Well, after raising two very fine daughters who both turned out to be gifted in fuzzy subjects such as languages and history and bunk like that, my son is showing signs of technical aptitude and interest.Therefore, I'm putting together a lowish-budget home lab off ebay, with an eye to doing some Jacob's ladders or Tesla coils or stuff like that there, with maybe an electro-optical thing now and again, such as a machine to detect deer and hit them with paintballs. ;)So far, I have:Tek 475A 250 MHz scope with DMM;2x HP 6286 20V, 10A power supplies;1x HP 8013B 50 MHz pulser;HP 400A AC Voltmeter;Various Simpson meters and Fluke DVMs and such like.Enough probes and test leads for now.I already owned the DVM, but so far the rest have cost me about $400 all told. Some of this stuff I had to get my second line manager's approval on, when I bought it for work long ago! Nice old test equipment is monstrous cheap.I'm bidding on various HP universal counters and Exact function generators, which I like. Haven't got enough dough for a spectrum analyzer, unfortunately. Remaining budget is ~$400.So which of your favourite old instruments have I forgotten?Cheers,Phil

What sort of mechanical tools do you have?A descent bench vice, pillar drill and assorted blunt drills and a variacmartin

"Jim Thompson" wrote in message news:Well, if James Carville and Mary Matalin can remain married... :-)

In message , dated Wed, 9 Aug 2006, Jim Thompson writesAll together now ......'Ahhhhh...'Yes, I'm a kitchen cynic.-- OOO - Own Opinions Only. Try and 2006 is YMMVI- Your mileage may vary immensely.John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK

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Joel Kolstad 19 years ago

"Jim Thompson" wrote in message news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com...

Well, if James Carville and Mary Matalin can remain married... :-)

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Jim Thompson 19 years ago

Yep, there indeed is the odd couple ;-)

Maintaining a marriage is really quite simple...

Respect your wife above all others.

Put family before anything else.

...Jim Thompson

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John Woodgate 19 years ago

In message , dated Wed, 9 Aug 2006, Jim Thompson writes

All together now ......'Ahhhhh...'

Yes, I'm a kitchen cynic.

OOO - Own Opinions Only. Try www.jmwa.demon.co.uk and www.isce.org.uk 2006 is YMMVI- Your mileage may vary immensely. John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK

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Jim Thompson 19 years ago

I missed another requirement... stomp a leftist weenie at every opportunity ;-)

...Jim Thompson

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