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Re: Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread
« Reply #65200 on: August 02, 2020, 05:27:08 pm »
I’d just like to drop a fuck you in here to oscillators. Especially ones that worked absolutely fine yesterday but not today  >:(

Need that bloody function generator to check the phase shifts and loop gain. But nope thanks UPS for fucking that up.
 

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Re: Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread
« Reply #65201 on: August 02, 2020, 05:37:20 pm »
I’d just like to drop a fuck you in here to oscillators. Especially ones that worked absolutely fine yesterday but not today  >:(

Just build an amplifier, guaranteed success!
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Re: Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread
« Reply #65202 on: August 02, 2020, 05:39:33 pm »
And there was another brand I can't remember now with a square of skin big enough to identify as pig, hairs included. *blerk*

What? You asked for dead pig, you got dead pig - where's the problem.  :)

At least it wasn't chittlin's.




It was supposed to be a chicken pot pie.  :P

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At least it wasn't rabbit.  >:D

OK, I think you might just have a legitimate gripe there.  :)
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Re: Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread
« Reply #65203 on: August 02, 2020, 05:42:14 pm »
I’d just like to drop a fuck you in here to oscillators. Especially ones that worked absolutely fine yesterday but not today  >:(

Just build an amplifier, guaranteed success!

So true.
 
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Re: Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread
« Reply #65204 on: August 02, 2020, 06:01:32 pm »
I’d just like to drop a fuck you in here to oscillators. Especially ones that worked absolutely fine yesterday but not today  >:(

Just build an amplifier, guaranteed success!

You beat me to it.
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Re: Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread
« Reply #65205 on: August 02, 2020, 06:23:53 pm »
I'm a firm believer in doing burn-in's after a repair, especially on vintage equipment. Case in point: The Type 3A74 Vertical plug-in after about 2 hours started going unstable on the channel 1 trigger again. And eventually would not trigger at all. So back on the plug-in extension.

See schematic. The trigger signal dropped out at the emitter/base junction of Q503 and Q504. Turns out R502 (160K) was drifting high and a shot of freeze spray restored SOME trigger. So it was replaced. Now had trigger....sometimes. That turned out to be Channel 1 trigger DC level pot bottomed out. I never touched it. Phantom Gorilla's. Adjusted pot and now trigger is absolutely stable. And just for giggles I re-installed the old Q504 and yep, it's bad. So there's an NTE160 in it's place. 

If it passes a few burn-in's this plug-in will be complete.

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Re: Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread
« Reply #65206 on: August 02, 2020, 06:24:59 pm »
This weeks installment of toolpr0n for you: connector contact insertion and removal tools (a small assortment of)
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Lower part on the first pic are all Mil-listed, upper part around half. This is a field which is likely to rub the inadequacy of one's kit right under your nose. Wayyyy to go until I am able to handle just all of those connectors which I have already encountered, and just more so if I include all those which I am likely to encounter.
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Re: Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread
« Reply #65207 on: August 02, 2020, 06:27:30 pm »
That is a nice kit. Want.  ;D
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Re: Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread
« Reply #65208 on: August 02, 2020, 06:32:18 pm »
This weeks installment of toolpr0n for you: connector contact insertion and removal tools (a small assortment of)

This is an area where the hunt for completeness will kill you. I admire the effort.

And here I thought I was a crazy man for owning 6 torque wrenches.

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Re: Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread
« Reply #65209 on: August 02, 2020, 06:40:49 pm »
What's the trick to get a module out of the frame if the handle is broken?
I did use the following trick, which is applicable if the remaining part of the lever is visible and functional:
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No such luck here.. But, it nevertheless is inspiring.

Just as we were mentioning it, I had a go at trying to use it, mostly for fun, not expecting any sensible results. And all of a sudden it starts to work! I trust it as long as a 200dlb gorilla can throw it, but it helped me verify my project, since results correlate. Hey ho.

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Re: Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread
« Reply #65210 on: August 02, 2020, 06:44:10 pm »
And there was another brand I can't remember now with a square of skin big enough to identify as pig, hairs included. *blerk*

What? You asked for dead pig, you got dead pig - where's the problem.  :)

At least it wasn't chittlin's.
Disgusting, but at least not as bad as shot in wild fowl dishes. Especially since that thrice-damned steel shot. Broke a tooth on a single #7 or #8 pellet in a partridge confit.
 

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Re: Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread
« Reply #65211 on: August 02, 2020, 06:53:28 pm »
And there was another brand I can't remember now with a square of skin big enough to identify as pig, hairs included. *blerk*

What? You asked for dead pig, you got dead pig - where's the problem.  :)

At least it wasn't chittlin's.
Disgusting, but at least not as bad as shot in wild fowl dishes. Especially since that thrice-damned steel shot. Broke a tooth on a single #7 or #8 pellet in a partridge confit.

