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[Alex Eisenhut]

I'm continuing my Green Hoarding^* !!
Today I found two things that ticked all these requirements
Ugly √
Heavy √
Old √
Clunky √

One could be useful, the other not. But both get a home in my junk!

* Green Hoarding is hoarding without shipping, in local thrift stores, thereby reducing my carbon footprint! Which makes me feel better!

[DiTBho]

So, I assembled qty=4 wheels, and I bought qty=4 wheel bags 

[DiTBho]

a digital orthopedic goniometer, very useful to measure angles with a precision of half degree 

[Mortymore]

Bought a SDM3045X "coersed" by the 10% Siglent discount until the end of the month, and an extra Marco Reps 5% discount at Welectron.

I guess I have to thank Rigol also 

The DMM came with firmware version 5.02.01.09R2

EDIT: the latest firmware available to download that I'm aware of is V5.01.01.09R2 (Release Date 04.27.23 )
Calibration date: 2023-05-31

[Alex Eisenhut]

LOL I don't know if this thread is for test equipment or tools only, but I found a crappy 1980s portable TV in full cheap 1980s style! In its box!
With accessories! In decent shape, no battery fuzz in the battery compartment!
And it works! No football games though.

[mendip_discovery]

Pre ordered my 8GB Raspberry Pi5.

[DiTBho]

Pre ordered my 8GB Raspberry Pi5.

have you already panned a project with it?

[Bud]

Pre ordered my 8GB Raspberry Pi5.

have you already panned a project with it?

Building a new desk drawer. Because the old one is fully filled with this stuff 

[mendip_discovery]

I have a long term plan for a Pi to do logging from devices I have at work. That would mean the 4 I have at the moment can be used to host my gps tracking software and other small projects. Leaving the 2 in it's current role as a ADSB Exchange node.

My issue has been I lack the programming skills to really make use of things but I am gradually learning.

[DiTBho]

Pre ordered my 8GB Raspberry Pi5.

have you already panned a project with it?

Building a new desk drawer. Because the old one is fully filled with this stuff 

LOL 

[DiTBho]

this is the most idiotic response I've ever read from a seller.

Mate you are not living in reality
I make no money if I sell this at £50 why would I sell £100 cheaper eat less pizza save money
Abs buy items at the forest price

(I won't tell you where, you can imagine)

we were talking about a tool produced in the 80s to extract the wheel caps of racing bike hubs, an object very similar to the extractors for the windshield wipers of cars or the extractors of the battery cables of cars and trucks, all the tools that do not they cost more than 20 euros on both Amazon and eBay.

This guy found a batch of those things for free, and since he thinks they are "rare" and "iconic" he is making a profit equal to { income, cost } = { 150, 10 for petrol to take the goods home} = 150-10=140 euro gain!!!

And he comes to tell others that they "are not living in reality"? LOL 

I offered 50 UKP only because I don't have too much time to build it myself by cutting, drilling, threading and then bending an aluminum sheet.

But this point: all the material I mentioned will be my next purchase

aluminum sheets, 2mm thick
dremmel blades for alluminium
cup cutters, {20,30,40, ...}mm
reinforced scroll saw blades

edit:
I'll spend a week in my spare time to build the tool, I want to see in a couple of months how many of those things he will have sold 

[mendip_discovery]

this is the most idiotic response I've ever read from a seller.

Mate you are not living in reality
I make no money if I sell this at £50 why would I sell £100 cheaper eat less pizza save money
Abs buy items at the forest price

(I won't tell you where, you can imagine)

we were talking about a tool produced in the 80s to extract the wheel caps of racing bike hubs, an object very similar to the extractors for the windshield wipers of cars or the extractors of the battery cables of cars and trucks, all the tools that do not they cost more than 20 euros on both Amazon and eBay.

This guy found a batch of those things for free, and since he thinks they are "rare" and "iconic" he is making a profit equal to { income, cost } = { 150, 10 for petrol to take the goods home} = 150-10=140 euro gain!!!

