Author Topic: What did you buy today? Post your latest purchase! (Read 2800961 times)

Mr. Scram · « **Reply #6000 on:** March 30, 2018, 09:55:27 pm »

Quote from: Martin.M on March 30, 2018, 07:20:45 pm

Restoration, what else

Those insides are a work of art.

bitseeker · « **Reply #6001 on:** March 31, 2018, 01:24:56 am »

Quote from: BillB on March 30, 2018, 08:48:42 pm

TEA is real, people. It's real.

Yep, more than just a forum thread.

beanflying · « **Reply #6002 on:** March 31, 2018, 04:04:23 am »

50 of 555 Dip package IC's for $0.04 each

I am sure I paid over $1 each for the first ones I brought from Tandy a very long time ago.....

Plus a pile of other general evilbay crud for a few jobs.

TiN · « **Reply #6003 on:** March 31, 2018, 04:57:45 am »

Made Digikey bit richer today. 76 positions order with bunch of stuff for repair/build/design/prototype projects.

neo · « **Reply #6004 on:** March 31, 2018, 05:04:48 am »

Quote from: neo on March 14, 2018, 10:06:36 pm

Barring a further act of god, because this was an act of god to begin with, i bought the biggest boat anchor yet...

a '56 Chevy ~~Bel Air Sports Coupe~~ 210 4 door sedan

The original line was the assumption of what it was when i drove by it. Now that i own it i know the truth.

Delivered today, albeit not where i wanted it, it is crusty and desperately in need of some industrial strength love.

FrankBuss · « **Reply #6005 on:** March 31, 2018, 12:00:07 pm »

Quote from: BU508A on March 29, 2018, 06:14:27 am

A 82357B clone from Hong Kong:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/132164957894

How do you know it is a clone? Right, it is only 1/7th the price of the original, but Keysight is probably manufacturing in China as well and selling it for a good profit, so maybe it is the original

Specmaster · « **Reply #6006 on:** March 31, 2018, 12:26:05 pm »

Quote from: neo on March 31, 2018, 05:04:48 am

Quote from: neo on March 14, 2018, 10:06:36 pm
Barring a further act of god, because this was an act of god to begin with, i bought the biggest boat anchor yet...

a '56 Chevy ~~Bel Air Sports Coupe~~ 210 4 door sedan
The original line was the assumption of what it was when i drove by it. Now that i own it i know the truth.

Delivered today, albeit not where i wanted it, it is crusty and desperately in need of some industrial strength love.

Judging by the look of it and the 2 cars in the background and that its on grass between trees, it look your beginning your very own bone yard

That fender certainly needs some industrial strength to reshape to the original shape again.

DC1MC · « **Reply #6007 on:** March 31, 2018, 12:40:14 pm »

My Metcal MX500 arrived

with a glorious driver that works on Easter Saturday !!!

All is well but the STTC-536 tips are useless $:-\$ low-temp.

All in all still searching for affordable power tips and a desoldering gun.

Cheers,
DC1MC

neo · « **Reply #6008 on:** March 31, 2018, 02:23:43 pm »

Quote from: Specmaster on March 31, 2018, 12:26:05 pm

Quote from: neo on March 31, 2018, 05:04:48 am

Delivered today, albeit not where i wanted it, it is crusty and desperately in need of some industrial strength love.
Judging by the look of it and the 2 cars in the background and that its on grass between trees, it look your beginning your very own bone yard

That fender certainly needs some industrial strength to reshape to the original shape again.

I didn't put it between the trees he just dropped it off there randomly and just FYI the two cars in the background both run so it's not a proper boneyard yet.

What you can't see are the other two junkers, a '93 honda and a '98 ford explorer, both may or may not be possessed by a spirit.

Actually.... wait...... i think i may be collecting cars like i do electronics.

Specmaster · « **Reply #6009 on:** March 31, 2018, 02:41:21 pm »

That back fender is also in need of some treatment, looks like someone used as a towbar at some point.

I think maybe you're right, you are collecting cars and even bone yards do have a few running cars among them as well, so I would say that you certainly have the makings of a bone right there now, 2 junkers, 1 maybe, we'll see and 2 runners, sounds like and looks a bone yard to me thats for sure.

neo · « **Reply #6010 on:** March 31, 2018, 03:04:00 pm »

Quote from: Specmaster on March 31, 2018, 02:41:21 pm

That back fender is also in need of some treatment, looks like someone used as a towbar at some point.

I think maybe you're right, you are collecting cars and even bone yards do have a few running cars among them as well, so I would say that you certainly have the makings of a bone right there now, 2 junkers, 1 maybe, we'll see and 2 runners, sounds like and looks a bone yard to me thats for sure.

Well to be entirely fair one of he runners is '08 and i don't mean 19, but yeah. YIPE! Boneyard in the making!

Specmaster · « **Reply #6011 on:** March 31, 2018, 03:13:54 pm »

I used to enjoy going old bone yards before I got a company car and then I ended up buying my old company car when I retired, made perfect sense to buy it, I knew its entire history, never had any problems with it and it was the best car that I have had the pleasure of calling mine, it even has a TV with built in surround system as standard

GreyWoolfe · « **Reply #6012 on:** March 31, 2018, 03:26:34 pm »

I picked up another 8 GB of memory for my Dell Precision T5500 as the first set of memory I bought wouldn't play with what was in it. 16 GB ram a 1 GB NVIDIA FX-300 video card, and it boots nice and fast and programs run quick. $60 for the computer, had the hard drives laying about and $45 for the memory, nice and cheap as far as I am concerned. Just have to set up my email (yes, I still use Outlook

) and copy pst folders over and it will become my primary PC.

