Samurai Delicatessen.
The Julia Child skit was awesome too, I remember it, all that blood.... SNL used to be extremely funny to watch then.
Then we had Uncle Roy the babysitter. OMG.... beyond funny, it couldn't be done today... absolutely, completely politically incorrect stuff.. but it was FUNNY.
VAX are long gone. So are the DEC-11 manuals. Imagine that we had to write own page swapping with the DEC.... I've never tried writing some FORTRAN for my Samsung Note... it might work, who knows? I'm sure it has a floating point processor somewhere in its ARM architecture.
I got sharpening guides for 15, 17 and 20 degrees.
The big Western Knives all go to 20, bi bevel.
The Chinese Big Cleaver. I've experimented. bi bevel at 17 degrees, it's awesome.
I did buy the Dayton Audio DSP-408 with the DSP-NRC Wired Remote Control.
I also ordered a pair of Dayton Audio Dayton Audio MKSX4 subwoofers, but that order is in some question.... they show them backordered but they took my money. We'll see what happens.
Those two are for attempting to do some bass waveforming in my office.
The Julia Child skit was awesome too, I remember it, all that blood.... SNL used to be extremely funny to watch then.
Then we had Uncle Roy the babysitter. OMG.... beyond funny, it couldn't be done today... absolutely, completely politically incorrect stuff.. but it was FUNNY.
VAX are long gone. So are the DEC-11 manuals. Imagine that we had to write own page swapping with the DEC.... I've never tried writing some FORTRAN for my Samsung Note... it might work, who knows? I'm sure it has a floating point processor somewhere in its ARM architecture.
I got sharpening guides for 15, 17 and 20 degrees.
The big Western Knives all go to 20, bi bevel.
The Chinese Big Cleaver. I've experimented. bi bevel at 17 degrees, it's awesome.
I did buy the Dayton Audio DSP-408 with the DSP-NRC Wired Remote Control.
I also ordered a pair of Dayton Audio Dayton Audio MKSX4 subwoofers, but that order is in some question.... they show them backordered but they took my money. We'll see what happens.
Those two are for attempting to do some bass waveforming in my office.
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Why an emulator wen a real vax is available ? I have a microvax 2000 used as a sideboard.
That's pretty neat! I remember using a laser printer that had its own MicroVAX to drive it; the VAX had a whole MB (or maybe even two?) of memory. It could output two pages per minute! Clearly you'd want to print at night....
Almost forgot: pictures, please, of the sideboard!
Almost forgot: pictures, please, of the sideboard!
Very cute! Does it have a digital tape (cartridge) drive up there at the top, or what is that?
This one was a stretch for me…at heart I am a relentless cheapskate.
I think it was a one time shot at owning a pair of Cube Audio F10 Neo to hear for myself. I paid less than 1/4 the price that Refined Audio asks before they charge you tax and shipping. I got free shipping 👍😎
They are OEM V1 pulls from a pair of Nenuphar that the owner decided to upgrade to V2.
I didn’t want to post until I got them safely in one piece and did a sound check. They are Monsters!!!
No pretty decals on the back…🤷♂️. Evidently Cube doesn’t bother with OEM units when they are putting speakers together.
Plus a little assembly snot dripped on the magnet.
I’ll have to clean it up and get me some big smiley face 😁stickers to slap on the magnets if they bother me in the open baffles I suppose.
I think it was a one time shot at owning a pair of Cube Audio F10 Neo to hear for myself. I paid less than 1/4 the price that Refined Audio asks before they charge you tax and shipping. I got free shipping 👍😎
They are OEM V1 pulls from a pair of Nenuphar that the owner decided to upgrade to V2.
I didn’t want to post until I got them safely in one piece and did a sound check. They are Monsters!!!
No pretty decals on the back…🤷♂️. Evidently Cube doesn’t bother with OEM units when they are putting speakers together.
Plus a little assembly snot dripped on the magnet.
I’ll have to clean it up and get me some big smiley face 😁stickers to slap on the magnets if they bother me in the open baffles I suppose.
Jan Würsten of FragJanZuerst in Germany sent me a pair of PP-trannies for EL84 (UL-ed). I had a pair but no UL-taps. Maybe a future project with 832s ...
Looking for a artificial lawn for my balcony, but the one I found was like 4 by 2 meters and my balcony is maybe just 60% of that ... Anyhow I bough a flappable chair taht was even padded. Nice when going places and have to stand for 6-7 hours.
And a roll of masking tape.
And three beers. All local.
