What's a heathkit id-22 worth?
Not much. £10-15 in the U.K. they have 12AU7+12AX7 tubes in which are worth more individually if they are from one of the “magic audio tube” manufacturers (Mullard etc). I had one and it had a Brimar tubes in it.
If it’s for your own personal satisfaction then why not
(I just spent way too much on a pretty dumb Fluke 8000A for that reason)
I'll make myself unpopular with this one, but screw metcat! I found my love for soldering irons in ERSA.
After leaving it turned on for a few days once too often, I finally decided to add the power indicator that my WD-1 should have had from the factory. It lives on the upper shelf of my bench and thus the LCD is not easily seen and it can be on and not obviously so. I had an old push-in neon panel indicator that came from Rat Shack probably 30 or more years ago, so I opened the base unit up, drilled a hole just above the power switch and put the indicator in there after splicing longer leads onto it and crimping on a pair of stacking faston terminals. They go to the transformer primary, and the primary leads now go to the piggyback blades on the new terminals.
Now I have no excuse for not seeing that it's on, and I'm pleased that it doesn't look terribly kluged.
As an aside, does anyone else get incredibly frustrated trying to edit posts on an iPod, like to the point where you find yourself yelling at it and come close to flinging it into a wall like a frisbee because if you want to select the text it will offer to do anything but that; if you want to place the cursor it wants to replace a nearby word (for instance, trying to add a line break after an image tag), etc., etc., etc? I wish they'd add some bloody arrow keys to move the frigging cursor!!
-Pat
I think it’s more about tolerating each other until you’re dead
After leaving it turned on for a few days once too often, I finally decided to add the power indicator that my WD-1 should have had from the factory. It lives on the upper shelf of my bench and thus the LCD is not easily seen and it can be on and not obviously so.
I think it’s more about tolerating each other until you’re deadNo, you can change an iron with ease and the only penalty is small pain in the wallet region, now a wife on the other hand if you try and change her will leave you and your wallet smarting and just maybe, if you're really lucky, leave your small change alone
I think it’s more about tolerating each other until you’re deadNo, you can change an iron with ease and the only penalty is small pain in the wallet region, now a wife on the other hand if you try and change her will leave you and your wallet smarting and just maybe, if you're really lucky, leave your small change alone
Nor do you need to remember the iron's birthday or celebrate the aniversary for when you bought it
After leaving it turned on for a few days once too often, I finally decided to add the power indicator that my WD-1 should have had from the factory. It lives on the upper shelf of my bench and thus the LCD is not easily seen and it can be on and not obviously so. I had an old push-in neon panel indicator that came from Rat Shack probably 30 or more years ago, so I opened the base unit up, drilled a hole just above the power switch and put the indicator in there after splicing longer leads onto it and crimping on a pair of stacking faston terminals. They go to the transformer primary, and the primary leads now go to the piggyback blades on the new terminals.
Now I have no excuse for not seeing that it's on, and I'm pleased that it doesn't look terribly kluged.
As an aside, does anyone else get incredibly frustrated trying to edit posts on an iPod, like to the point where you find yourself yelling at it and come close to flinging it into a wall like a frisbee because if you want to select the text it will offer to do anything but that; if you want to place the cursor it wants to replace a nearby word (for instance, trying to add a line break after an image tag), etc., etc., etc? I wish they'd add some bloody arrow keys to move the frigging cursor!!
-PatDoes yours make any sound? My WD2M has an audible buzz. I tightened the mounting screws of the transformer, but no improvement.
After leaving it turned on for a few days once too often, I finally decided to add the power indicator that my WD-1 should have had from the factory. It lives on the upper shelf of my bench and thus the LCD is not easily seen and it can be on and not obviously so. I had an old push-in neon panel indicator that came from Rat Shack probably 30 or more years ago, so I opened the base unit up, drilled a hole just above the power switch and put the indicator in there after splicing longer leads onto it and crimping on a pair of stacking faston terminals. They go to the transformer primary, and the primary leads now go to the piggyback blades on the new terminals.
