Author Topic: What did you buy today? Post your latest purchase! (Read 2804494 times)

Hydrawerk · « **Reply #2050 on:** September 27, 2016, 02:13:35 pm »

Quote from: McBryce on September 27, 2016, 07:34:07 am

I've one of these on my bike. Be careful of the wire connections to the bottom of the "docking station". They're pretty badly soldered, open joints with no strain relief. If you catch anything in the cable they immediately break.
McBryce.

By docking station you mean the bike mounting stuff?
Yes, i think that Cateye might be more durable than Sigma. It is possible. But I love the LCD on Sigma Bc 8.12.

McBryce · « **Reply #2051 on:** September 27, 2016, 02:18:24 pm »

Quote from: Hydrawerk on September 27, 2016, 02:13:35 pm

Quote from: McBryce on September 27, 2016, 07:34:07 am
I've one of these on my bike. Be careful of the wire connections to the bottom of the "docking station". They're pretty badly soldered, open joints with no strain relief. If you catch anything in the cable they immediately break.
McBryce.
By docking station you mean the bike mounting stuff?
Yes, i think that Cateye might be more durable than Sigma. It is possible. But I love the LCD on Sigma Bc 8.12.

Yes, with "docking station" I meant that plastic ring on the handlebars that the display twists into. The wires going out from it are not exactly what you would call robust. I also chose the Sigma because of the BCD (Big Clear Display

).

McBryce.

Hydrawerk · « **Reply #2052 on:** September 29, 2016, 10:31:22 pm »

Quote from: Hydrawerk on September 12, 2016, 12:55:27 am

I bought these Wiha cutters as new at a Hornbach store. Not a second hand shop. They are now at my grandmother's apartment. It is strange that these pliers are not listed on the manufacturer's website. http://www.wiha.com/en/produkte/pliers/diagonal-cutters.html
Do you think they are good and genuine? They seem to be hard and solid. I think that these pliers might have been stored for four years or so. Now they are probably discontinued.
Searching "wiha z 12 0 25 180" gives no results. Strange. But i think that they are OK.
EDIT: The pliers look very nice and new, but they were not packed anyway. No plastic blister or something.

I think that my pliers are very similar to Z 12 0 05 180
http://www.wiha.com/en/produkte/pliers/diagonal-cutters-professional.html

con-f-use · « **Reply #2053 on:** September 30, 2016, 07:49:03 am »

Quote from: Hydrawerk on September 29, 2016, 10:31:22 pm

I think that my pliers are very similar to Z 12 0 05 180
http://www.wiha.com/en/produkte/pliers/diagonal-cutters-professional.html

I got these. Mine broke on the second usage. A peach of metal splinter of the blade at the very tip. Send them back, got my money back and bought from another company. No idea if mine were just an outliner, I'm pretty satisfied with my other Wiha tool. For diagonal cutters I can recommend Knipex.

NottheDan · « **Reply #2054 on:** September 30, 2016, 12:52:49 pm »

An Alphasmart Dana. Surprised me by having the original branded wallwart with it. The NiMH battery pack is dead and the contacts for it are badly corroded. So I'll probably mod it to take rechargeables in the battery compartment for alkalines.

Hydrawerk · « **Reply #2055 on:** September 30, 2016, 11:37:16 pm »

Quote from: con-f-use on September 30, 2016, 07:49:03 am

For diagonal cutters I can recommend Knipex.

Yes, I also have some small Knipex diagonal cutter pliers that someone gave me. But I think that they are quite expensive.

sonicwang · « **Reply #2056 on:** October 02, 2016, 10:59:24 am »

$1usd free shipping mp3 player with screen had an old 1gb sd card lying around so why not

AF6LJ · « **Reply #2057 on:** October 03, 2016, 02:51:00 am »

The SanDiego Ham Fest was this weekend Small swap meet, however I made some reasonably nice scores.

I picked up a Baygen Crank radio... $20.00
A pound of solder. $8.00
A D-104 microphone $10.00
A Diglint Analog Discovery with parts pack, unopened I might add... $50.00 (the cute little USB scope, logic analyzer, and function generator is well worth that.
Last but not least a really clean looking HP-3312A Function Generator for $150.00
Look for Tear down photos over in Test Equipment...

Cubdriver · « **Reply #2058 on:** October 03, 2016, 04:00:22 am »

Nice haul, Sue!

-Pat

nanofrog · « **Reply #2059 on:** October 03, 2016, 03:18:22 pm »

Quote from: Cubdriver on October 03, 2016, 04:00:22 am

Nice haul, Sue!

+1

SeanB · « **Reply #2060 on:** October 03, 2016, 07:21:18 pm »

Bought the one last week, and used it today to finish off 1200 holes to clean them up and fix damage from use. Probably took a whole 1g of metal and gunk out in doing so.

