Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread

[mnementh]

Thanks for your answer. 
Yes, the knob is made of Bakelite and I found one in the US. Shipping costs are really a PITA.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/123832283457

Is that the one you ordered for your 3460A? As it's nearly double the size of the original and is usually found as the main range selector on the VTVM's.

David

P.S. Here are the modifications for the H04-3460A version, they added 11 pages to the inside cover of the 3460A manual.

Argh! those damned Inch units!   

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mnem
 

[mnementh]

Why 8 casters? And is that a gas valve you're messing with?     I'm glad you're in Texas so the explosion will be just a whimper here.   

Because 4 wasn't enough. But there will be spares.  Yes.   Don't make me come up there!!!
mnem
*Cryptic-ily*

[BU508A]

@mnem

[GreyWoolfe]

Grey hair!
Who has hair?!

When it starts growing out of your ears more than on top take what you can get 

Mrs GreyWoolfe absolutely loves to pluck my ear hair.  She has actually grabbed tweezers or needle nosed pliers off my workbench to yank them.  That sh!t hurts too!!  Yes, I let her do it because she takes care of me in other ways.   The way she enjoys grooming me reminds me of monkeys grooming each other in the jungle.  Thankfully still pretty good with hair on top.  It is thinning some but thankfully, no bald spots.

[mnementh]

@BU508A:



mnem
 

[med6753]

Grey hair!
Who has hair?!

When it starts growing out of your ears more than on top take what you can get 

Mrs GreyWoolfe absolutely loves to pluck my ear hair.  She has actually grabbed tweezers or needle nosed pliers off my workbench to yank them.  That sh!t hurts too!!  Yes, I let her do it because she takes care of me in other ways.   The way she enjoys grooming me reminds me of monkeys grooming each other in the jungle.  Thankfully still pretty good with hair on top.  It is thinning some but thankfully, no bald spots.

I still have a full head of hair too. No bald spots. Ear hair? Why does that shit grow more as you get older?  I have an ear hair trimmer that I use once a week to try to keep it at bay. 

[med6753]

Why 8 casters? And is that a gas valve you're messing with?     I'm glad you're in Texas so the explosion will be just a whimper here.   

Because 4 wasn't enough. But there will be spares.  Yes.   Don't make me come up there!!!
mnem
*Cryptic-ily*

[mnementh]

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mnem
 

[BU508A]

Mrs GreyWoolfe absolutely loves to pluck my ear hair.  She has actually grabbed tweezers or needle nosed pliers off my workbench to yank them.  That sh!t hurts too!!  Yes, I let her do it because she takes care of me in other ways.   The way she enjoys grooming me reminds me of monkeys grooming each other in the jungle.  Thankfully still pretty good with hair on top.  It is thinning some but thankfully, no bald spots.

Will please somebody stop this movie in my head? PLEAAAAASE.....     

 

[mnementh]

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No.

mnem
 

[med6753]

Mrs GreyWoolfe absolutely loves to pluck my ear hair.  She has actually grabbed tweezers or needle nosed pliers off my workbench to yank them.  That sh!t hurts too!!  Yes, I let her do it because she takes care of me in other ways.   The way she enjoys grooming me reminds me of monkeys grooming each other in the jungle.  Thankfully still pretty good with hair on top.  It is thinning some but thankfully, no bald spots.

Will please somebody stop this movie in my head? PLEAAAAASE.....     

 

 

[bd139]

Turn my head for a few hours and it's gone from extraneous hair to monacles to martians to monkeys now. I expect flinging poo next 

[med6753]

Turn my head for a few hours and it's gone from extraneous hair to monacles to martians to monkeys now. I expect flinging poo next 

[bd139]

LMAO I’ll never get tired of that one.

[mnementh]

mnem
NEVER gets old... 

[bd139]

LMAO.

Last off topic post for me ... this one always makes me piss myself laughing (contains swearing):

[BU508A]

Do you guys have the fantiest idea, how much episodes of The Waltons / The Brady Bunch / Star Trek:TNG I have to watch to get rid of all these pictures in my head?      


 

[mnementh]

Just for BU508A... Are you feelin' tha' love...?

mnem
Nudge-nudge... wink-wink... say no more.

[med6753]

As suggested by Specmaster. And a damn good suggestion it was. And here's the results. A folding side table on the scope cart (trolley). I was somewhat limited in how large I could make it but it does accommodate a typical manual. But a little problematic if it has fold-outs. 

[Mr. Scram]

Turn my head for a few hours and it's gone from extraneous hair to monacles to martians to monkeys now. I expect flinging poo next 

We already did the poo thing a few pages back.

[mnementh]

And Now For Something Completely... ON-TOPIC!!!



mnem
It had to happen sooner or later.

[factory]

[snip]
also seems odd that hp used a bliley crystal.  have never seen one in an hp counter other than this one (maybe they were just hidden behind hp part numbers?)

It's probably not very clear from this picture in the 5221A/5321A manual but it looks like the optional time base used a Bliley crystal too.



David

[factory]

And Now For Something Completely... ON-TOPIC!!!



mnem
It had to happen sooner or later.

So which came first, the Sprague Yellow Jacket capacitors or the company that makes those gauges?



David

P.S. How long will it be before your looking for one of these to check that gauge against?

[med6753]

David

P.S. How long will it be before your looking for one of these to check that gauge against?

No, the bigger question is how long before he blows himself up? 

[bitseeker]

As suggested by Specmaster. And a damn good suggestion it was. And here's the results. A folding side table on the scope cart (trolley). I was somewhat limited in how large I could make it but it does accommodate a typical manual. But a little problematic if it has fold-outs. 

That folding side table is mighty hefty. Awesome!