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Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread
Cerebus:
--- Quote from: Specmaster on July 07, 2022, 07:57:04 am ---Currently, sitting here waiting for the workmen to arrive. We are having the bathroom refitted and were told that they would be with us this morning at 8.00AM, now 8.54AM and still sign of them. The job is supposed to take upto 2 weeks, thinking of taking friendly bets on the completion date :palm:
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Before placing any bets: Are the builders (1) Native English ("Normal for Essex"), (2) Native English, or (3) Polish?
bd139:
--- Quote from: Cerebus on July 07, 2022, 09:46:03 am ---
--- Quote from: Specmaster on July 07, 2022, 07:57:04 am ---Currently, sitting here waiting for the workmen to arrive. We are having the bathroom refitted and were told that they would be with us this morning at 8.00AM, now 8.54AM and still sign of them. The job is supposed to take upto 2 weeks, thinking of taking friendly bets on the completion date :palm:
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Before placing any bets: Are the builders (1) Native English, or (2) Polish?
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If they are English then it'll take 4 weeks due to the lateness, slacking and tea breaks.
med6753:
--- Quote from: bd139 on July 07, 2022, 09:43:30 am ---
--- Quote from: med6753 on July 07, 2022, 09:34:10 am ---
--- Quote from: bd139 on July 07, 2022, 07:42:44 am ---Good write up as always :-+
Might have to refurb this 465B yet. Still waiting for that IC to turn up. Hopefully today. If it checks out I’ll do a full clean and cal on it and sorted.
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I didn't know yours had a bad IC. That must of happen when I was on vacation. I have a 465B parts mule and I would have given you the IC for cost of shipping only.
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Yeah was a few days back. Details here:
discovery: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/test-equipment-anonymous-(tea)-group-therapy-thread/msg4268857/#msg4268857
workaround: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/test-equipment-anonymous-(tea)-group-therapy-thread/msg4268941/#msg4268941
first power up: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/test-equipment-anonymous-(tea)-group-therapy-thread/msg4268986/#msg4268986
Dang it :-DD. Paid £23 for a replacement NOS part here :-DD
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Yep, missed all that. I'm sure my parts mule has that IC. Oh well. :-//
Cerebus:
Right, off for a walk along the Kent coast near Dungeness. If I'm home particularly late I may be able to light my way with my own eerie blue glow.
ch_scr:
--- Quote from: Cerebus on July 07, 2022, 08:59:07 am ---
--- Quote from: mnementh on July 07, 2022, 12:49:07 am ---Condolences then. I'd rather drill screws through my feet than ever use that fustercluck again. Only app I ever found less intuitive than EagleCAD. :palm:
mnem
*cringe*
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Ah, so you've never used FreeCAD then? >:D
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I can't see, why the hate on FreeCAD? I use it regularly for over 4 years, so somewhat biased ::)
Every CAD tool has it's hooks and it has to fit towards the way you think. Naturally, not everyone can work with every tool, people don't think the same way - and if the tool is structured contrary to your internal workflow, you'll never get along. You'll have to use a different tool, better suited to the way you think, to get good results and not hurt yourself continually. People try to get started in Freecad (or any tool really) for a month and not get anywhere, fall into that category. Of course the other thing are people coming from different tools, that expect things to work in a specific way.
But I've seen and helped people getting started in Kicad and Freecad around me, and would not say getting started in one is much harder than the other. Like FreeCAD, there are people hating on Kicad because "all the buttons are in the wrong places" - IMHO, for the same reason, see above.
Yes, FreeCAD allows you to do things in different ways, and some of them will shoot you in the foot later. Sometimes there is only one good way. Part of the learning curve is to learn to design around that. Yes, it would be better for that not to be the case, but I need it today. IMHO it's still the best bet for a free CAD tool with a wide feature set. It get's the job done and for a free CAM tool there is no alternative AFAIK. At least none that's easier to use, or even on par feature-wise. That said, to construct a whole machine / device, I would not want to do it in FreeCAD. But for the odd 3d printed or 2.5d milled part? More than good enough!
Edit: Just checked, I've designed over 150 "odd parts" so far, mostly 3d printed. :wtf:
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