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[tautech]

Sometimes I worry that my phone will stay awake the whole night and the battery will drain before the alarm goes off.

Turn it to silent and leave it on charge by your bed.
The alarm will still sound....well at least iPhones do.

[Silicium81]

One seringue Amtech NC-559-V2-TF 30cc
I used amazon.de for AMTECH EUROPE (only distributor for Europe)
Total cost: 27 (flux) + 10 (transportation) + 12 (tax) = 49€ for 30CC

It's same price with NorthridgeFix but without transport... (which would have doubled this price)

[ledtester]

One seringue Amtech NC-559-V2-TF 30cc
...
Total cost: 27 (flux) ... for 30CC

It's same price with NorthridgeFix but without transport... (which would have doubled this price)

Doesn't necessarily help for EU customers but Louis Rossmann is selling the same 30CC syringe for US$17.99:

https://store.rossmanngroup.com/amtech-nc-559-v2-30-cc-16160.html

[Silicium81]

Good for american people 

[woody]

After long deliberation, an MX100TP powersupply. Not cheap but a fine piece of equipment.

[woody]

A brand-spanking new JBC solder station with a desoldering tool. Nothing wrong with the Solldapullt but I just got fed up with arming the damn thing 900 times in a row for a job I have a couple of times per year. It started to give me RSI.

Although I always was a bit suspicious on the performance of desoldering irons since throwing a similar device against a wall out of sheer frustration twenty years ago, I must admit that this one seems to do the trick very neatly. Technology has moved on, it seems 

[Kim Christensen]

A brand-spanking new JBC solder station with a desoldering tool. Nothing wrong with the Solldapullt...

Once you've use a good desoldering station, you'll never want to go back to a Solldapullt or equiv.
Just make sure to clean the chambers and tips (Inside and out) regularly. Also change those flux fume filters every now and then or when it seems like it's losing suction.

[Peter_O]

One seringue Amtech NC-559-V2-TF 30cc
...
Total cost: 27 (flux) ... for 30CC

It's same price with NorthridgeFix but without transport... (which would have doubled this price)

Doesn't necessarily help for EU customers but Louis Rossmann is selling the same 30CC syringe for US$17.99:

https://store.rossmanngroup.com/amtech-nc-559-v2-30-cc-16160.html

Might be a clone at banggood:
https://www.banggood.com/AMTECH-NC-559-ASM-10cc-No-Clean-Environmentally-Friendly-Solder-Paste-p-972795.html

[alexanderbrevig]

I got some parts for my DIY synth project. 140 Alpha 9mm potentiometers, ~200 knobs, 100 jack plugs, and 50 patch cables.

[david77]

A Sony TC-D5M portable cassette deck with some issues. Was an easy fix,works nicely now. Now I gotta find a lid for the battery compartment.

[thm_w]

Might be a clone at banggood:
https://www.banggood.com/AMTECH-NC-559-ASM-10cc-No-Clean-Environmentally-Friendly-Solder-Paste-p-972795.html

Anything from bg, ali, etc. is not genuine.
Still, it works well. In SDGs testing it was one of the best. In most cases I prefer it to MG as it has lower solids. I have not used genuine amtech, and you are taking a risk though.

[armandine2]

today twigged something in IKEA  - might be useful above the bench - pegboard (similar if not the same as the following youTuber's)

[pqass]

I bought a new [to me] HP 3312A.  I got it for a good price since it was sold "For Parts" because of missing knob caps and (blue) center push buttons.  I've since replaced the push buttons with a small length of wire insulation and a bit of Q-Tip stem as filler (the white part). 

This beast is all analog; no MCU inside. I'm just amazed at how well-engineered it is. From the front-panel aesthetics and over-loaded yet intuitive controls, to the Lego-like case that's built like a tank, to its gold traced PCBs and laced wire everywhere.  It's vintage '82 and after 40 years, it still works (and smells) great. 

I also picked-up two HP 59301As for a very good price.  Back in the day, they were used to make some all-analog HP test equipment GPIB-aware; ie. "programming".  Basically, you push a 16-byte string to it and the bits are placed onto two 50-pin Centronics-type (telecom) connectors as TTL; like the way we use GPIO pins on todays MCUs to interface to the analog world.

I bought them for the case and 5V power supply.  I'll just substitute my own PCB and new front panel, and voilà, fits right in with my other test equipment!

[TerraHertz]

A few more HP Application Notes for my collection. Actually, more than doubling the collection size.
This was an amazing deal. $1 each, from a guy that used to work at a USA HP office, and ended up with that office's entire AN stock when they closed.

They came to Australia as three boxes, on one flight. And then... Australia Post 'lost' two of the boxes for over a month. They'd been put aside somewhere in an Oz Post facility near Sydney airport due to arriving in the pre-Christmas rush. And just forgotten.

Finally arrived today.  It's going to take a while to update my list.

[Kim Christensen]

A few more HP Application Notes for my collection. Actually, more than doubling the collection size.

I wasn't aware there were HP Application Notes for Dr Anthony Fauci... 

[mansaxel]

A few more HP Application Notes for my collection. Actually, more than doubling the collection size.
This was an amazing deal. $1 each, from a guy that used to work at a USA HP office, and ended up with that office's entire AN stock when they closed.

They came to Australia as three boxes, on one flight. And then... Australia Post 'lost' two of the boxes for over a month. They'd been put aside somewhere in an Oz Post facility near Sydney airport due to arriving in the pre-Christmas rush. And just forgotten.

Finally arrived today.  It's going to take a while to update my list.

Why is that anti-vaxxer drivel displayed so prominently? Yeah, the RFK book.

It's ok if it's a RPN calc that "casually" is displayed with TE, but this is an invitation to a fight...

[Nominal Animal]

[Ed.Kloonk]

but this is an invitation to a fight...

Or a signal to just let it go...   

[daqq]

Guys, based on the latest research you can just choose to ignore what is either random clutter or cheap trolling.

[beanflying]

Systematic Conspiracy Theorizing over time is not Random Trolling.

[jonovid]

a pack of white ABS plastic 1mm rod
the use
position marking the buy-in-bulk Rv09 type potentiometer shafts
no knob needed.

[old-jo]

Desoldering aid: stainless steel hollow needles.

[PlainName]

Desoldering aid: stainless steel hollow needles.

I seem to have been skiving off the day my life skills course covered these. How do you use them?

[old-jo]

You push the hollow needle to the circuit board hole and to the leg of the component you want to desolder, when the solder is wet. Like this:

[PlainName]

Ah! Thanks