Computers are starting to catch up to the TE. I have almost as many PCs as I have multimeters.

CEA (computer equipment anonymous) for the next thread, maybe? Just keeping them out of the landfill.

Quote from: Specmaster on March 31, 2018, 03:13:54 pm

I used to enjoy going old bone yards before I got a company car and then I ended up buying my old company car when I retired, made perfect sense to buy it, I knew its entire history, never had any problems with it and it was the best car that I have had the pleasure of calling mine, it even has a TV with built in surround system as standard

I did the same thing, 2013 RAM Tradesman cargo van when we were getting our replacements. Also made sense, as I knew the history and I paid about half of Kelly Blue Book value. Even SWMBO loves having it. Alas, no TV and surround sound. Far more important is the dual climate control!!!!! Beer fridge on my side, toaster oven on hers.

JTY · « **Reply #6013 on:** March 31, 2018, 04:08:04 pm »

Nothing fancy, just a handful of Wemos D1 Mini Pros. With the first planned project to add SMS alerts to my clothes washer. That way, if someone forgets to empty the washer after it finishes, they get a reminder.

Specmaster · « **Reply #6014 on:** March 31, 2018, 04:16:57 pm »

Quote from: GreyWoolfe on March 31, 2018, 03:26:34 pm

I did the same thing, 2013 RAM Tradesman cargo van when we were getting our replacements. Also made sense, as I knew the history and I paid about half of Kelly Blue Book value. Even SWMBO loves having it. Alas, no TV and surround sound. Far more important is the dual climate control!!!!! Beer fridge on my side, toaster oven on hers.

Yep, mine has that dual zone air con as well, surround sound from 8 speakers when in cinema or TV mode from its built in DVD or TV Tuner and a host of other bits and bobs that I never had on previous models.

Limousine like space inside with loads of leg room for 4 x 6ft 4inch tall people even has foot rests in the rear and electrically heated seats all round with cooled seats for the driver and front passenger alike, lovely car.

D. Head · « **Reply #6015 on:** March 31, 2018, 04:23:02 pm »

Quote from: Rolo on March 22, 2018, 05:30:33 pm

Two probes, ESD mat with leads and wristband.

Conrad?

Rolo · « **Reply #6016 on:** March 31, 2018, 04:26:43 pm »

Quote from: D. Head on March 31, 2018, 04:23:02 pm

Quote from: Rolo on March 22, 2018, 05:30:33 pm
Two probes, ESD mat with leads and wristband.
Conrad?

No, bought it at Reichelt.

hscade · « **Reply #6017 on:** March 31, 2018, 04:43:06 pm »

Quote from: DC1MC on March 31, 2018, 12:40:14 pm

My Metcal MX500 arrived with a glorious driver that works on Easter Saturday !!!

All is well but the STTC-536 tips are useless $:-\$ low-temp.

All in all still searching for affordable power tips and a desoldering gun.

Cheers,
DC1MC

Should be a 5000 not 500

Gesendet von meinem HTC One_M8 mit Tapatalk

djos · « **Reply #6018 on:** April 01, 2018, 08:25:35 am »

I finally got around to buying a decent Knipex automatic wire stripper, just got sick of using various manual strippers with varying results and consistency.

DC1MC · « **Reply #6019 on:** April 01, 2018, 09:13:20 am »

Quote from: hscade on March 31, 2018, 04:43:06 pm

Quote from: DC1MC on March 31, 2018, 12:40:14 pm
My Metcal MX500 arrived with a glorious driver that works on Easter Saturday !!!

All is well but the STTC-536 tips are useless $:-\$ low-temp.

All in all still searching for affordable power tips and a desoldering gun.

Cheers,
DC1MC
Should be a 5000 not 500

Somebody does pay attention

, also I've bought for it a bunch hi-temp of tips, stay away of 5xx series, if ever was some solder for which this tips were developed, now is long one.

Cheers,
DC1MC

BravoV · « **Reply #6020 on:** April 01, 2018, 09:16:49 am »

An used Fluke DP120 20MHz differential probe

Edison · « **Reply #6021 on:** April 01, 2018, 12:47:34 pm »

Quote from: djos on April 01, 2018, 08:25:35 am

I finally got around to buying a decent Knipex automatic wire stripper, just got sick of using various manual strippers with varying results and consistency.

I have JOKARI, the stripper works well

djos · « **Reply #6022 on:** April 01, 2018, 10:30:57 pm »

Quote from: Edison on April 01, 2018, 12:47:34 pm

Quote from: djos on April 01, 2018, 08:25:35 am
I finally got around to buying a decent Knipex automatic wire stripper, just got sick of using various manual strippers with varying results and consistency.

I have JOKARI, the stripper works well

I just wish I'd bought them back when ebay had the 10% discount, would have saved a few bucks.

TheSteve · « **Reply #6023 on:** April 02, 2018, 07:06:03 am »

A pair of Gore RF cables, 3.5 mm connectors, 26.5 GHz rated, guaranteed phase and amplitude stability.

gamalot · « **Reply #6024 on:** April 02, 2018, 08:09:36 am »

Quote from: blueskull on April 02, 2018, 07:20:21 am

Quote from: TheSteve on April 02, 2018, 07:06:03 am
A pair of Gore RF cables, 3.5 mm connectors, 26.5 GHz rated, guaranteed phase and amplitude stability.

Thank god it is not. At the first glance I thought it was a "HiFi" SPDIF optical fiber.

MUST BE FURUTECH!


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