MX Keys keyboard and MX Master 3 mouse.
I needed something to switch easily between computers, but without the BT headache. So I got 2 unifying receivers for two devices and it's just a button press, independently for both devices (also one of the constraints I had). The thing is I bring work home, and company policies are pretty restrictive, but this is just plug and play. and I can work with two computers at the same time.
Although I was skeptical about the keyboard, after a short use I find the experience great. Minus is that it's partially customizable and settings not stored on board. Mouse looked great on the first touch, but somehow it has a strange center of mass, so far hadn't got used to it, definitely not a choice for games. A lot better cheaper options for that. OTOH pretty customizable for the mouse. Materials great on both devices...
The extra space on the bench and no wires make it worth.
MX Keys keyboard and MX Master 3 mouse.
I needed something to switch easily between computers, but without the BT headache. So I got 2 unifying receivers for two devices and it's just a button press, independently for both devices (also one of the constraints I had). The thing is I bring work home, and company policies are pretty restrictive, but this is just plug and play. and I can work with two computers at the same time.
Although I was skeptical about the keyboard, after a short use I find the experience great. Minus is that it's partially customizable and settings not stored on board. Mouse looked great on the first touch, but somehow it has a strange center of mass, so far hadn't got used to it, definitely not a choice for games. A lot better cheaper options for that. OTOH pretty customizable for the mouse. Materials great on both devices...
The extra space on the bench and no wires make it worth.Oh yeah, I almost forgot, I got an MX Vertical a week ago. We shall see whether it’s any better for my hand than the Performance MX (ancestor of MX Master series) I’ve been using. What I can say already is that I miss the freewheeling scroll wheel. :/
The museum is having a swap meet next week, but I managed to raid some stuff early. Got my paws on a Tek 7603 with 7A18 vertical and 7B53A sweep plug ins, along with a pair of 7A26 verticals and a 7B50 sweep to go along with it. Also snagged a non-working and somewhat dirty 465B and unearthed a Weston 1240 DMM. Oh, and an old tank radio. Not a bad haul for $40 in my opinion.
-Pat
The museum is having a swap meet next week, but I managed to raid some stuff early. Got my paws on a Tek 7603 with 7A18 vertical and 7B53A sweep plug ins, along with a pair of 7A26 verticals and a 7B50 sweep to go along with it. Also snagged a non-working and somewhat dirty 465B and unearthed a Weston 1240 DMM. Oh, and an old tank radio. Not a bad haul for $40 in my opinion.
-Pat
The Weston has a very Enertec/Schlumberger/Solartron look to it, is there any link between them?
Not a bad haul for $40 in my opinion.
MX Keys keyboard and MX Master 3 mouse.
I needed something to switch easily between computers, but without the BT headache. So I got 2 unifying receivers for two devices and it's just a button press, independently for both devices (also one of the constraints I had). The thing is I bring work home, and company policies are pretty restrictive, but this is just plug and play. and I can work with two computers at the same time.
Although I was skeptical about the keyboard, after a short use I find the experience great. Minus is that it's partially customizable and settings not stored on board. Mouse looked great on the first touch, but somehow it has a strange center of mass, so far hadn't got used to it, definitely not a choice for games. A lot better cheaper options for that. OTOH pretty customizable for the mouse. Materials great on both devices...
The extra space on the bench and no wires make it worth.Oh yeah, I almost forgot, I got an MX Vertical a week ago. We shall see whether it’s any better for my hand than the Performance MX (ancestor of MX Master series) I’ve been using. What I can say already is that I miss the freewheeling scroll wheel. :/Did you consider MX Ergo (trackball)? It's weird but two of my colleagues that use it say it's easy to get use to it and since you aren't doing any pushing gives you some flexibility on how you position your hand on it.
Although I haven't played games in a long long time, FPS (CS) got me hooked on precise/balanced gaming mouses and snappy moves, I'm missing clicks a lot with this one, and Ergo seems like a mission impossible for me. Master 3 has (at least they say) a new version of the wheel, and it's damn fan to scroll, but using a wheel as a middle click is a bit clumsy.
