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Been using electrical measuring instruments of all kinds from 1958. Simple moving coil voltmeters to very advanced instrument setups used in the acceptance tests of large power transformers and 1500 rpm generators ( units at 1600 MVA) At home for hobby I have some FLUKE 87s which are more than...

When i left a job at a industrial instrumentation workshop 1969, the foreman gave me some tools that the newly hired Rolex Master Watchmaker considered substandard. I find them quite useful once in a while and the quality of material and manufacturing is very high. But not high gloss metal...

Thinking about turning/milling distributor caps in Lexan. Do our material Gurus consider this possible? The reason is that the Bosch distributor caps for MBs from the 90´s are very poor quality and the aftermarket even worse. Sits in a MB 500 V8 ( W140) 1994 Ola

I am the happy user of a Philips PM 3055 scope. Was a quality product in the 80´s. I think it is a Tektronix clone. Fairly advanced for the time. I got it free of charge from a shop that revamped with all digital instruments. It is a hybrid analog/digital design. The scope has a LCD...

I have joined a club of very skilled airplane mechs. All have worked with the development and prototype manufacturing of SAAB jet fighters for the Swedish Airforce. They needed somebody who could handle the electrical/electronics, I was invited. They rebuild planes that will only be displays...

At the tender age of 73 I have started a new career as a helpers helper at a airplane hobby club workshop. It is an ex SAAB shop and the tools and facilities are awesome. Everybody except me have been APmechs for many years. I was invited to join to help out with electrical and electronics...

Hi to all. I dabble in electronics and have made my own PCB´s, using autocad drawings to make the mask for the UV-ing of photosensitive PCB blanks. Results vary from great to scrap, and I am probably doing a bunch of things wrong in the UVing and etching. There are companies making small...

Hello to all. I am restoring a Corvette 62 Delco Wonderbar AM radio. Lots of work, it actually works now, at least most of it. The driver transformer, item 92, sits between DS 26 and DS 501 transistors has been removed by a previous person who tried to repair , and can not be found. Have used...

It is a fairly benign obsession, and actually make quite a few owners of old car radios quite happy. And it is all legal! Here are two beuties, now back in service. One is a Telefunken from 1951, factory installed in a MB170 1953 cabriolet. The other was found in a shop that housed several...

Hi. My sons IKEA rebranded fridge/freezer gave up life. Thermostat faulty. Overengineered electronic type. IKEA has no info/spares, " 12 years old" No Whirlpool original tags left. Used the IKEA barcode number on WP site, no result. Not recognized. Does anybody have a schematic or tips...

Hello to all. Looking for a download for a "soundcard oscilloscope" which has no external hardware except a simple voltage divider to limit input voltage. Nothing fancy, just for quick checks. 20Hz to 10 kHz more than enough, two channels would be a bonus. No need tor FFT or other popular...

I live in a flat which has a 4 wire telephone fixed outlet in all rooms. Never used, only use cell phones. Would like to run an etehrnet signal from the wireless router ( that works perfectly) to my PC. Tired of wireless connection using RJ 45 cable . A RJ 45 cable has 4 pairs, (8 wires in...

I used to do some miniature repairs to mechanical precision instruments. All was old ( 1930´s) Had a lot of use of the these: The broaches are swiss watchmaker quality. They angle between the 5 cutting edges are non equal so that the hole stays round. Incredible quality, used a lot and never...

Hello to all. My FLUKE 87 III is showing very wrong on the mA AC and DC range. Just happened, no magic smoke or overload . On microA and A all is well , also all other functions are correct. I have not overloaded the input circuit and fuses are correct. When measuring the shunt values thru...

Hi to all, no idea if this is a relevant Q on a US forum, but here goes: Some 10-15 years ago when normal lamps were being replaced by fluorescent types there came a type that has a 2 or 4 pin socket plug in , the ballast is fixed in the fitting. The ballast is of electronic type. I have...

Hello Helping a friend to restore a 1929 A Ford Tudor. He has been working on it 10 years on and off and its is now in real nice shape, started out as a wreck. He has somehow lost the cable loom, and wants me to make a new one. Does anybody know a place that can supply original looking wire...

Hi. Having moved to a flat from a house where I had a full electronics workbench is mostly nice but I do miss a scope. Does not have to be a full replacement for my Tektronix 465 with top box. Luckily I found a good home for the entire electronics bench with loads of instruments and components...

Hi guys, probably a question old as sin but help would be welcome. I have recently sold my house and with that my shop that was exactly to my liking. Had it for 25 years, everything from electrobnics over guitar building to engine overauls and tuning. Tools on metal pegboard over the...

Hi to all. My SO is a very talented designer of decoration stuff. The order now is a coat stand hanger made up of 3/4 to 1 " diameter wood. Height will be aound 60" and bend radius at worst 15" over an angle of 60 degrees of a 15" radius circle. I believe that beech or alder would be good...

Was lucky a while back and got a decent shop class bandsaw for free. The blade guide used wooden dowels and let the saw down, at least with the oak home made dowels I used. So with the help of "The Tank" ie a PROFILA 1K62 soviet made lathe i converted it to ball bearing guides. The hard part...