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[Cubdriver]

i bit the nearly literal bullet and spent $100 (with $50 for shipping) on a nixie tube version of the HP 5340A, with what appears to be every bell and whistle available for it.                                                                                 

I wonder what besides food is edible... (joking)

If it's working, you got a deal.  They usually seem to go for much more than that.

-Pat

[neo]

i bit the nearly literal bullet and spent $100 (with $50 for shipping) on a nixie tube version of the HP 5340A, with what appears to be every bell and whistle available for it.                                                                                 

I wonder what besides food is edible... (joking)

If it's working, you got a deal.  They usually seem to go for much more than that.

-Pat

The seller showed all the digits lit up and i even got a warranty on it! I don't think the seller had half a clue what he was selling is why it was so cheap.

[Bendba]

That's a steal, not a deal. I've never seen one on ebay Australia with a less than four digit price.

[Cubdriver]

i bit the nearly literal bullet and spent $100 (with $50 for shipping) on a nixie tube version of the HP 5340A, with what appears to be every bell and whistle available for it.                                                                                 

I wonder what besides food is edible... (joking)

If it's working, you got a deal.  They usually seem to go for much more than that.

-Pat

The seller showed all the digits lit up and i even got a warranty on it! I don't think the seller had half a clue what he was selling is why it was so cheap.

My concern is an unobtanium custom IC that's in the signal path.  It seems to be a part that gets zapped if too much power gets fed into the input.  I have one with a bad one; got a (hopefully) good replacement on a spare board but it hasn't made it to the front of the queue to find out.

-Pat

[bitseeker]

i bit the nearly literal bullet and spent $100 (with $50 for shipping) on a nixie tube version of the HP 5340A, with what appears to be every bell and whistle available for it.                                                                                 

Congrats! I was wondering who snagged it.

[neo]

i bit the nearly literal bullet and spent $100 (with $50 for shipping) on a nixie tube version of the HP 5340A, with what appears to be every bell and whistle available for it.                                                                                 

I wonder what besides food is edible... (joking)

If it's working, you got a deal.  They usually seem to go for much more than that.

-Pat

The seller showed all the digits lit up and i even got a warranty on it! I don't think the seller had half a clue what he was selling is why it was so cheap.

My concern is an unobtanium custom IC that's in the signal path.  It seems to be a part that gets zapped if too much power gets fed into the input.  I have one with a bad one; got a (hopefully) good replacement on a spare board but it hasn't made it to the front of the queue to find out.

-Pat

It is a marginal concern of mine though even if the 250-18ghz input is fried i still have a 10-250mhz counter.

[neo]

i bit the nearly literal bullet and spent $100 (with $50 for shipping) on a nixie tube version of the HP 5340A, with what appears to be every bell and whistle available for it.                                                                                 

Congrats! I was wondering who snagged it.

You were watching it as well? I practically saw it go up and had to wait for a torturous couple of days to get funds available.

[bitseeker]

It's not unusual for TEA members to have overlapping watch lists.

[Cubdriver]

It's not unusual for TEA members to have overlapping watch lists.

   Unusual would be them NOT overlapping!

-Pat

[neo]

It's not unusual for TEA members to have overlapping watch lists.

   Unusual would be them NOT overlapping!

-Pat

I only joined TEA after spending my food money on this counter! At lest i have a freezer full so i cannot just starve! 

[GreyWoolfe]

I got a Metcal SP200 with 2 tips off ebay 



Sadley, I did not get the original stand, so I will be putting some magnets around the cheap stand they did provide. 

Welcome to the Metcal club.  Makes me wonder if we need a SEA thread (soldering equipment anonymous)

[nanofrog]

My wire cutter has arrived.

I've similar cutters as well (M509; shorter grips) which I find to be absolutely superb (cut through tin plated steel leads like they're warm butter).  I've even the tapered + relieved Tungsten Carbide cutters from Erem (576TX).

[julianhigginson]

My wire cutter has arrived. Bought from here: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/buysellwanted/(usa)-swanstrom-carbide-tipped-esd-safe-medical-grade-full-flush-cutters/

Finally, a fake 256GB uSD card from the evil bay. The seller issued a refund immediately after my request, without even bother contacting me. That means he 100% knows he was selling fake. Seller ID: aleiasthings, 99.7% positive feedback...
I thought I have a chance of getting a genuine 256GB card for $64 (comparison: a 200GB card on Amazon sells at $75, so as a used card, $64 for 256GB isn't ridiculously cheap at all).

time to try out the wire cutters on the fake SDcard.

[BU508A]

This is one of my sidecutters, I've purchased some time ago:



It has tungsten carbide inlays cutters.

https://www.amazon.com/schmitz-pliers-cutters-Tungsten-Carbide-3437/dp/B00ADM5LDG/

[technix]

My wire cutter has arrived. Bought from here: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/buysellwanted/(usa)-swanstrom-carbide-tipped-esd-safe-medical-grade-full-flush-cutters/

Finally, a fake 256GB uSD card from the evil bay. The seller issued a refund immediately after my request, without even bother contacting me. That means he 100% knows he was selling fake. Seller ID: aleiasthings, 99.7% positive feedback...
I thought I have a chance of getting a genuine 256GB card for $64 (comparison: a 200GB card on Amazon sells at $75, so as a used card, $64 for 256GB isn't ridiculously cheap at all).

time to try out the wire cutters on the fake SDcard.

Don't cut it up just yet. Try run a diagnose program on it and find out 1) how much capacity it really has and 2) how fast it really goes.

