Author Topic: What did you buy today? Post your latest purchase! (Read 2780049 times)

capt bullshot · « **Reply #10325 on:** April 03, 2021, 05:31:13 pm »

It's a lie. The thing isn't brown at all.

McBryce · « **Reply #10326 on:** April 03, 2021, 05:44:56 pm »

And at 26.5GHz it's hardly lazy either.

McBryce.

Ground_Loop · « **Reply #10327 on:** April 03, 2021, 09:34:51 pm »

Got me a really nice set of Wiha tweezers.
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josh132 · « **Reply #10328 on:** April 04, 2021, 03:54:14 am »

a new oscilloscope because i dropped it on concrete stairs while walking down the apartment stairs.

I wanted a rude username · « **Reply #10329 on:** April 04, 2021, 06:05:44 am »

Quote from: josh132 on April 04, 2021, 03:54:14 am

i dropped it on concrete stairs while walking down the apartment stairs.

Oh, are you still having spasms after that CRT discharging incident?

Ed.Kloonk · « **Reply #10330 on:** April 04, 2021, 06:14:48 am »

Shocking news.

rsjsouza · « **Reply #10331 on:** April 04, 2021, 09:26:11 am »

Quote from: I wanted a rude username on April 04, 2021, 06:05:44 am

Quote from: josh132 on April 04, 2021, 03:54:14 am
i dropped it on concrete stairs while walking down the apartment stairs.

Oh, are you still having spasms after that CRT discharging incident?

josh132, it would have been kind to the others that took tine to reply to your questions and report back your health status on the other thread.

Ground_Loop · « **Reply #10332 on:** April 08, 2021, 07:49:09 pm »

My new Quick arrived.

DrG · « **Reply #10333 on:** April 09, 2021, 01:37:00 am »

Ordinairly, I would not bother with posting about something so mundane as a simple alarm clock, but at the risk of sounding like a commercial - I really like this one.

US$20 https://www.amazon.com/Electronic-Settings-Humidity-Temperature-Electric/dp/B07RKTVQDR/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Digital+Alarm+Clock%2C+with+Wooden+Electronic+LED+Time+Display%2C&qid=1617931534&sr=8-1

The design actually makes sense! I set it without looking at the directions (that was the first test). After reading the directions, and investigating it further, it has a minimum of incredibly stupid and awkward functions that I would never use. They put a wheel to set options like time and brightness (which is intelligently scaled). It has a cr2032 for power loss time keeping (not sure how long). It does NOT blink the colon - who the &^%# decided clocks should blink colons - would we forget they are on if they were not blinking?? ANY button will snooze for 9 min - the last thing I want is to wake up and start fumbling for the right snooze. Temp/RH is a nice touch and date can be switched for temp. Other stuff, but overall, a good design and I am impressed.

gamalot · « **Reply #10334 on:** April 09, 2021, 04:25:54 pm »

A UT61E multimeter, I disconnected the pin 111 of the main chip from the ground, now I have enabled the automatic power-off but lost the data communication function.

josh132 · « **Reply #10335 on:** April 09, 2021, 05:45:23 pm »

rfclown · « **Reply #10336 on:** April 10, 2021, 10:33:31 pm »

Quote from: gamalot on April 09, 2021, 04:25:54 pm

A UT61E multimeter, I disconnected the pin 111 of the main chip from the ground, now I have enabled the automatic power-off but lost the data communication function.

That would be the opposite of my preferences. I hate auto-off on DMMs, and I would like data communication. To each his own. This just made me Google to see if I can disable the auto-off on my AN8008. Turns out if you hold the SEL button while turning it on, it won't shut off. Yeah.

gamalot · « **Reply #10337 on:** April 11, 2021, 05:37:22 am »

Quote from: rfclown on April 10, 2021, 10:33:31 pm

Quote from: gamalot on April 09, 2021, 04:25:54 pm
A UT61E multimeter, I disconnected the pin 111 of the main chip from the ground, now I have enabled the automatic power-off but lost the data communication function.

That would be the opposite of my preferences. I hate auto-off on DMMs, and I would like data communication. To each his own. This just made me Google to see if I can disable the auto-off on my AN8008. Turns out if you hold the SEL button while turning it on, it won't shut off. Yeah.

On UT61E, hold the REL key when turning on to disable auto power-off. For me, the automatic power-off that can be enabled/disabled is a good feature.

beanflying · « **Reply #10338 on:** April 11, 2021, 01:46:58 pm »

After figuring out the correct Chineseafied search phrase

"Spring Balancer Tool" seems to work best, I ordered one of these to hack into a different project. Before that I will give it a quick go for its intended usage. Cheaper on Aliexpress again but I ordered local on evilbay for a few $ more.