There's really no excuse for this nowadays is there? Now they're using steel shot it's easy enough to detect electrically. Most commercial food factories have magnetic/inductive sensing to make sure that a nut or washer off the machinery hasn't made its way into the product. Surely that can be repurposed for game?
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Re: Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread
« Reply #65212 on: August 02, 2020, 06:56:17 pm »
This weeks installment of toolpr0n for you: connector contact insertion and removal tools (a small assortment of)
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Lower part on the first pic are all Mil-listed, upper part around half. This is a field which is likely to rub the inadequacy of one's kit right under your nose. Wayyyy to go until I am able to handle just all of those connectors which I have already encountered, and just more so if I include all those which I am likely to encounter.

Having had to professionally purchase some of that tackle in the past I shudder at what that tool case represents in "new replacement cost" real money.
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Re: Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread
« Reply #65213 on: August 02, 2020, 07:02:39 pm »
This weeks installment of toolpr0n for you: connector contact insertion and removal tools (a small assortment of)
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Lower part on the first pic are all Mil-listed, upper part around half. This is a field which is likely to rub the inadequacy of one's kit right under your nose. Wayyyy to go until I am able to handle just all of those connectors which I have already encountered, and just more so if I include all those which I am likely to encounter.

Having had to professionally purchase some of that tackle in the past I shudder at what that tool case represents in "new replacement cost" real money.
Indeed. And aquisition was not exactly free. It is about 1/3 regular purchases, 1/3 surplus and ebay and the remainder found/migrated/contributed by others.
 

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Re: Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread
« Reply #65214 on: August 02, 2020, 07:08:12 pm »
This weeks installment of toolpr0n for you: connector contact insertion and removal tools (a small assortment of)

This is an area where the hunt for completeness will kill you. I admire the effort.

And here I thought I was a crazy man for owning 6 torque wrenches.
Huh. Where is the craziness here if the coaxial connectors already make at least  4 different ones necessary (N/SMA(steel)/SMA/SMC)? And I would not want to be without a spare for SMA.
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Re: Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread
« Reply #65215 on: August 02, 2020, 07:09:20 pm »
And there was another brand I can't remember now with a square of skin big enough to identify as pig, hairs included. *blerk*

What? You asked for dead pig, you got dead pig - where's the problem.  :)

At least it wasn't chittlin's.
Disgusting, but at least not as bad as shot in wild fowl dishes. Especially since that thrice-damned steel shot. Broke a tooth on a single #7 or #8 pellet in a partridge confit.

There's really no excuse for this nowadays is there? Now they're using steel shot it's easy enough to detect electrically. Most commercial food factories have magnetic/inductive sensing to make sure that a nut or washer off the machinery hasn't made its way into the product. Surely that can be repurposed for game?

A major point about game is that there is no factory.

If you buy a game fowl, there has to be shot in it, somewhere vital.
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Re: Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread
« Reply #65216 on: August 02, 2020, 07:19:06 pm »
This weeks installment of toolpr0n for you: connector contact insertion and removal tools (a small assortment of)

Lower part on the first pic are all Mil-listed, upper part around half. This is a field which is likely to rub the inadequacy of one's kit right under your nose. Wayyyy to go until I am able to handle just all of those connectors which I have already encountered, and just more so if I include all those which I am likely to encounter.

Having had to professionally purchase some of that tackle in the past I shudder at what that tool case represents in "new replacement cost" real money.
Indeed. And aquisition was not exactly free. It is about 1/3 regular purchases, 1/3 surplus and ebay and the remainder found/migrated/contributed by others.

Yeeowwch! Nice collection of roach clips; you've got one for every popular variety and some of the more esoteric buds, I'll wager.  :-DD

No, seriously... that's a habit that'll eat you out of grocery money almost as fast as photography... Can't count how many times I've wished for ones not in my little Cheap China kit, or had to spend umpty minutes bending/Dremeling a bit of sheet-metal or tubing to make "something that works" without buggering up a connector too bad.

More power tooya, my friend!  :-+

If you're feeling really generous to the community... some close-up pics with mic'd-out dimensions would be a huge contribution. Even if it's just a few of the ones you've used most.

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Re: Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread
« Reply #65217 on: August 02, 2020, 07:25:56 pm »
Well, I was all set up to join the discord session last night and guess what, I fell asleep. It was so bloody hot last night in my small lab that I just dropped off to sleep. I had 3 fans switched on to cool the place down and still it was 33C in here  :wtf:. I'm guessing that the body just shut itself down to. Did I miss anything good?  :-DD :-DD
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Re: Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread
« Reply #65218 on: August 02, 2020, 07:28:37 pm »
I tooted.

