A nice ebay steal just arrived. Two partial reels of 190 pc each of AVX tantalum caps, 47uF 20v and 4.7uF 25v. Total price? £7.92 for both rolls inc shipping. RS would have shafted me for about £500 for that.
Nice score.
You must've done something right in a previous life.
Now you tell me re the 453, I have one being repaired and it has mind-controlled me to get a donor parts unit!!
Now you tell me re the 453, I have one being repaired and it has mind-controlled me to get a donor parts unit!!
You are now officially doomed
A nice ebay steal just arrived. Two partial reels of 190 pc each of AVX tantalum caps, 47uF 20v and 4.7uF 25v. Total price? £7.92 for both rolls inc shipping. RS would have shafted me for about £500 for that.
Nicely done!
I totally Agree GooD Deal.
Quote from: plazma on May 26, 2016, 19:11:28200ml of Galden LS-230. 90€ with shipping.
I'm going to try it with an induction hot plate and an asparagus pot.
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Where did you buy it?
Okay so I have to ask.........
What is that stuff??
Okay so I have to ask.........
What is that stuff??
It's an inert, fluorinated fluid used for vapor phase soldering (digits in the P/N is the boiling point).
There's an entire thread on it
here if you're curious.
My tweezers from Aliexpress finally arrived. A decent shipping time for such a complicated customs department as Brazil has. 9 bucks for the entire kit including shipping.
I can barely buy two tweezers with that much money on some Brazilian electronics online stores, 23 more electronics orders to arrive from Ali.
My tweezers from Aliexpress finally arrived. A decent shipping time for such a complicated customs department as Brazil has. 9 bucks for the entire kit including shipping.
I can barely buy two tweezer with that much money on some Brazilian electronics online stores, 23 more electronics orders to arrive from Ali.
They look great - do you have a link you could share to the vendor?
Are they magnetic at all?
Nothing worse than small SMD passives sticking to your tweezers!
My tweezers from Aliexpress finally arrived. A decent shipping time for such a complicated customs department as Brazil has. 9 bucks for the entire kit including shipping.
I can barely buy two tweezers with that much money on some Brazilian electronics online stores, 23 more electronics orders to arrive from Ali.
They look great - do you have a link you could share to the vendor?
Are they magnetic at all?
Nothing worse than small SMD passives sticking to your tweezers!
Hey DTJ,
There you have it:
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/6pcs-set-high-quality-china-hand-tools-Antistatic-ESD-high-precision-eyelash-extension-Stainless-steel-tweezers/32334677641.htmlI still haven't taken them to my lab so I can't really state how magnetic they are. I do have some magnets laying around, I'll let you know about it as soon as I check.
How is the quality? All Chinese tweezers I have are quite bad. No use for 0201.
Off topic, but related - I've been using Aramex Global Shopper for Itead and Seeed PCB orders. Averages about R150.00 for shipping, takes (at most) a week.
On Friday, I received orders for 2 of my Generator Autostart ATS Control Panels.
Spent some time on Saturday, and most of this afternoon completing the board layout.
then this evening I Just spent over ZAR700 (about a tank of petrol) with ITEADSTUDIO
for 10 off 10x10cm Prototype PCB's
Most of the cost was for the DHL shipping.
I just couldn't wait 4 months for the standard shipping.
Now I have my fingers crossed that they will arrive in 2 weeks!
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I just bought this air compressor.
8 bar, 2L tank (no oil), 1100W, 1,5 hp, 195 l/min.
It is really loud, but useful when I need to remove dust from some old dirty, dusty and sometimes crusty boards, fans, computer cases.
I paid around 120 euros, it may be a lot, but now I don't need all tiny - and too expensive - air dusters (aerosol sprays).
I just bought this air compressor.
8 bar, 2L tank (no oil), 1100W, 1,5 hp, 195 l/min.
It is really loud, but useful when I need to remove dust from some old dirty, dusty and sometimes crusty boards, fans, computer cases.
I paid around 120 euros, it may be a lot, but now I don't need all tiny - and too expensive - air dusters (aerosol sprays).
It's not that expensive if you consider that a can of Air-duster will cost about €10, so 12 cans (a years worth in my world) costs the same. So after 12 months you're saving money.
McBryce.
My tweezers from Aliexpress finally arrived. A decent shipping time for such a complicated customs department as Brazil has. 9 bucks for the entire kit including shipping.
I can barely buy two tweezers with that much money on some Brazilian electronics online stores, 23 more electronics orders to arrive from Ali.
They look great - do you have a link you could share to the vendor?
Are they magnetic at all?
Nothing worse than small SMD passives sticking to your tweezers!
Just tried them on some SMD resistors and caps, they only got stuck due to some solder residue I believe. After it cooled down I picked them up several times and they always dropped down once I let it loose. For that little money, a good deal IMHO.
I can barely buy two tweezers with that much money on some Brazilian electronics online stores, 23 more electronics orders to arrive from Ali.
Do you have a link to the aliexpress vendor you could share? Thanks!
My friend poo poo'd the ESD claim, need to be black coated not stainless steel. I guess wrist strap required.