Hello,
It seems more and more instruments and bench power supplies do not have a face of their own and are controlled and displayed by a computer.
Go into an engineering or architects office, you will not see a computer on the desktop. Desktop computer is now a misnomer.
The last couple of years I have been doing this kind of stuff to get the computer and peripherals off the bench.
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Thank You DT
It seems more and more instruments and bench power supplies do not have a face of their own and are controlled and displayed by a computer.
Go into an engineering or architects office, you will not see a computer on the desktop. Desktop computer is now a misnomer.
The last couple of years I have been doing this kind of stuff to get the computer and peripherals off the bench.
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Thank You DT
Not my bench, but rather the contents of my tool bag.
I’m in the process of moving from one worksite to another (same employer) so took my bag home for a well-deserved clean and tidy. This is the bag that I grab when I’m going up antennas and towers to diagnose gear.
In there I have, in no particular order:
I’m in the process of moving from one worksite to another (same employer) so took my bag home for a well-deserved clean and tidy. This is the bag that I grab when I’m going up antennas and towers to diagnose gear.
In there I have, in no particular order:
- Prescription safety specs
- Gloves
- Fluke 179 DMM with extra fine tips
- Bahco flat, Phillips and pozidrive screwdrivers
- Wiha nutdrivers, small screwdrivers and ball drivers
- Bondhus Allen key set
- Set of Stahlwille ring spanners
- Spare tips for my multimeter
- Magnet finder
- Spudger
- Steel rules
- Scalpel with blades
- SMA spanner
- Deburring tool
- Cleaning brushes
- Drillbits
- LED lenser torch
- Ideal wire stripper
- Stahlwille socket set
- Extra Stahlwille hex bits for the socket set
- Syringes with dispense tips
- Inspection mirror and magnets for retrieving dropped nuts and bolts
- Xcelite cutters
- Lindstrom side cutters and needle nose pliers
- Leatherman multitool
- Fibre illuminator
- Roll of Velcro
- Abrasive rubber
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You know what Murray, that's the best solution I've seen to date. I guess you cut the top part yourself?
Hi Suzy,
I have the same full size screwdrivers in pozidrive. Great screwdrivers that fit exactly.
-Chris
Hi Suzy,
I have the same full size screwdrivers in pozidrive. Great screwdrivers that fit exactly.
-Chris
I'm a real PITA about tools - I even have some JIS screwdrivers for when neither Phillips nor pozidrive fit.
Hello,
I teach HVAC techs energy management testing and certification.
That is what we call a “Tool *****”. What tools you have in your van is one thing and what you carry in the pockets of your bibs up the ladder is another.
Thanks DT
<grin> Funnily enough, that’s exactly what my workmates call me. Or “Tool snob”
Seriously though, professionally I work with very expensive one-off gear, where if you break something you need to organise getting another one built. So we take tool quality very seriously.
I Also have three sets of cross - type screwdrivers. One for each standard. My JIS tools were made in Japan and I have more than one set to replace the one that is wearing out now. Same for Hex keys and everything else.
While I do work on one-offs, most is very old equipment that replacement parts are no longer available for. No wear near the value of the things you work on Suzi, but quality is still very important. It's stupid how many specialized tools I have that were required to buy over the years.
-Chris
While I do work on one-offs, most is very old equipment that replacement parts are no longer available for. No wear near the value of the things you work on Suzi, but quality is still very important. It's stupid how many specialized tools I have that were required to buy over the years.
-Chris
My workbench is typically a mess, but once a month I get out a kitchen timer, set it for an hour, and work putting things back where they belong. For the record, Thomas Edison had a very messy work bench.
What is interesting is that a lot of the mechanical components are more valuable than the passive electronic devices.
What is interesting is that a lot of the mechanical components are more valuable than the passive electronic devices.
Hi Jack,
Yes, I've noticed that. Especially RF components.
Maybe I should try and clean the bench after each large job. They tend to creat the biggest messes.
-Chris
Yes, I've noticed that. Especially RF components.
Maybe I should try and clean the bench after each large job. They tend to creat the biggest messes.
-Chris
Hi
This is my Tek 454A. I bought it online, condition as is, from a girl. It belonged to her dad (and apparently to IBM before that). Received a working scope with front cover and three P6106 probes inside🙂
BTW, from Tek Wiki:
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My Tektronix 525 had "Property of Grumman" on a brass tag riveted to the side. I bought it from a surplus place on Long Island.
(Long Island was a huge source of aerospace electronics firms.)
Years later I bought a pair of HP 6129 "Voltage Sources" from a fellow who retired from Grumman, also on Long Island. I think I paid $1 each as I was willing to pick them up! Not a lot you can do with these without the controller but they would make a good basis for a 300W amplifier.
Brilliant! I have a small 12" wide cable holder section on the side of a rack, but this is a quantum step forward. Now to find a donor coat stand!
Nice Scope Alexandre.
I am with Suzy. I recall when we got a new scope in the lab and they (clumsy EE's) would misplace the probe accessories within weeks 🙄
Employee's usually got first dib's on company auctioned test equipment.
I swear I cal'd my 8656B, back in the day, which I later got as an ebay item, from an ex Motorola EE. he got it at an auction when they shutdown the Toronto RF lab. last cal'd by JS at Agilent, who worked beside me at Motorola in the test lab. So happened to fail AM cal, it was a dead Motolola MC3410 DAC, which I so happened to have in my possession, where I lifted one when I worked there, we used it in a auto test fixture I built.
great idea Murray, reminds me of the jiffy pole for my IV line in the hospital 😀)
I have a clean bench after finishing with that Pioneer SX-1980 slug
Happy new year test equipment people 🙂
I am with Suzy. I recall when we got a new scope in the lab and they (clumsy EE's) would misplace the probe accessories within weeks 🙄
Employee's usually got first dib's on company auctioned test equipment.
I swear I cal'd my 8656B, back in the day, which I later got as an ebay item, from an ex Motorola EE. he got it at an auction when they shutdown the Toronto RF lab. last cal'd by JS at Agilent, who worked beside me at Motorola in the test lab. So happened to fail AM cal, it was a dead Motolola MC3410 DAC, which I so happened to have in my possession, where I lifted one when I worked there, we used it in a auto test fixture I built.
great idea Murray, reminds me of the jiffy pole for my IV line in the hospital 😀)
I have a clean bench after finishing with that Pioneer SX-1980 slug
Happy new year test equipment people 🙂
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