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[Iwanushka]

Got today Rigol DS1054Z for 329 euro

[Cubdriver]

This little guy:



-Pat

[HighVoltage]

Keithley Electrometer 614
Broken on the outside and inside.
Only shows zeros in all settings.
And the front bezel is damaged.

Hmm, will be an interesting repair - I hope.
My first real electrometer.

[bitseeker]

Looks like somebody got hungry. Chomp!

[GreyWoolfe]

I have a similar RS bench meter. Mine is the 22-175 version. They're pretty useful. I bought mine a long time ago and paid around $99 for it. It was a big upgrade for me at the time because all I had until then was a Radio Shack 43 range analog meter. The 22-175 had capacitance measuring which was really nice to have. It worked fine for years until I dropped one of the leads on a laser power supply board and 3000 volts zapped it. The capacitance measuring still works though, just nothing else

I've got a 22-175A myself.  I bought a box of stuff from a family selling granddad's stuff after he passed.  There was a bunch of other stuff in the box and it cost me $20. 2 sets of leads cam with it and after a cleaning of the battery contacts, it works just fine.       

[dachdach]

1R - 9999999R Seven Decade Programmable Resistor Board, Step 1R, 1%, 1/2 Watt.($5.5)
1-PCS LOTNICE MCL BW-S20W5+ 5W 20dB DC-18 GHz Attenuator SMA ($9)
ST-Link V2 Programming Unit mini STM8 STM32 Emulator Downloader M89 ($3.20) 
TP-LINK TL-WR700N Wireless N150 Portable Router($9.9)
HMC992LP5E -  IF AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROLLER (IF-AGC), 50 - 800 MHz ($20)
ADF4350BCPZ-RL7 - Wideband Synthesizer with Integrated VCO (7.66) 

[Asavage9794]

I bought a burger at mc donalds today, does that count?? 

[Muttley Snickers]

When your all done take it back for a return, I heard they still taste the same either way.   

[aargee]

That price doesn't look too bad Muttley?

It would be interesting about the "PLUS STACKS OF OTHER NEW GEAR. FROM AN EX SHOP CLOSURE"....

[Muttley Snickers]

That price doesn't look too bad Muttley?

It would be interesting about the "PLUS STACKS OF OTHER NEW GEAR. FROM AN EX SHOP CLOSURE"....

Yes, I agree that the listing price is more than fair but it only takes one or two bids to blow it out ridiculously, mind you if you look at overseas listings the price is in the ballpark but they are certainly not in this condition, I was also drooling in regards to the other stuff we didn't see, a bit of a tease really. 

[bitseeker]

So, any news on the stacks? Perspiring minds want to know.

[Muttley Snickers]

Not a bloody thing, nothing heard back from the seller and I did provide them with a link to this thread to show that there is more than just my interest in this meter, we can always find more room for additional stuff particularly goods of this calibre, hoping to converse with the seller at some point to find out more but the balls in their court.

[bitseeker]

Yep, wait and see.

[rx8pilot]

Yay I can work again, and no more Eagle in my new job!

Jealous. I look forward to the day that I donate my Eagle license to a local homeless shelter.

[Shock]

2 Pomona 1508 metal cable holders free with a misc box of cables. One interestingly has slightly wider slots on one side but they are both the same model. Look very old, my guess is from the 60s and in need of restoration. The Pomona logo, model and address is stamped into the metal.

[willb]

I bought a TV7-D/U in beautiful condition! Very excited to use it!!!

[tszaboo]

Yay I can work again, and no more Eagle in my new job!

Jealous. I look forward to the day that I donate my Eagle license to a local homeless shelter.
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I just had to convince my boss that my productivity with eagle is less than if I draw the PCB with paint.I will suggest to donate the license to our enemies. Homeless dont deserve this.

[daqq]

I just had to convince my boss that my productivity with eagle is less than if I draw the PCB with paint.I will suggest to donate the license to our enemies. Homeless dont deserve this.

Can I have yours? I'm stuck with an ancient version of OrCAD and when the Day of Change (or at least Upgrade/Update) comes my plan is to take the damn CD (yes, CD, that old) which carries the damned bytes, burn it, dissolve the ashes in holy water (holy acid if I can find some) and delete the files on my disk one by one whilst cackling madly.

[tszaboo]

I just had to convince my boss that my productivity with eagle is less than if I draw the PCB with paint.I will suggest to donate the license to our enemies. Homeless dont deserve this.

Can I have yours? I'm stuck with an ancient version of OrCAD and when the Day of Change (or at least Upgrade/Update) comes my plan is to take the damn CD (yes, CD, that old) which carries the damned bytes, burn it, dissolve the ashes in holy water (holy acid if I can find some) and delete the files on my disk one by one whilst cackling madly.

The owner of both licenses is my employer. I dont even think we are allowed to re-sell or donate it. sorry mate.

[daqq]

  I was just joking. The main problem with moving forward is people related, not financial.

[deephaven]

I bought a TV7-D/U in beautiful condition! Very excited to use it!!!

That is very cool. What tubes will you be testing?

[MadTux]

That cheap Keithley 2010 from Australia, which was a topic here some time ago:
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/buysellwanted/ebay-%28aus%29-keithley-2010/

Offered him even less, I think it was around 550 Aussie$ + 50A$ shipping, which equals to 420€, which is a slightly high price for a K2000 or K2015 here in EU. Works great and already like it, so perhaps I won't sell it soon 1000V range is slightly low though.
It has '98 Nichicon caps in it. Will probably change them before it gets ugly inside.

Also bought a MAHO MHC 700P vertical milling machine for about 4k€ delivered. Wanted a good milling machine for a long time, finally got one for a reasonable price. Machine is in quite good mechanical condition and has a very nice table.
Unfortunately the spindle slide (Maho calls it z-axis, would normally be the x-axis) doesn't work in the forward direction yet. Already found the schematics for the x/y/z axis motor controller. Will probably start by swapping motors of z and x or y axis, thereby I can see whether the problem is on the motor/relay/end switch assembly or in the electronics.


Also need to dump all EPROMs of the Haidenhain TNC-135 controller, when I'm done with the z-axis. It's quite old, and unfortunately somewhat limited in functionality (e.g. can't mill a circle), but it is good old 1980 technology, thereby should be relatively easy to keep in operation. Will probably start a repair thread, when done.

[Gary350z]

Also bought a MAHO MHC 700P vertical milling machine for about 4k€ delivered.

Holly crap. I think I need one of those for my bedroom.

[Cubdriver]

Heck, I'd be happy with a manual Bridgeport!  That is a big honker!

-Pat

[mmagin]

A reasonably stable if dangerous DC voltage source so I can check the HP 3457A which will be arriving soon against my HP 3478A and Racal-Dana 5001 on the 300V range:



(Yes, I break them into smaller strings when left unattended!)