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Re: Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread
« Reply #65219 on: August 02, 2020, 07:38:24 pm »
Well, I was all set up to join the discord session last night and guess what, I fell asleep. It was so bloody hot last night in my small lab that I just dropped off to sleep. I had 3 fans switched on to cool the place down and still it was 33C in here  :wtf:. I'm guessing that the body just shut itself down to. Did I miss anything good?  :-DD :-DD

In the chat were some people, e.g. bd139, but in the audio channel there were only four of us:
Saskia, ch_scr, BU508A and AVGresponding. But a lot of people left early, probably for being tired.

Perhaps next discord session, if the heat stays away.
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Re: Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread
« Reply #65220 on: August 02, 2020, 07:40:11 pm »
This weeks installment of toolpr0n for you: connector contact insertion and removal tools (a small assortment of)

Lower part on the first pic are all Mil-listed, upper part around half. This is a field which is likely to rub the inadequacy of one's kit right under your nose. Wayyyy to go until I am able to handle just all of those connectors which I have already encountered, and just more so if I include all those which I am likely to encounter.

Having had to professionally purchase some of that tackle in the past I shudder at what that tool case represents in "new replacement cost" real money.
Indeed. And aquisition was not exactly free. It is about 1/3 regular purchases, 1/3 surplus and ebay and the remainder found/migrated/contributed by others.


If you're feeling really generous to the community... some close-up pics with mic'd-out dimensions would be a huge contribution. Even if it's just a few of the ones you've used most.

Cheers,

mnem
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What for? All MIL tooling is well documented including drawings and can be retrieved at any time from the DLA's ASSIST database for free!
 

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Re: Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread
« Reply #65221 on: August 02, 2020, 07:41:41 pm »
Well, I was all set up to join the discord session last night and guess what, I fell asleep. It was so bloody hot last night in my small lab that I just dropped off to sleep. I had 3 fans switched on to cool the place down and still it was 33C in here  :wtf:. I'm guessing that the body just shut itself down to. Did I miss anything good?  :-DD :-DD

In the chat were some people, e.g. bd139, but in the audio channel there were only four of us:
Saskia, ch_scr, BU508A and AVGresponding. But a lot of people left early, probably for being tired.

Perhaps next discord session, if the heat stays away.
I was urgently and intensively occupied otherwise. Will attend next time, probably.
 
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Re: Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread
« Reply #65222 on: August 02, 2020, 07:41:59 pm »
And there was another brand I can't remember now with a square of skin big enough to identify as pig, hairs included. *blerk*

What? You asked for dead pig, you got dead pig - where's the problem.  :)

At least it wasn't chittlin's.
Disgusting, but at least not as bad as shot in wild fowl dishes. Especially since that thrice-damned steel shot. Broke a tooth on a single #7 or #8 pellet in a partridge confit.

There's really no excuse for this nowadays is there? Now they're using steel shot it's easy enough to detect electrically. Most commercial food factories have magnetic/inductive sensing to make sure that a nut or washer off the machinery hasn't made its way into the product. Surely that can be repurposed for game?

A major point about game is that there is no factory.

If you buy a game fowl, there has to be shot in it, somewhere vital.

Sure, there's no factory but the implicit point was "Why doesn't some repurpose that technology for game dealers/butchers?".

Is there a Ferengi in the house who'd like to take advantage of an apparent gap in the market?
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Re: Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread
« Reply #65223 on: August 02, 2020, 07:49:30 pm »
Well, I was all set up to join the discord session last night and guess what, I fell asleep. It was so bloody hot last night in my small lab that I just dropped off to sleep. I had 3 fans switched on to cool the place down and still it was 33C in here  :wtf:. I'm guessing that the body just shut itself down to. Did I miss anything good?  :-DD :-DD
That is commonly called a fan-assisted oven.
 
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Re: Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread
« Reply #65224 on: August 02, 2020, 07:52:21 pm »
This weeks installment of toolpr0n for you: connector contact insertion and removal tools (a small assortment of)

Lower part on the first pic are all Mil-listed, upper part around half. This is a field which is likely to rub the inadequacy of one's kit right under your nose. Wayyyy to go until I am able to handle just all of those connectors which I have already encountered, and just more so if I include all those which I am likely to encounter.

Having had to professionally purchase some of that tackle in the past I shudder at what that tool case represents in "new replacement cost" real money.
Indeed. And aquisition was not exactly free. It is about 1/3 regular purchases, 1/3 surplus and ebay and the remainder found/migrated/contributed by others.


If you're feeling really generous to the community... some close-up pics with mic'd-out dimensions would be a huge contribution. Even if it's just a few of the ones you've used most.

Cheers,

mnem
This spoo is not fresh.
What for? All MIL tooling is well documented including drawings and can be retrieved at any time from the DLA's ASSIST database for free!

I know. That database is more than a little difficult to navigate unless you already know what you're working on; I guess a learning opportunity...? See some of the weird connectors you've worked with, and how they come apart?

Like how I didn't realize the nature of the Tek tools I got from you until I had them in hand. ;)

mnem
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