Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread

[Specmaster]

Just drill them out and screw the cans back in?

No way am I going to do that and risk getting metal shavings everywhere. I'll do it only if it requires replacement of a defective unit....or the POS burns to cinders....whichever occurs first.   

Fuck HP. 

Just take steps to minimise the risk, like using a vacuum cleaner to suck the shavings out as you drill 

[med6753]

Just drill them out and screw the cans back in?

No way am I going to do that and risk getting metal shavings everywhere. I'll do it only if it requires replacement of a defective unit....or the POS burns to cinders....whichever occurs first.   

Fuck HP. 

Just take steps to minimise the risk, like using a vacuum cleaner to suck the shavings out as you drill 

Nope, I have something else in mind. Stay tuned. 

[med6753]

Wife says i need to play first with the toys i have now, before more is bought....
my excuse i also sell does not work anymore coz she has been in my cave 

And what lesson did you learn here? 

[bd139]

Get divorced ASAP 

[med6753]

Get divorced ASAP 

I wasn't suggesting anything that drastic but yes, that is the ultimate solution with guaranteed results. 

[tautech]

Just drill them out and screw the cans back in?

No way am I going to do that and risk getting metal shavings everywhere. I'll do it only if it requires replacement of a defective unit....or the POS burns to cinders....whichever occurs first.   

Fuck HP. 

Just take steps to minimise the risk, like using a vacuum cleaner to suck the shavings out as you drill 

Nope, I have something else in mind. Stay tuned. 

Grease/Vaseline ?

[med6753]

Just drill them out and screw the cans back in?

No way am I going to do that and risk getting metal shavings everywhere. I'll do it only if it requires replacement of a defective unit....or the POS burns to cinders....whichever occurs first.   

Fuck HP. 

Just take steps to minimise the risk, like using a vacuum cleaner to suck the shavings out as you drill 

Nope, I have something else in mind. Stay tuned. 

Grease/Vaseline ?

Patience my son. 

[tonyalbus]

Get divorced ASAP 

I wasn't suggesting anything that drastic but yes, that is the ultimate solution with guaranteed results. 

Think first i try to make the stairs more steep and scary...
but will keep all solutions in mind.. 

[med6753]

Get divorced ASAP 

I wasn't suggesting anything that drastic but yes, that is the ultimate solution with guaranteed results. 

Think first i try to make the stairs more steep and scary...
but will keep all solutions in mind.. 

Add some fake spiders and snakes for full effect. 

[tautech]

Just drill them out and screw the cans back in?

No way am I going to do that and risk getting metal shavings everywhere. I'll do it only if it requires replacement of a defective unit....or the POS burns to cinders....whichever occurs first.   

Fuck HP. 

Just take steps to minimise the risk, like using a vacuum cleaner to suck the shavings out as you drill 

Nope, I have something else in mind. Stay tuned. 

Grease/Vaseline ?

Patience my son. 

You make out like you're the only one with a bag fulla tricks but you not.   

[med6753]

Just drill them out and screw the cans back in?

No way am I going to do that and risk getting metal shavings everywhere. I'll do it only if it requires replacement of a defective unit....or the POS burns to cinders....whichever occurs first.   

Fuck HP. 

Just take steps to minimise the risk, like using a vacuum cleaner to suck the shavings out as you drill 

Nope, I have something else in mind. Stay tuned. 

Grease/Vaseline ?

Patience my son. 

You make out like you're the only one with a bag fulla tricks but you not.   

I wasn't suggesting that at all. I just want to make sure my idea is sound and not half assed first. 

[tautech]

Just drill them out and screw the cans back in?

No way am I going to do that and risk getting metal shavings everywhere. I'll do it only if it requires replacement of a defective unit....or the POS burns to cinders....whichever occurs first.   

Fuck HP. 

Just take steps to minimise the risk, like using a vacuum cleaner to suck the shavings out as you drill 

Nope, I have something else in mind. Stay tuned. 

Grease/Vaseline ?

Patience my son. 

You make out like you're the only one with a bag fulla tricks but you not.   

I wasn't suggesting that at all. I just want to make sure my idea is sound and not half assed first. 

Nutthing to do with blue paint is it ? 

[med6753]

Just drill them out and screw the cans back in?

No way am I going to do that and risk getting metal shavings everywhere. I'll do it only if it requires replacement of a defective unit....or the POS burns to cinders....whichever occurs first.   

Fuck HP. 

Just take steps to minimise the risk, like using a vacuum cleaner to suck the shavings out as you drill 

Nope, I have something else in mind. Stay tuned. 

Grease/Vaseline ?

Patience my son. 

You make out like you're the only one with a bag fulla tricks but you not.   

I wasn't suggesting that at all. I just want to make sure my idea is sound and not half assed first. 

