I have some that are worth hundreds of dollars per tube nowcrochambeau wrote: ↑Tue Oct 05, 2021 6:28 am Yeah, it would be a crazily ambitious dream to try and set that equipment back into its original purpose. Rust and precision are not comfortable partners.
I'm glad to see Nixies are enjoying some production.
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I guess.. I dunno who is buying these things. I noticed that craigislist ad turned up in a nixie group I'm in.. curious if anybody has an opinion of how usuable that equipment would be.crochambeau wrote: ↑Tue Oct 05, 2021 2:38 pmThanks to fucking hipsters and their stupid clocks no doubt.
On a side note.. recall reading an article talking about how all the presses from a vinyl record factory that shutdown in the 90's got dumped in the harbor or soemthing. Either way it's a tragedy but why would you not sell it for scrap?
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I recall hearing a story of someone buying up "all" of a particular WW2 aerial camera, keeping the finest examples, and dumping the rest in the ocean.
I think those stories are by and large bullshit. Recycling makes much more sense.
I think those stories are by and large bullshit. Recycling makes much more sense.
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Flow forming sheet metal.
Rivet gun as planishing hammer.
Rivet gun as planishing hammer.
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Mh, mhm! Now, if only I could find the motivation to pick up the god damn screwdriver... I've got batteries that need replaced, stackable headers to cannibalize, a zillion capacitors in old rhythm machines that need replacing... But that fucking screwdriver. It weighs a ton.
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It'll come around, sometimes threatening it with a new one will lighten the load.¾ dead wrote: ↑Sun Mar 06, 2022 2:52 am Mh, mhm! Now, if only I could find the motivation to pick up the god damn screwdriver... I've got batteries that need replaced, stackable headers to cannibalize, a zillion capacitors in old rhythm machines that need replacing... But that fucking screwdriver. It weighs a ton.
I hate to be unsolicited advice guy; but, in the event you are not already well versed with the operation of the desoldering vacuum pump - train yourself to maintain hold on the vacuum trigger for a moment or two after you remove it from the work. It's easy to just shut the suck off once you have the pad clean, but unless you maintain that vacuum mode long enough to clear the passages you'll get very familiar with cleaning the tips, which can be a complete pain in the ass.
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