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[nanofrog]

Unfortunately, I come last on the Christmas list.  The 4 grandkids come first, the 3 children and their spouses 2nd and I come 3rd.  At least I rank above the dogs  .  They just get stocking stuffers.  With cash flow being limited for the list, I am trying not to push things too far.  Besides, I am sure that the 957 is way better than the Yihua 858D that I currently have.  The 957 is $81.99 without tips at Newark/Element 14 and I have tips that I bought for the 858D that should fit.  She actually mentioned the printer herself, that's an upgrade that both of us will use and be a tax write off as a business expense for her.

Understandable.

FWIW, I usually ask for cash and add what's needed to get the item I'm after (my family's clueless in regard to anything T&M related). The only electronics they're interested in are HDTV's and gaming consoles.

[GreyWoolfe]

FWIW, I usually ask for cash and add what's needed to get the item I'm after (my family's clueless in regard to anything T&M related). The only electronics they're interested in are HDTV's and gaming consoles.

I have tried the cash route in the past but she doesn't like it, she says too impersonal.  She gives the kids cash, she won't do it with me.  I simply put bookmarks for what I want on her computer.  She has given me many funny looks and a couple of 'really?'s but I get what I ask for.  She doesn't understand either but that's OK.

[shteii01]

Just arrived from England.

[mtdoc]

Cheap-ass air compressor. Wanted a light, small footprint compressor for my lab. Tired of hauling my 6 gallon pancake compressor from my garage shop. $40 at Harbor Freight.   We'll see how it holds up...

[nanofrog]

Cheap-ass air compressor. Wanted a light, small footprint compressor for my lab. Tired of hauling my 6 gallon pancake compressor from my garage shop. $40 at Harbor Freight.   We'll see how it holds up...

Great price for occasional use, but what about the noise level?

[Cubdriver]

Cheap-ass air compressor. Wanted a light, small footprint compressor for my lab. Tired of hauling my 6 gallon pancake compressor from my garage shop. $40 at Harbor Freight.   We'll see how it holds up...

Great price for occasional use, but what about the noise level?

Looks like an oilless direct drive diaphragm compressor, so likely around carrier-flight-deck-during-launch noise levels if previous experience with the breed is any indication.  Still, pressluft is handy and if it's only fired up occasionally it should be tolerable.

-Pat

[mtdoc]

Yeah, it's loud.  It's also slow - only 1/3 HP - draws about 175 watts.     I think I'll keep it pressured up and see how often it needs to cycle to keep the tank full - would not want to have to wait for it to fill and listen to the loud whine when I need air.   One advantage of the low power is that I can run it off a cheap 12V inverter for car use. 

[Cubdriver]

I ordered some pilot's operating handbooks for a few of my things.  Have one coming for the Fluke 8400A, the NLS meter I recently got, the Honeywell 620 from a year or two ago and a Triplett 8035 that's been in the queue for probably two years now (it's a little three digit meter with 7 segment VFD tubes).

-Pat

[Cubdriver]

Yeah, it's loud.  It's also slow - only 1/3 HP - draws about 175 watts.    I think I'll keep it pressured up and see how often it needs to cycle to keep the tank full - would not want to have to wait for it to fill and listen to the loud whine when I need air.   One advantage of the low power is that I can run it off a cheap 12V inverter for car use.

That'll last till the first time it needs to refill at three in the morning!  

I have a Makita MAC700 (an oil type reciprocating compressor); it's really quiet for a compressor.  I was using it to run a small flooring nailer for some work I'm doing on the house, and forgot to shut it off once.  It came to life in the dead quiet of the night about a day later when I was sound asleep,    and I nearly levitated into the ceiling when it did so.  Making sure that it's turned off is now part of the done-with-work checklist.

Just something to keep in mind...   

-Pat

[GreyWoolfe]

Yeah, it's loud.  It's also slow - only 1/3 HP - draws about 175 watts.    I think I'll keep it pressured up and see how often it needs to cycle to keep the tank full - would not want to have to wait for it to fill and listen to the loud whine when I need air.   One advantage of the low power is that I can run it off a cheap 12V inverter for car use.

That'll last till the first time it needs to refill at three in the morning!  