Nutthing to do with blue paint is it ? 

  Go away. Haven't you got some sheep to chase? 

[tautech]

C'mon med, spill the beans......my  is getting low !

[AVGresponding]

   

I suspect that may be the exact use case for which Tek designed the big one in this set I got from Neomys Sapiens; it's 300mm long. 

mnem
I have 30cm and I know how to handle it. 


Oh man. I wish I had that set. I used an insulated Wera screwdriver to help me manipulate it from a safe distance. If I had had a large noninductive tool it probably would have made the adjustments a lot easier to see too.

This seems a prime candidate for 3DP.

Just drill them out and screw the cans back in?

No way am I going to do that and risk getting metal shavings everywhere. I'll do it only if it requires replacement of a defective unit....or the POS burns to cinders....whichever occurs first.   

Fuck HP. 

Just take steps to minimise the risk, like using a vacuum cleaner to suck the shavings out as you drill 

Nope, I have something else in mind. Stay tuned. 

Grease/Vaseline ?

A vac is what I was going to suggest, and you can make a custom nozzle with card to get it small and high flow very close to your drill site.

I'd advise against vaseline for anything other than really low speed stuff as it's likely to melt and provide zero help. General purpose lithium grease is ok for low speed stuff, but high speed it'll throw swarf off with the centripetal forces.

EDIT: You can use a neodiddelyum magnet on ferrous stuff, but rivets are usually aluminium in my experience.

[med6753]

C'mon med, spill the beans......my  is getting low !

Nope, not until I confirm a few things. 

[tautech]

Just drill them out and screw the cans back in?

No way am I going to do that and risk getting metal shavings everywhere. I'll do it only if it requires replacement of a defective unit....or the POS burns to cinders....whichever occurs first.   

Fuck HP. 

Just take steps to minimise the risk, like using a vacuum cleaner to suck the shavings out as you drill 

Nope, I have something else in mind. Stay tuned. 

Grease/Vaseline ?

A vac is what I was going to suggest, and you can make a custom nozzle with card to get it small and high flow very close to your drill site.

I'd advise against vaseline for anything other than really low speed stuff as it's likely to melt and provide zero help. General purpose lithium grease is ok for low speed stuff, but high speed it'll throw swarf off with the centripetal forces.

Yeah sure but they're itty bitty rivets so with care heat shouldn't be an issue.

[tautech]

See ya'll on Discord in the morning. 

[Robert763]

C'mon med, spill the beans......my  is getting low !

Nope, not until I confirm a few things. 

Well the bigger cans are normally mounted on a paxolin plate that is rivitted to the chassis and the cans attached with lugs twisted over the slot in the paxolin. So I'd straighen the lugs. pull the can off, gut and stuff it and push back on.

[nixiefreqq]

C'mon med, spill the beans......my  is getting low !

Nope, not until I confirm a few things. 

never be daunted! 

(at least not by a couple of pissy little rivets)

used to see the GI's drill thru toothpaste.  (but if it recall that was when drilling asbestos tile.  a quick wipe after with a damp paper towel and then double bag.  but they had to turn it in to the garrision safety officer as hazardous waste).

[bd139]

Fluke 8060A recap done. Caps were evidently knackered on this as the display took a couple of seconds to fade into existence on startup thus stressing the ICL7660 in there. Fixed now. A common failure point is also these leaking on 8060A's and eating the board as well. So they're gone.

First cap victory...



Little chonkers nestling in there post-assembly



Clean clean and clean some more. No trace of any flux must be left after doing this lest you suffer from non-zero offsets, weird non-linearities and increasing baldness due to head scratching.



Bingo - still works 



Lined up awaiting execution by power supply



One project ticked off. Need to check and refurb the probes next. I think they are a write off though as the tips are completely rounded off.

[McBryce]

Can you list what values they are, so that I can order them before removing the old ones from the board?


McBryce.

[bd139]

100uf 6.3v x5
10uF 16v x2
47uF 16v x1
22uF 16v x1

All need to be low profile <8mm long. 10uF ones need to be <= 5mm diameter.

Check yours is the same though before hand as there are a few variants with different configurations.

[mnementh]

Wife says i need to play first with the toys i have now, before more is bought....  my excuse i also sell does not work anymore coz she has been in my cave 

And what lesson did you learn here? 

That's right... now repeat after me...

"Always build your Evil Lair in a pocket dimension to which only you have access."   

mnem
Or at least in a deep foreboding cave, on an island in an underground lake full of piranhas... nasty little bitey ones...   This IS the 21st century, for Ifni's sake.

[bd139]

Well that was most disappointing. I blew up all of the capacitors and was greeted maximally with a “pfft” and that was it. No booms.