[alank2]

I've been working on a "retrocomputing" corner in my office the past couple of weeks.  I've got a shelf with a Compaq Portable that I fixed the tantalum caps on so far.  I've been looking for an old school terminal and happened on to a lucky eBay auction for a DEC vt420 for $50 that I think is many years old but has never been used!

[GreyWoolfe]

Spent a few coins on eBay.  Some zip lick poly bags, heat shrink assortment, BNC dust caps, an assortment of Nylon stand offs and some stuff from Frankie's store.  Just need to be patient for everything to come in.

[nanofrog]

Spent a few coins on eBay.  Some zip lick poly bags, heat shrink assortment, BNC dust caps, an assortment of Nylon stand offs and some stuff from Frankie's store.  Just need to be patient for everything to come in.

Not sure how quickly stuff gets to you, but I wouldn't think it will take that much time. 

FWIW, I've bought a bunch of stuff regarding my bench that I haven't mentioned thus far. For example, I purchased a few pieces of bench gear (bench DMM + 3ch. PSU from ITT tech), as well as the latest Amscope Trinocular Microscope (i.e. 3.5 - 90X). And a couple of hand tools as well.

Now where to put all of this crap? .....

[McBryce]

New chair for my lab: https://www.finebuy.de/item/images/19004/1200x1200/19004-003.jpg
The old one is many years old, falling apart and looks like it got attacked by the cat.... and I don't have a cat!

McBryce.

[GreyWoolfe]

Spent a few coins on eBay.  Some zip lick poly bags, heat shrink assortment, BNC dust caps, an assortment of Nylon stand offs and some stuff from Frankie's store.  Just need to be patient for everything to come in.

Not sure how quickly stuff gets to you, but I wouldn't think it will take that much time. 

FWIW, I've bought a bunch of stuff regarding my bench that I haven't mentioned thus far. For example, I purchased a few pieces of bench gear (bench DMM + 3ch. PSU from ITT tech), as well as the latest Amscope Trinocular Microscope (i.e. 3.5 - 90X). And a couple of hand tools as well.

Now where to put all of this crap? .....

The older I get, it seems the less patience I have   Which PSU did you get?  I got the GPC-3020 and the GDM-8251A plus a GOS-6112 scope.  Did you buy early on when the prices were low a gear aplenty?  I got the PSU for $65 shipped and the meter and scope for about $90 shipped.

[nanofrog]

The older I get, it seems the less patience I have   Which PSU did you get?  I got the GPC-3020 and the GDM-8251A plus a GOS-6112 scope.  Did you buy early on when the prices were low a gear aplenty?  I got the PSU for $65 shipped and the meter and scope for about $90 shipped.

PSU = GPC-3020
Bench DMM = GDM-8251A

They were cheap enough I couldn't pass on them; $59 shipped for the PSU, and $90 + $13.30 shipping for the DMM. 

[cdev]

(Sorry to ask)

How do you like them? 

I have some questions.. Is the fan on the PSU noisy?

>PSU = GPC-3020
>Bench DMM = GDM-8251A

The price is really attractive..

I like the idea of a bench DMM because I like to just leave my DMM on while I'm doing electronics, and the need to keep remembering to turn it off when something else comes up is kind of annoying. (need to get a system going for using rechargeables without screwing them up.)

Also measuring very low resistances and being able to adjust the threshold for the continuity detector is an attractive feature.

I don't like that it seems that the GDM-8251A doesn't have a capacitance or inductance feature.

But it does allow 4 wire measurement (nice)

[GreyWoolfe]

(Sorry to ask)

How do you like them? 

I have some questions.. Is the fan on the PSU noisy?

>PSU = GPC-3020
>Bench DMM = GDM-8251A

The price is really attractive..

I like the idea of a bench DMM because I like to just leave my DMM on while I'm doing electronics, and the need to keep remembering to turn it off when something else comes up is kind of annoying. (need to get a system going for using rechargeables without screwing them up.)

Also measuring very low resistances and being able to adjust the threshold for the continuity detector is an attractive feature.

I don't like that it seems that the GDM-8251A doesn't have a capacitance or inductance feature.

But it does allow 4 wire measurement (nice)

Yes, the fan is noisy on the 3020.  It doesn't bother me, however, i can always turn up the music.  Lots of other fans, including a ceiling fan so it is what i is.  I don't worry about the 8251A's lack of capacitance or inductance.  I have a Der Dee DE-5000 for that.  Part of what I ordered in is a set of cheap inexpensive Kelvin clips and banana jacks to make up a set of probes for 4 wire just to have them.  I may never use them but I will have them.  You won't forget to shut off the meter.  The display is very bright.  I notice anything left on at the end of the day when I turn off the office lights and the meter brightness absolutely stands out.  I haven't bothered to see if there is a brightness adjustment, I like it where it is at.

[SeanB]

Well, this followed me home today. Got for free from the printer tech company I deal with, as they were going to throw it out as scrap. did not get the stand it was on, they were going to use that for the new printer the customer traded this old clunker in on. Probably works too, seeing as it still is full of ink and solvent as well.

[TerraHertz]

Well, this followed me home today. Got for free from the printer tech company I deal with, as they were going to throw it out as scrap. did not get the stand it was on, they were going to use that for the new printer the customer traded this old clunker in on. Probably works too, seeing as it still is full of ink and solvent as well.

Well, what is it? Some kind of production line label printer? What does the print head look like?
And I'm not complaining, but wrong thread? "Free". Maybe better in 'saved from the dump' thread?

You are going to have very black hands.