Also check the descriptions they are available in different weight ranges.

firewalker · « **Reply #10339 on:** April 11, 2021, 02:02:09 pm »

Just ordered a Thinkpad T14 Gen 1, Ryzen 5.

Alexander.

LapTop006 · « **Reply #10340 on:** April 11, 2021, 02:14:18 pm »

Quote from: firewalker on April 11, 2021, 02:02:09 pm

Just ordered a Thinkpad T14 Gen 1, Ryzen 5.

I have a T14s AMD here, really quite happy with it, also Ryzen 5. I wish I'd been able to get the 32g model, but sadly those aren't easily available here.

Has been a nice upgrade from my ThinkPad 25, even if it does mean losing the old-style keyboard again.

ChristofferB · « **Reply #10341 on:** April 13, 2021, 06:12:12 pm »

After scraping by with a hand-me-down 20 mhz pintek scope I was given from a school because "it had been dropped and was a little unstable" I've finally gotten a digital scope!

HP/Agilent 54621A !

Complete with Asteroids and floppy drive!

xrunner · « **Reply #10342 on:** April 13, 2021, 07:04:12 pm »

Quote from: ChristofferB on April 13, 2021, 06:12:12 pm

After scraping by with a hand-me-down 20 mhz pintek scope I was given from a school because "it had been dropped and was a little unstable" I've finally gotten a digital scope!

HP/Agilent 54621A !

Complete with Asteroids and floppy drive!

Congrats! Get a floppy and you can grab exciting screen shots like this!

Mr.B · « **Reply #10343 on:** April 13, 2021, 11:33:46 pm »

Cyclonic Dust Extractor
The black cyclonic adaptor arrived last Friday from China.
3D printed parts are the hose adaptors for the Karcher vac, exhaust air deflector and the suction relief valve on the very top.
Without the suction relief valve I was at risk of collapsing the rubbish bin.
Finished and tested this morning. Works a treat.
The electrical tape is a temporary solution. Now that I am happy with it I will epoxy those joints properly.
Now I won’t need to replace the vac bags nearly as often, saving a fortune on those consumables.

artag · « **Reply #10344 on:** April 14, 2021, 01:35:01 pm »

Aggressively non-ovened crystal oscillator. This one's more of a naked sunbathing fan.

Apparently made around 1958. Still oscillates pretty close to 10kHz.
I'll do my best to remove that solder from the pins but the silver plating will be mostly gone.

I'd like to find a connector (see pic) to match - 8 pins, 2.4mm diameter pins, 6.5mm major spacing.

beanflying · « **Reply #10345 on:** April 14, 2021, 01:40:22 pm »

Quote from: Mr.B on April 13, 2021, 11:33:46 pm

Cyclonic Dust Extractor
The black cyclonic adaptor arrived last Friday from China.
3D printed parts are the hose adaptors for the Karcher vac, exhaust air deflector and the suction relief valve on the very top.
Without the suction relief valve I was at risk of collapsing the rubbish bin.
Finished and tested this morning. Works a treat.
The electrical tape is a temporary solution. Now that I am happy with it I will epoxy those joints properly.
Now I won’t need to replace the vac bags nearly as often, saving a fortune on those consumables.

They work great on a smaller shop vac

For the Drum I made a new routed top from 3/4Ply as part of the cart build. Vac around the other side.

Today I ordered Bandsaw blades just to keep it a little off topic

jogri · « **Reply #10346 on:** April 15, 2021, 07:07:25 pm »

I've bought a Teraohm meter with a rather high test voltage of 500 V.

Quite a specialized piece of kit, but i need it to test my homemade SMU Triax cables: cables from Keithley have a resistance of 10^15 $\$\Omega\$$ between the two inner conductors, and that has to be measured at 500 V.

My test cable reached something like 5x10^13 $\$\Omega\$$ , so it's only 20 times worse than the cables from the manufacturer (but i didn't have to pay 400 bucks per cable). I don't think that i'll reach the manufacturer specs with my cables, turns out that black heat shrink tubing is way more conductive than i'd like it to be for this job.

OldVolts · « **Reply #10347 on:** April 15, 2021, 07:36:03 pm »

Siglent SSA3021X Plus is on the way.

duckduck · « **Reply #10348 on:** April 19, 2021, 06:55:32 am »

Hakko 611 solder roll holder/dispenser. I got tired of fighting with the roll in the box.

DrG · « **Reply #10349 on:** April 19, 2021, 07:19:59 pm »

US $25 (a few hours left on the sale)...couldn't resist...well, I could, but I really like toys

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1626703-REG/sunpak_sp_4k_ac_kit_4k_action_9_piece_camera.html


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