I have a Makita MAC700 (an oil type reciprocating compressor); it's really quiet for a compressor.  I was using it to run a small flooring nailer for some work I'm doing on the house, and forgot to shut it off once.  It came to life in the dead quiet of the night about a day later when I was sound asleep,    and I nearly levitated into the ceiling when it did so.  Making sure that it's turned off is now part of the done-with-work checklist.

Just something to keep in mind...   

-Pat

Glad to see I'm not the only one to do something like that.  I left my HF compressor on in the garage, which is the opposite wall of the master bath/closet.  Same thing, went off in the middle of the night.  Boy, was SWMBO hacked.  Once was enough, I double check now.

[Cubdriver]

Glad to see I'm not the only one to do something like that.  I left my HF compressor on in the garage, which is the opposite wall of the master bath/closet.  Same thing, went off in the middle of the night. Boy, was SWMBO hacked.  Once was enough, I double check now.

 

I can well imagine you half asleep and being beaten on!  Definitely a rude awakening!

-Pat

[rx8pilot]

Cheap-ass air compressor. Wanted a light, small footprint compressor for my lab. Tired of hauling my 6 gallon pancake compressor from my garage shop. $40 at Harbor Freight.   We'll see how it holds up...

My personal favorite for small, very quiet, cheap, compressed air.....just purchased 3 of these. $135 each. Now I have a total of 4 of them. The first one has quite a few running hours and still going strong all day, every day. Literally, 7 days/week cycling around 20-30 times per day for around 3 years. Not bad for $135 and being quiet all along.

 

[BU508A]

Still, pressluft is handy and if it's only fired up occasionally it should be tolerable.

Oh, nice.  Didn't know, that the german word "Pressluft" made it into the (american) english language. 

[Brumby]

My personal favorite for small, very quiet, cheap, compressed air.....just purchased 3 of these. $135 each.

Hmmm.... I wonder why ........... ?   

[Cubdriver]

Still, pressluft is handy and if it's only fired up occasionally it should be tolerable.

Oh, nice.  Didn't know, that the german word "Pressluft" made it into the (american) english language. 

I can't say that it really has, I just picked it up years ago.  In the early/mid 90s I worked for a company that was based in Liechtenstein (Bal-Tec, spun off from Balzers), and between manuals printed in German, English and French and the fact that we usually got manuals for new instruments in German months before we got anything in English (there's a funny story with one of those and an early translation program, but that's a tale for another time...), I learned to puzzle some bits and pieces of German out.  That's one of several that have stayed with me.

-Pat

[gamalot]

I found these Knipex precision wire strippers for around half the usual going rate on eBay, ordered one (smaller 12 12 02 model) because I was getting frustrated at manually stripping PTFE wire since the normal $20 jobbies from Jaycar/Bunnings wasn't cutting it....literally. 

No affiliation with the seller. Don't forget to use code "P5OZZIE" for 5% off eBay Australia, hope this helps a fellow Aussie out there.

eBay auction: #263328629991

Anyone have any experience with these models? The replacement blades look pretty expensive, maybe I should buy another spare set from this seller...

Thank you for sharing this information, I got mine today, together with a free multi-purpose tool (what do you guys call it in English?)

[McBryce]

I found these Knipex precision wire strippers for around half the usual going rate on eBay, ordered one (smaller 12 12 02 model) because I was getting frustrated at manually stripping PTFE wire since the normal $20 jobbies from Jaycar/Bunnings wasn't cutting it....literally. 

No affiliation with the seller. Don't forget to use code "P5OZZIE" for 5% off eBay Australia, hope this helps a fellow Aussie out there.

eBay auction: #263328629991

Anyone have any experience with these models? The replacement blades look pretty expensive, maybe I should buy another spare set from this seller...

Thank you for sharing this information, I got mine today, together with a free multi-purpose tool (what do you guys call it in English?)

The English for that is "Useless piece of junk"
Well actually it's a credit card sized multi-tool, but the first phrase describes it adequately.

McBryce.

[bitseeker]

My personal favorite for small, very quiet, cheap, compressed air.....just purchased 3 of these. $135 each. Now I have a total of 4 of them. The first one has quite a few running hours and still going strong all day, every day. Literally, 7 days/week cycling around 20-30 times per day for around 3 years. Not bad for $135 and being quiet all along.

Ah, I see they're on sale. How well do they hold up being oil-free?

