you say $700??  Holy crap on a cracker.  But I'm glad it works for you.  And I hope it does so for a long time.