Five of these old TI industrial control interfaces. Documentation still to be found.
Took advantage of the sale on PB Swiss items at the big Swiss tool dealer to get the ratcheting handle I've been wanting for ages, a set of bits, a set of precision Torx drivers, and a scribe.
PB 8510 R-30 ratcheting screwdriver handle:
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E6 985 bit set:
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PB 8643 precision Torx driver set:
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PB 704 carbide scribe:
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I also got a Mitutoyo vernier caliper, also on sale:
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I used to program those heaps of junk (I preferred the Allen Bradley and Siemens solutions).
I know where I could still get the documentation. However, it would the "printed on dead tree" version, not PDF. And those books were relatively thick.
Let me know what you think of it once you’ve had a chance to use it for a while. I was just looking for a new charger and that was one model I was intrigued by.
As a separate topic, My shopping today:
Kokuyo Campus 50 sheets 5mm dot grid B5;
Kokuyo Campus binder B5.
Pentel Graphgear 1000 Mechanical Pencil 0.5mm;
Pentel Ain 0.5 HB leads;
Pentel Ain Black Plastic Eraser;
Now next thing to find a good PCB ruler.
Just got a package with 2 BOC-Edwards XTC255H turbo pumps, with controllers, pirani gauge, and a ton of vacuum KF fittings!
Scrounged from a scrapped triple-quad mass spectrometer! Not bad for 60 €
Just got a package with 2 BOC-Edwards XTC255H turbo pumps, with controllers, pirani gauge, and a ton of vacuum KF fittings!
Scrounged from a scrapped triple-quad mass spectrometer! Not bad for 60 €Nice what are you going to do with them?
I'm donating the quadrupole and one turbo to my university's mass spectrometry lab (Ho Ho Ho!).
For the rest, I have many plans! DIY mass spectrometry, physical vapor deposition, DIY electron valves, and so on! Having a proper ultrahigh vacuum system opens so many doors.
Very Randomly ahead of you by a few days
The Pencil has already arrived and works great. Now the question is am I paranoid in thinking I am being watched
I'm donating the quadrupole and one turbo to my university's mass spectrometry lab (Ho Ho Ho!).
I'm very envious. Working turbos _with_ matching controllers are almost impossible to come by.
Something you should do RIGHT NOW - cover the turbo inlet ports with about 4 layers of clean alfoil, wrapping it tight around the edges. Just leaving those ports open to settling dust from the air is a disaster. Oh, and DON'T give in to temptation and touch the blades with a finger to 'see if they spin' or whatever. Skin grease, you'll never achieve good vacuum, without giving the pump a serious cleaning with solvents in a vapor phase tank.
Also, what? You are donating one to your university? Why? They have way more money than you. Are those two turbos near identical? You really should keep both, one as a spare. Or are you not aware that it's very easy to kill a turbo with silly sequencing mistakes as you get familiar with vacuum system operation? Google turbo blade crash images, if you didn't know.
Ditto the quadrupole. If it's just a bare unit sans the entire system it came from, there is near zero chance anyone is ever going to actually use it for anything.QuoteFor the rest, I have many plans! DIY mass spectrometry, physical vapor deposition, DIY electron valves, and so on! Having a proper ultrahigh vacuum system opens so many doors.
Re the first one, mass spectrometry, your chances are better if you set up a watch on your uni's chemistry lab dumpsters. Universities tend to just throw those incredibly expensive systems out and buy new ones regularly. Like the HP 5973 mass selective detector I have. Put out in the rain at Monash uni Chem Dept. when they upgraded. Unfortunately minus the controlling PC, software and HP-IB card, and matching gas chromatography unit, which I was told were simply discarded at different times, dammit. My chances of ever getting it going are very slim.
I've been exploited by local seller (...)
I've been exploited by local seller (...)'nuff said. The tipping point for me are threats of divorce.
Nice iron, though.