The other I bought at the flea market for R30, just because it was so cheap and looks so nice. Yes it is cast brass, not pot metal, probably from around the 1940's, as I also bought 2 1947 commonwealth medallions as well with it.

bitseeker · « **Reply #2061 on:** October 03, 2016, 10:26:49 pm »

Quote from: AF6LJ on October 03, 2016, 02:51:00 am

The SanDiego Ham Fest was this weekend Small swap meet, however I made some reasonably nice scores.

I picked up a Baygen Crank radio... $20.00
A pound of solder. $8.00
A D-104 microphone $10.00
A Diglint Analog Discovery with parts pack, unopened I might add... $50.00 (the cute little USB scope, logic analyzer, and function generator is well worth that.
Last but not least a really clean looking HP-3312A Function Generator for $150.00
Look for Tear down photos over in Test Equipment...

Nice score on the Analog Discovery! And a mighty fine looking mic, too.

richd · « **Reply #2062 on:** October 04, 2016, 12:28:28 am »

Well, haven't actually purchased it today, but I'm trying to! I'm adding a scope and power supply to my "lab". I want to get the Rigol DS1054Z and DP832. They are sitting in my shopping cart at Tequipment waiting for me to pull the trigger!

Messtechniker · « **Reply #2063 on:** October 04, 2016, 08:29:25 am »

Just ordered a HMC8043 lab power supply from R&S direct

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to replace my 15+ year old home grown rather crappy unit

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Received a good quotation because I asked for a display unit.

Yours Messtechniker

Johnny10 · « **Reply #2064 on:** October 04, 2016, 01:15:22 pm »

A ZEPHYRTRONICS Hot Air Pencil.
Tektronix 6562 Probe

Does anyone know where I might find new cables for these probes?
I have three of them now and two have female end connectors missing.

Back2Volts · « **Reply #2065 on:** October 04, 2016, 03:25:05 pm »

I was not too happy with the articulated crocodile clamps in the Elenco lamp, so I was placing the board on the mat with some scotch tape to hold it. I saw this one and decided to give it a try. The first impression is good. It is heavy, made out of 1/8" steel, with some rubber feet, it will not move around. It has a black finish a bit shiny. If it gets to bother me I will cover it with black electrician's tape or spray it with flat black paint.

nanofrog · « **Reply #2066 on:** October 04, 2016, 04:05:29 pm »

Quote from: Back2Volts on October 04, 2016, 03:25:05 pm

I saw this one and decided to give it a try. The first impression is good. It is heavy, made out of 1/8" steel, with some rubber feet, it will not move around. It has a black finish a bit shiny. If it gets to bother me I will cover it with black electrician's tape or spray it with flat black paint.

A light sanding would do as well. And FWIW, it also helps with proper paint prep, should you go ahead and spray with a matte black finish or matte clear coat.

So you have options (inexpensive ones I might add), should the OTB shininess be an issue for you.

TAMHAN · « **Reply #2067 on:** October 04, 2016, 11:53:18 pm »

A new power supply for my workstation, the old one exploded (literally).

Fortunately, all data is still here...

ebclr · « **Reply #2068 on:** October 05, 2016, 02:18:56 am »

@rt · « **Reply #2069 on:** October 05, 2016, 11:26:49 am »

Yesterday from Lifeline (An Australian thrift store) for $35.
Mind you, I can’t take a photo that looks anything like how it looks here.

This is how I’ll be displaying the Title and Artist of the currently playing track from now on

AF6LJ · « **Reply #2070 on:** October 05, 2016, 05:52:56 pm »

Quote from: @rt on October 05, 2016, 11:26:49 am

Yesterday from Lifeline (An Australian thrift store) for $35.
Mind you, I can’t take a photo that looks anything like how it looks here.

This is how I’ll be displaying the Title and Artist of the currently playing track from now on

That is a cool idea...

gamalot · « **Reply #2071 on:** October 05, 2016, 07:16:46 pm »

A bricked Agilent DSO-X 2002A from ebay, after spent two nights to read the long long DSO-X2000/3000 thread, fixed it finally without the LAN/VGA module.

Watch me light up!!!

Sal Ammoniac · « **Reply #2072 on:** October 05, 2016, 08:24:53 pm »

Just took delivery of this baby:

JoeN · « **Reply #2073 on:** October 05, 2016, 10:33:44 pm »

Quote from: Sal Ammoniac on October 05, 2016, 08:24:53 pm

Just took delivery of this baby:

Gotta ask. Did you pay full retail for that, or did you get a discount? Or did your company buy it for "you" (as long as you work there)? What is the deal? I see a lot of people here buying stuff like that and then I look at the price.

nctnico · « **Reply #2074 on:** October 05, 2016, 10:42:52 pm »

The recent Keysight scope give away contests put a lot of these scopes onto the second hand market for very low prices.


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