I’ve never seen a case like that - nice find. (Though in the case of the Fluke 25/27, it’s sort of like buying a protective case for your brick - those things can double as impact weapons!)
-Pat
WOW! a German WWII telegraph key in mint condition with very rare original German cable and plug.
I believe this key is 1942..1943 epoch as afterwards the materials were scarce...
WOW! a German WWII telegraph key in mint condition with very rare original German cable and plug.
I believe this key is 1942..1943 epoch as afterwards the materials were scarce...
Think about what kind of msgs this piece transmitted!
At the risk of being off topic, I bought myself a birthday present. Today I am 90 years old and I bought a BMW.
At the risk of being off topic, I bought myself a birthday present. Today I am 90 years old and I bought a BMW.
At the risk of being off topic, I bought myself a birthday present. Today I am 90 years old and I bought a BMW.
Casio GShock GW-B5600HR. It wasn't my first choice, I wanted the GW-M5610U-1B that is similar in everything (Solar Charging and Atomic Clock sinc via radio frequency) but didn't had Bluetooth. But since I was able to get this one new, cheaper than the model I wanted, I could not say no to it.
Nice square, I have the basic G5600 which just has solar. I sometimes have a problem with water ingress so I had to re-lube the gasket, they were strangely bone dry when I did it. Maybe I have a leak through the buttons too.
Well some updates: my birthday was some weeks ago and my neighbour, who have a huge collection of model kits just offer me another thing to add to my hobbies (and the ever-growing lack of time):
These are Gunpla, basically model kits based in an old super robot anime/manga. Not only it is a huge franchise that had entries since the 70s but it is also one of the only where the realism is prevalent in the robots, since mechanically and functionality could be something that we in the future with the advance of technology could achieve as a race.
Plus I bought two things that were in my cart for a while:
Casio GShock GW-B5600HR. It wasn't my first choice, I wanted the GW-M5610U-1B that is similar in everything (Solar Charging and Atomic Clock sinc via radio frequency) but didn't had Bluetooth. But since I was able to get this one new, cheaper than the model I wanted, I could not say no to it.
Also since my old Felo Interchangeable VDE kit is going to be used exclusively at work, I bought this one since for years I've been wanting to give a go to Wera or Wiha:
Same as the Felo kit, but with 2 grips instead of 1 and a better variety of screwdriver shafts. Overall a good kit. I have some more stuff on the cart from Wera and Knipex (another brand that I see being thrown around here constantly but never had any product from them) that I want to try. And probably one more DMM (or 2 depending of how the deal goes) because you can't have enough measuring tools at your disposal.
Faced with the prospect of desoldering all of the RAM chips (and a few custom chips which are harder to replace, Jameco still has the RAM chips available!) in the below, I have just bought one of these based on about how these desoldering irons work.
One concern is that these PCBs have very delicate (due to age) traces snaking between the pins on the top layer, so getting as much solder out and then using hot air to help lift the chip seems to be the best approach. Getting solder out has always been a bit hit-and-miss with the separate manual solder-sucker pump types, so I'm hoping the built-in vacuum pump will work a lot better. I really don't want to break those traces...