[Specmaster]

I had to buy one of these today because our old one decided to break today, not what I was hoping to buy, rather thought I might have found a decent bench or handheld DMM in the black friday sales but nothing doing, oh well.. 

[GreyWoolfe]

Glad to see I'm not the only one to do something like that.  I left my HF compressor on in the garage, which is the opposite wall of the master bath/closet.  Same thing, went off in the middle of the night. Boy, was SWMBO hacked.  Once was enough, I double check now.

 

I can well imagine you half asleep and being beaten on!  Definitely a rude awakening!

-Pat

By the time she was done, this was me 

[mtdoc]

Yeah, it's loud.  It's also slow - only 1/3 HP - draws about 175 watts.    I think I'll keep it pressured up and see how often it needs to cycle to keep the tank full - would not want to have to wait for it to fill and listen to the loud whine when I need air.   One advantage of the low power is that I can run it off a cheap 12V inverter for car use.

That'll last till the first time it needs to refill at three in the morning!  

Yeah - fortunately my lab is in a basement utility room that is pretty well sound isolated from the rest of the house. With the compressor running you can only hear it in the unoccupied room directly above it  - and even there it is not too noticeable.

rx8pilot - those California Air Tool compressors look nice.  If it turns out the cheap Harbor Freight compressor is needing to run too much while I'm in the lab - I may relegate it to bicycles and occasional car tire use in our second garage and pick of one of those California Air Tool compressors.  At 1 hp - it must fill that 2 gal tank quickly!

[rx8pilot]

rx8pilot - those California Air Tool compressors look nice.  If it turns out the cheap Harbor Freight compressor is needing to run too much while I'm in the lab - I may relegate it to bicycles and occasional car tire use in our second garage and pick of one of those California Air Tool compressors.  At 1 hp - it must fill that 2 gal tank quickly!

I think the 1hp rating may be generous....but it does fill the 2gal quickly. I have a 7gal, 5.5gal, and 2 of the 2gal - all with the same pumps.

[tautech]

Fast internet. 

Yes I've known what I've been missing for some time with only 1.7Mb/s max at some ungodly hour. 
20-100 Kb/s at peak times has been a PITA for too long on ADSL 1. 

Point-point 5GHz microwave from a new ISP here in NZ.....Bluedoor.
https://bluedoor.nz/bluedoor-wireless/

Now they've not a lot of microwave sites but they're expanding their coverage so give them a yell to see if they can help you. Mine connects to their elevated site near Riverhead (NW Auckland) ~10 Km away.

Got the 30Mb/s plan and 10Mb/s up that will suit our needs just fine.
NO DATA CAP.......yeah ha. 
Might now get around to watching a few more of Dave's vids. 

The Vodafone salute for their piss poor ISP service is very soon coming their way. V V V V V 

[Specmaster]

Fast internet. 

Yes I've known what I've been missing for some time with only 1.7Mb/s max at some ungodly hour. 
20-100 Kb/s at peak times has been a PITA for too long on ADSL 1. 

Point-point 5GHz microwave from a new ISP here in NZ.....Bluedoor.
https://bluedoor.nz/bluedoor-wireless/

Now they've not a lot of microwave sites but they're expanding their coverage so give them a yell to see if they can help you. Mine connects to their elevated site near Riverhead (NW Auckland) ~10 Km away.

Got the 30Mb/s plan and 10Mb/s up that will suit our needs just fine.
NO DATA CAP.......yeah ha. 
Might now get around to watching a few more of Dave's vids. 

The Vodafone salute for their piss poor ISP service is very soon coming their way. V V V V V 

Good grief I thought you already had much faster services than that? I'm with Virgin and I get the UKs fastest service, 300Mb/s download and 12Mb/s upload with no capping. Problem is though you can only use that speed of the server you connect to is capable of it and many are not.

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[tautech]

Good grief I thought you already had much faster services than that? I'm with Virgin and I get the UKs fastest service, 300Mb/s download and 12Mb/s upload with no capping. Problem is though you can only use that speed of the server you connect to is capable of it and many are not.

Many in the cities here do but go 20 minutes out like we are and it's pot luck based on what services pass your gate.
The politics of copper charges have affected the rollout of better services and while we've been patient for years the pressure from 'er indoor's was getting too much to hold out much longer.