Looking for a artificial lawn for my balcony, but the one I found was like 4 by 2 meters and my balcony is maybe just 60% of that ... Anyhow I bough a flappable chair taht was even padded. Nice when going places and have to stand for 6-7 hours.
And a roll of masking tape.
And three beers. All local.
3 line powered round LED voltmeters, to fit in the 22.5 mm panel holes currently occupied by neon lamps...which I substituted with LEDs on the same panel, but in new holes. Neon Lamps failed 30 years ago, still in their holes, as insect stopper.
The 10 mm red LEDs are driven by 10k 10 W fusible resistors and a 1N4007 diode, quite reliable.
These are eye candy really, I have a moving coil meter with selector that tells me volts between phases.
340 Indian Rupees, about US$ 3.50.
Three different colors, Red, Yellow and Blue,.
They are accurate enough in comparison to my digital multimeter, which is a cheap one, but within 0.1 against a Fluke at 12V DC.
The 10 mm red LEDs are driven by 10k 10 W fusible resistors and a 1N4007 diode, quite reliable.
These are eye candy really, I have a moving coil meter with selector that tells me volts between phases.
340 Indian Rupees, about US$ 3.50.
Three different colors, Red, Yellow and Blue,.
They are accurate enough in comparison to my digital multimeter, which is a cheap one, but within 0.1 against a Fluke at 12V DC.
These have only two terminals, power and signal are the same, 20-500 VAC, CE marked...
I saw a site selling them on line, (got these from a shop selling electrical panel parts), and they have V, A, Hz, Temperature etc. indicators, same size.
They also have V + A , and V + A + Hz indicators in the same size, round and square.
A is through a CT coil, as expected.
Something new for me.
Got them locally, as price was reasonable, and I could see them physically. And the seller sells mostly to electrical panel builders, so his stuff has to be good quality, which can be doubtful for long distance sellers here in India.
Delivered from on line sellers, the price would have been about 750 Indian Rupees, about US$ 8.00.
I saw a site selling them on line, (got these from a shop selling electrical panel parts), and they have V, A, Hz, Temperature etc. indicators, same size.
They also have V + A , and V + A + Hz indicators in the same size, round and square.
A is through a CT coil, as expected.
Something new for me.
Got them locally, as price was reasonable, and I could see them physically. And the seller sells mostly to electrical panel builders, so his stuff has to be good quality, which can be doubtful for long distance sellers here in India.
Delivered from on line sellers, the price would have been about 750 Indian Rupees, about US$ 8.00.
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Please give details of compressor: psi, cfm, motor rating.
Looks like 4 cylinders and 2 motors, possibly in series.
Looks like 4 cylinders and 2 motors, possibly in series.
No breaker or fuse for motor?
That would have saved it.
New motor, and compressor oiling / overhaul would be expensive.
Maybe an old motor?
Those slow speed machines were in their own class, very durable.
I have a 1 HP machine from 1983, got it second hand after the previous owner decided he needed a bigger unit.
He had had it overhauled, with new piston, and new bearings.
Working since then, 3 phase motor burned once, no protection...
So I got it rewound, and put a 3 phase thermal starter, with the pressure switch controlling starter coil (quite a common set up).
That was in about 2000... we change the oil every year, and clean the inlet filter, still working, we use it off and on, the duty cycle when in continious use was about 15 minutes per hour.
Motor is 1440 rpm, crank is about 600 due to pulley being larger on that side.
New machines here are smaller pistons directly driven by notor, no belt, 1450 or even 2880 rpm, smaller machine, okay for light use.
Pretty similar to the new one above, but smaller units have a single piston, that above has 2 motors and 4 pistons driven directly.
That would have saved it.
New motor, and compressor oiling / overhaul would be expensive.
Maybe an old motor?
Those slow speed machines were in their own class, very durable.
I have a 1 HP machine from 1983, got it second hand after the previous owner decided he needed a bigger unit.
He had had it overhauled, with new piston, and new bearings.
Working since then, 3 phase motor burned once, no protection...
So I got it rewound, and put a 3 phase thermal starter, with the pressure switch controlling starter coil (quite a common set up).
That was in about 2000... we change the oil every year, and clean the inlet filter, still working, we use it off and on, the duty cycle when in continious use was about 15 minutes per hour.
Motor is 1440 rpm, crank is about 600 due to pulley being larger on that side.
New machines here are smaller pistons directly driven by notor, no belt, 1450 or even 2880 rpm, smaller machine, okay for light use.
Pretty similar to the new one above, but smaller units have a single piston, that above has 2 motors and 4 pistons driven directly.