Test Equipment Anonymous

at least you didn't name any of them schrodinger. every dumb ass college kid with a cat names it schrodinger. our torty was named Oliver Heaviside. but swmbo objected, snuck up to the vet, and changed her records to read Olivia. she is our smartest cat and solves problems that leaves the other cat ...

MED6753 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 04, 2025 6:12 pm A little too far for me (130 miles, 2 hours) and of course busy with other stuff on Saturday.

If you ever find yourself in the area, the museum is definitely worth a visit.

Gee, when I got Harley snipped there was no cone and no pain meds. The vet said just to keep an eye on him and it's OK if he wants to lick himself in that area. When I got him home he was a bit wobbly in the legs and believe it or not he wanted to eat. So I fed him and later he zonked out. Next day...

I'm amazed you were able to snap a picture of Widlar near a cat box; ours collide in the cat flap as they desperately run away the moment the box comes out. In fact, we've given up on taking Binx to the vet as the trauma required to get her in a cat box is too much for her, and I get seriously claw...

Widlar got snipped yesterday. After about the sixth time I put the cone back on him, I gave up and let him be. He’s pretty much bounced back entirely, though I’m still giving him the pain meds. https://photos.smugmug.com/Animals/2502-16-Felines/i-HKhcPM3/0/LthxJmBdwWZR4zCxtF3MGBwGqr7hS7NNfmVZV4vTN/X...

mnementh wrote: ↑Wed Dec 03, 2025 5:39 pm
I plan to bring as much cash and as little common sense as I can muster.

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

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 ...

Yup. Bought the Lincoln in the early 00s when the catalytic converter flange on my Miata's exhaust broke off. The flange was mild steel while the rest of the catback was SS, and in near perfect condition. I’d wanted to get an aftermarket exhaust, but as the OEM one was still in such good shape, I ju...

I wound up excavating my South Bend 10K last night to shorten a piece of lamp coupling pipe. https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Miscellaneous/i-VhjQftk/0/Kj4zcZZzVMZ477d57p7qnDwpmxCvspzskkrNdjVDK/XL/South%20Bend%2010K%2002-XL.jpg Got it a few years ago from a friend who had a machine shop, and I'm run...

Oooh er! Hadn't considered that. Anybody buying aged test equipment for its valves is an idiot; if not worn out, the valves will be well on their way. Would I buy a DMM using nixies? Not really; I want better accuracy than was achievable in that era. I can't imagine much useful test gear is lost to...

Damn I miss C&H and The Far Side - two of the best cartoons ever.

-Pat

Sweet!

Thanks, guys. And yes, Gilmore was a very happy cat, curious and always into everything. Knew he was a handsome boy and a great poser for pictures as well. And absolutely, they always leave us too soon.

-Pat

The kittens are of course growing like weeds as kittens are inclined to, and tearing around the house like the little furry menaces they are. https://photos.smugmug.com/Animals/2502-16-Felines/i-q6ST4pB/0/K89v2v3TH6PL6ZCGGvPHPvWQnjWTPBMzxGmsk2N85/X2/25_09-04%20Schottky%2003-X2.jpg https://photos.smu...

The cat distribution system works in mysterious ways, though - a few weeks before Gilmore's final diagnosis, my friend's wife (who had facilitated the arrival of Gilmore and his sisters back in 2015 when one of her coworker's friend's mothers (or mother's friend - there were several degrees of separ...

I've seen that tower climbing video many times, and it never fails to make my ankles feel rubbery. Nope, nope, nope. It's remotely possible I *might* be able to climb UP there, but there's no way in hell I'd get down without a helicopter picking me up or perhaps a parachute - I'd imagine I'd be froz...

Bummer.

-Pat

I will tolerate one tube/valve in a piece of test equipment. 1500? Not a chance! My limit thus far has been something over 70 with the HP 524 series counters. It's almost time to break one out and start wowrking on it again - it's getting colder in these parts... https://photos.smugmug.com/Electron...

Dammit, now I have another thing on my Evil Bay watch list!!

-Pat

Wow, Pat... thanks for the infodump. And the one after that. :lol: I've worked on a few 100-disc CD carousels which were obviously descended from this very engineering. Good thing I didn't ask "How much... :P " and make a fool of myself... ;-) mnem "It is better to hold your tongue a...

Output tubes are 6973s in push-pull configuration. https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_6973.html I did actually take a video of the mechanism, but it was a handheld iPad and the audio is terrible and it's rather dark. https://pmanning.smugmug.com/VRCMCT-Photos/n-gqhbgG/Jukeboxes/i-WmgvFPR/A (can'...

That's the song selector - note that the two arms are configured on their ends to press either the inner or outer ring of pins. Inner pins coincide with one side of the record; outer with the other. When a customer made a selection, that arm assembly would rotate until the appropriate end was over t...

I actually considered several times aboot asking how much on the jukebox... then I decided I'd better not; "I might just have enough..." :? Probably at least $3,000. Also they are quite big. The big Wurlitzer ones with bubbles go for a lot more. Pinball machines are another thing like tha...

You're much braver than I am, probably because you are familiar with them. Analyzer stuff is all voodoo to me and I'd never buy one of those plug-in's unless I got it for free. :D I was looking at the 7L12 pictures and all the calibration points most likely requiring massive amounts of highly expen...

That's a very good website for those even slightly drawn to time nuttery. I find for now that my ebay Chinese GPSDO is bags. If you look through it, some of the links to other sites are also interesting. eg: For those of us who think we have Test Equipment Acquirement Syndrome, we really don't. htt...