Now I have no excuse for not seeing that it's on, and I'm pleased that it doesn't look terribly kluged.
As an aside, does anyone else get incredibly frustrated trying to edit posts on an iPod, like to the point where you find yourself yelling at it and come close to flinging it into a wall like a frisbee because if you want to select the text it will offer to do anything but that; if you want to place the cursor it wants to replace a nearby word (for instance, trying to add a line break after an image tag), etc., etc., etc? I wish they'd add some bloody arrow keys to move the frigging cursor!!
-Pat
I had an old push-in neon panel indicator
Well spotted
Glad you didn't kill yourself before you noticed it.
Incidentally there's a "floating" mod here which may be of interest: http://www.heathkit.nu/heathkit_nu_V-7A.html
Ok then, soldering irons done and dusted?
Back on track , has anyone ever come across anything quite this at all?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DAETRON-MULTIMETER-4IN1-DIGITAL-MULTI-METER-C-W-5-CABLES-AND-CASE/232397279179
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I'll make myself unpopular with this one, but screw metcat! I found my love for soldering irons in ERSA.
ohhh ERSA... the holy ERSA... never got one... but from what I read it is the only one which can fight against the Metcal powerful kingdom.
I would like to give them a shot one day, just out of curiosity, it's like Lamborghini against Ferrari...
Weller are also very good don't get me wrong, but still behind in my eyes.
PS: Irons are like girls or religions: you don't have to try all of them to find the right one. You fall in love with one and spend the rest of your life with it.
The (un)Holy Trinity of ERSA, JBC, Weller and Hakko will ALWAYS have their loyal followers; especially among those with a "turn it up to 11" mentality who simply MUST HAVE a knob/button they can mess with. But those who solder to get the soldering DONE AND DONE RIGHT prefer MetCal and Thermaltronics, because they know their gear will always be at the RIGHT temperature for the job at hand, and they will always be able to get the exact right tip for that job. I learned that lesson long ago with my Weller GT7 soldering gun; when you need bigger, you simply need bigger, not higher temperature. It has 150W power, 6-second heat-up time and solid-state temperature control. It is old-school tech, but sometimes it simply is the right tool for the job.
Arh, now I can see the magic of the Metcal system and put that way it kind of makes sense and has given me the itch to get one apart from one problem, as a retired person I can't afford expensive items like that
While you may well be a shameless soldering addict, a soldering iron is still not a piece of actual test gear is it?
Arh, now I can see the magic of the Metcal system and put that way it kind of makes sense and has given me the itch to get one apart from one problem, as a retired person I can't afford expensive items like that
While you may well be a shameless soldering addict, a soldering iron is still not a piece of actual test gear is it?
Of course not... as long as every piece of test gear you collect arrives and remains 100% fully functional, and you never ever have a need, or even a whim to upgrade anything on any of them.
mnem
9 out of 10 cannibals prefer vegetarians.
After leaving it turned on for a few days once too often, I finally decided to add the power indicator that my WD-1 should have had from the factory.
As an aside, does anyone else get incredibly frustrated trying to edit posts on an iPod, like to the point where you find yourself yelling at it and come close to flinging it into a wall like a frisbee because if you want to select the text it will offer to do anything but that; if you want to place the cursor it wants to replace a nearby word (for instance, trying to add a line break after an image tag), etc., etc., etc? I wish they'd add some bloody arrow keys to move the frigging cursor!!
-Pat
Nicely done Pat, the mod looks great.
As for posting from anything other than a computer, I feel if it doesn't have a real keyboard it is not worthy of anything except a reading or viewing device for videos.
I'll only use voice to text on my phone, I hate the virtual keyboard.
While you may well be a shameless soldering addict, a soldering iron is still not a piece of actual test gear is it?