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m k:

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--- Quote from: xrunner on July 15, 2022, 06:02:24 pm ---
--- Quote from: bd139 on July 15, 2022, 05:56:37 pm ---That looks excellent. Nice job  :-+

Also thanks for noting the existence of clear laser printer labels. I had no idea they existed!

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Thanks. I didn't know either but I got them last year from an Ebay seller for a project in another hobby. I wish knew the original supplier name but all I got was a paper mail pack with 10 sheets in it (no manufacturer name). But yea it's a good thing to have in your tool chest, regarding restorations anyway.

I actually ran that sheet through the laser printer more than once and it didn't harm it.


--- Quote from: Cubdriver on July 15, 2022, 05:59:48 pm ---xrunner, that looks great!  Beautifully done.  Mine is in acceptable shape, but I'll keep the label offer in mind should the need arise in the future - thanks!

-Pat

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I'll keep them in my hp spares box here.  :-+

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Looks like you can get them for inkjets too, and they aren't expensive. The durability of the print may be a different matter however... though I suppose you could always put an extra layer of clear over the top to laminate it.

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Or do a mirror image and add adhesive on top of it.

m k:

--- Quote from: Robert763 on July 15, 2022, 06:09:21 pm ---Just done something really stupid and no it wasn't a TE purchase.
Went into workshop to continue work on a project. I had "borrowed" the IEC lead from the METCAL to power something last night because it was handy. So today I plugged it in and then went to change the bit, It had been off all night so I didn't bother with the silicone pad. Yes, the damm power button was in and the bits get hot very quick. I now have 1" long blisters on my thumb and forefinger and a 1/4" one on the second finger  :palm:
Yes, correct first aid and aloe vera gel was applied but I still feel like a right twit and it still hurts...

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I've used a Pace desoldering iron professionally so I've had a contact with that screw.
Yet never grabbed a falling iron.

It's sort of amazing how long that much hurting sensation remains unknown.

m k:

--- Quote from: bd139 on July 15, 2022, 06:58:07 pm ---
--- Quote from: Cerebus on July 15, 2022, 06:56:50 pm ---
--- Quote from: bd139 on July 15, 2022, 08:01:39 am ---
--- Quote from: bd139 on July 15, 2022, 07:01:11 am ---Have opened a case with the seller of the original part now. Their service and communications are terrible so I’m just claiming it back via eBay now. They’re disinterested in dealing with it or sending another part out and are pushing back asking to give it another couple of days after it has been missing for two weeks now on a RM 24h delivery I paid for. So screw them. User test-equip forget it. Shame because they have a lot of tek and HP parts.

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Replying to self - eBay decided in favour of me almost instantly. Refund on the way. Good job as always  :-+

Discovered recently that due to the chip shortage, the availability of shit Arduino clones is pretty bad and the prices have gone through the roof. Considering buying the last decent "on device programmable microcontroller and electric swiss army knife" at the moment, the BBC Micro  :-DD. That and the user and printer ports give you a 6522 VIA worth of IO to play with, BASIC, assembly support and decent documentation...

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Plenty of STM32F401 Black Pill boards around at around the £5 mark.

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Yeah but I’m not inclined to punch myself in the balls arguing with the tool chain for them  :-DD

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Can't you just upload self made binaries?

Cerebus:

--- Quote from: Brumby on July 15, 2022, 02:18:00 pm ---Getting solar now has my attention .... if I can get myself motivated to dive in.  Two storey freestanding house with roof orientation and pitch within 2º of ideal for a fixed installation, plus it's a gable roof, so a nice rectangular area available, with only a solar hot water panel to work around.  Afternoon shading from a spectacular Jacaranda in my front yard is a nuisance, but the wife loves that tree.  I can't get too gung-ho about trimming that as there is an absolutely massive gum tree across the road that I can't touch that will also shade things.  Microinverters feel like the appropriate direction, but that's just one of a couple of significant decisions that will require some homework.

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I've sure that your friends here could *ahem* find a way to ameliorate the problem. There are a range of solutions available:


* The German solution, where the tree gets accelerated up off to Valhalla by chemical propellants, brisance varying from none to "Oh shit".
* The New York farmboy solution where they discover too late that an over-engined, over-weight vehicle really does only go in straight lines. (Will require assistant to "hold mah beer")
* The mid New York solution where they get accidentally covered in non-breathing, impervious blue paint while re-painting TE cases.
* The English solution, where I talk them to death.
 >:D

Robert763:
And just because I don't need another 51/2 digit DMM I just had a offer on a Keithley 199 System DMM accepted...
The 199 is a smaller highspeed "brown" Keithley with large LED display.

TE incoming........

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