Test Equipment Anonymous

Happy Nude Ears, everyone!

Hope you have some good oomox!

mnem
”oooh, yessss… do that; that be niiiice…”

@menmenth Why have the switch epoxied to the PCB? Surely just soldering to the pads is going to be mechanically strong enough? The only force being applied to the switch is going to be straight pressure back onto the PCB? What happens if the repair later fails? Breaking the epoxy bond is likely to ...

another heads up for the agilent 54622d fan boys. (i'm lookin' at you dragon) those 6 damn soft buttons under the crt have resisted all my bodges. tried silver leaf from the hobby store over the carbon buttons and it lasted a couple of days. tried cleaning the buttons with ipa and it lasted a week ...

. https://teanonymous.com/f1/download/file.php?mode=view&id=3131 The cowl vent grille was pretty repairable; it responded well to ordinary CA once I got it inside & warm... mnem i need to run out and buy a LOTTO ticket right now... https://teanonymous.com/f1/download/file.php?id=3132&mo...

A very unwelcome development, however you may have gotten off lightly. It looks as if it hit the windscreen and slid down. Windscreen replacement is a streamlined process. It could have hit the roof or the bonnet (hood). Dealing with the dents, spraying, paint matching is all expensive. I am very a...

. So... this was my big surprise on Christmas Day: :o https://teanonymous.com/f1/download/file.php?mode=view&id=3130 And yes, it was my own damned fault; I forgot to check the tank in the base & add antifreeze this fall. :roll: https://teanonymous.com/f1/download/file.php?mode=view&id=3...

So far this season we've already had 4 small storms dropping an inch to 3 inches of snow. Then the following day the sun would come out with above freezing temps and melt it. But this looks like a big one. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/922/nwYcDK.jpg Yeah, we got approx 5 inches overnight...

What the heck - every forum needs felines…. Extra points if test gear is involved. https://photos.smugmug.com/Animals/17-03-16-Furballs/i-m9hCh5q/0/638ac14d/XL/17_07-23%20Gilmore%205245L%203-XL.jpg -Pat https://teanonymous.com/f1/download/file.php?id=3122 Oh look, Pat... your cat got new flip-flops...

Why do cats do this? Want to be the center of attention I suppose. They walk across your laptop/keyboard while you're trying to type. Harley walked across the laptop and there was a crunch and the laptop stand, which tilts the laptop up for easier typing, snapped on one side. Didn't faze him in the...

Caption this epic kitty:

mnem
sorry for posting a Tenor link, but phbPP is again being fucktarded about any gif larger than ~50kb.

Just to prove that I'm alive and kicking, as Paul said, I've had a rather busy time of late with real life getting in the way of hobbies, hope to be back to normal soon and completing the items that I started posting about and never came back with updates etc. Xmas one and all.jpg Sorry for not res...

https://teanonymous.com/f1/download/file.php?id=3111&mode=view Guess it's time to dust off This Old Chestnut: ;) This old Chestnut... By mnem Chestnuts roasting on an open Tek scope; Jacks and plugs aligned in rows... Yuletide songs played on tube amplifiers, And folks warming their hands by th...

"Weaponized Autism Chris" is back, and he made this one just for us old fucks...

mnem
*another refugee from the "dustbin of history"*

my chair.


mnem
no, you may not touch it.

For those who're wondering how he's doing, I pinged specmaster via e earlier tonight; just got a reply saying he's well and busy being dad-chauffeur, moderating on the NextDoor site, and generally being more active IRL. He did say he plans to pop in here and drop a little holiday cheer in the next f...

EC8010 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 05, 2025 3:43 pm Hmmm, it's 9C in the garage at the moment, and that's a bit brisk. 9F is definitely cold. But tolerable if it's dry. If it's damp (pretty well a given in Dampland) then it's seriously cold.

I know... I actually put on a vest. And pants.

mnem
even God thought pants were a bad idea.

Soooo... 9°F/-13°C this morning when I went out to defrost wifey's car. That's not "nipply"; that's "Nipples cracking off" weather.

mnem

I plan to bring as much cash and as little common sense as I can muster. :mrgreen: mnem https://www.vrcmct.org/ It's remotely possible I'll get my nocturnal ass there early enough to cross paths with you this time... -Pat There are two strategies to these things: Get there early, preferably as a st...

I plan to bring as much cash and as little common sense as I can muster.

mnem
https://www.vrcmct.org/

Surely there are smoked fish in the US? I've seen a big orange one If you're thinking of the one I am, this is the only fish that could possibly represent: https://teanonymous.com/f1/download/file.php?mode=view&id=3090&sid=aa5fd503dcf3214fbb106b174d17f516 mnem *hiding out far, far upwind*

Well, that was a good pre-Christmas day: a good start followed by three miracles. (SNIP for brevity's sake) It is the yellow shop on the left https://www.google.com/maps/@51.4549406,-2.6201361,3a,75y,298.92h,80.96t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1slw09LJy95U5QGQR1e7kKNw!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.goo...

mnem
where's muh damned coffee...?

Maybe I should've said "...the shaggy moo-moos will be needed again to pull the bus"...

mnem
what goes around comes around, yo.

The counter to that would be Anne, and Edward+Sophie, who seems to do a reasonable low-key job. Wish Anne would keep her cows in her own fields; I've had to play cowboy to get a herd off the runway. Mind you, at least they could be chased away. Two miles away on Minchinhampton Common, the damn thin...

So... have you started collecting the parts to build a UniLoader to complete your "estate"...? Your survivors will be glad you did... :lol: mnem yes, you may touch it. :lol: :lol: :lol: I was standing outside my garage with my friend and his wife a few years ago when she gazed in through ...