And he comes to tell others that they "are not living in reality"? LOL 

I offered 50 UKP only because I don't have too much time to build it myself by cutting, drilling, threading and then bending an aluminum sheet.

But this point: all the material I mentioned will be my next purchase

aluminum sheets, 2mm thick
dremmel blades for alluminium
cup cutters, {20,30,40, ...}mm
reinforced scroll saw blades

edit:
I'll spend a week in my spare time to build the tool, I want to see in a couple of months how many of those things he will have sold 

Took me a moment to work out what it was. Yikes. It is just a puller of sorts. If you want I can send you some rivnuts that can be used for the threaded part.

EDIT: Ally might not be the best option as it doesn't like bending, some stainless might be easier.

[DiTBho]

It's this tool

[Alex Eisenhut]

Another Green Hoarding success! A 450 class 3D helicopter at a thrift store, seems to be an Align model patched up with a Hobby King torque tube.
Missing battery and canopy cover, but that's not a big deal.
Receiver, satellite receiver, ESC, motor, and gyro all there!

[SiliconWizard]

It's this tool

Yeah, I would have paid 10 EUR for this. If that.

[gamalot]

The battery in my multimeter leaked, so I bought a pack of 2 rechargeable lithium batteries.

[RAPo]

A new NVRAM chip for my hp54501A.

[DiTBho]

Yeah, I would have paid 10 EUR for this. If that.

It's like when it's hot you die, you run out of water, you're travelling, you stop at the station and you have 15 min to change the train for your final stop, there are no more bottles of water in the vending machines, and then you see that the bar is open , rumors in you head "there is fresh water there!!!", yes, and they ask you 3 euros for a single bloody bootle of 400ml, when with less than that money you buy a pack of 6 bottles of 1l each!!!

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Now think about my specific situation: I assembled a set of wheels with hubs from 1980, new hubs never used for 40 years which have the grease hardened to the point that the hub is stuck, so you need to extract the dust caps, remove the balls, degrease and clean everything, grease again, reassemble, and tune.

The problem is that, while for hubs from the 90s and 2000s there are "standard" tools both for extracting the dust rings (conical caps are no longer used) and for sole spanners to dismantle everything, with hubs from the 80s you need that "special" extractor to remove the dust caps, without ruining or scratching them.

So, when you have to finish and test a bicycle (unique titanium brazed frame, made in 1977, with modern rims "classic style", and 1980 components ... unfortunately not mine, I assembled it for Ania), and you don't have the tools... you're in the same situation as the bottle of water at the station bar, that's why I offered 50 euros, which is still a lot of money for that tool, and I would have seriously paid that amount to save time, but at 150 euros it's a resounding:  I'll build it myself 

[RAPo]

Pre ordered my 8GB Raspberry Pi5 inclusive adapter and active cooling.

[rdl]

A leaky 9 volt NiCad. That's something you don't see everyday.

The battery in my multimeter leaked, so I bought a pack of 2 rechargeable lithium batteries.

[Alex Eisenhut]

A leaky 9 volt NiCad. That's something you don't see everyday.

Just had flashbacks to the 7.2V nicad 9V replacements... Terrible stuff.
https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-CATALOGS/IDX/Radio-Shack/Radio-Shack-1992-OCR-Page-0135.pdf

[voltsandjolts]

The battery in my multimeter leaked, so I bought a pack of 2 rechargeable lithium batteries.

A leaky 9 volt NiCad. That's something you don't see everyday.

It's an alkaline, not NiCad.

[rdl]

It sure is. That white on yellow text didn't show up too good for me. Still pretty unusual for a 9 volt to leak.

[gamalot]

It sure is. That white on yellow text didn't show up too good for me. Still pretty unusual for a 9 volt to leak.

It is also the first for me, this IKEA battery is at least 5 years old.

[Alex Eisenhut]

How many times did it happen to you that your Commodore 64 was 30 feet away from your monitor and all you had was a 29 ft cable?
Have no fear! I found this fun wireless S-Video/VGA extender, that also seems to convert the S-Video to VGA as a bonus.
Weird! Another useless Green Hoarding prize for my bookshelf.