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I need a 3rd Arm and Hand

Working on electronics, as well as cars, homes, and a lot of other things have made me want to get a 3rd arm installed...
14 comments posted 7yrs
posted by tubeguy
14 comments posted 7yrs posted by tubeguy

Who makes RELIABLE modern electrolytic caps?

Changing the electrolytic capacitors in vintage tube gear is a must these days, but no one makes the old style (large s...
23 comments posted 7yrs
posted by tubeguy
23 comments posted 7yrs posted by tubeguy

Ignition coils are WEIRD

This may be a litle off topic, but ignition coils are WEIRD, compared to other transformers. I had to work on the ignit...
7 comments posted 7yrs
posted by tubeguy
7 comments posted 7yrs posted by tubeguy

JVC TK-1070U camera connected to PCI capture card.

Hi, I'm interested to capture the image from a JVC TK-1070U camera. The adapter card now in the computer is a Hauppauge...
0 comments posted 7yrs
posted by petereasthope
0 comments posted 7yrs posted by petereasthope

Engl valve amp disaster

OK, I repaired an Engl Sovereign 100 recently, it's a 100 Watt combo using 4 x 6L6. One of the JJ 6l6 had obviously ove...
23 comments posted 7yrs
posted by soundserviceleeds
23 comments posted 7yrs posted by soundserviceleeds

Engine run time to keep battery charged

If you turn over an engine periodically to keep it charged, how long do you run it to make up for the charge lost in st...
50 comments posted 7yrs
posted by fizzbintuesday
50 comments posted 7yrs posted by fizzbintuesday

What about the Contact Cleaner sold at Walmart?

I noticed that Walmart sells a aerosol can of what is called "Contact Cleaner". (For electrical switches and stuff like...
5 comments posted 7yrs
posted by tubeguy
5 comments posted 7yrs posted by tubeguy

Gig-Ohm resistor

I have never heard the term Gigaohms used with resistors. Is this a valid term? With computer hard drives, if a drive i...
5 comments posted 7yrs
posted by tubeguy
5 comments posted 7yrs posted by tubeguy

I performed actual IC surgery

I PERFORMED IC SURGERY on an analog amplifier, custom dip-16. Removed the gold cover. Pretty huge 1980s stuff, gold-on-...
2 comments posted 7yrs
posted by billb
2 comments posted 7yrs posted by billb

Probe stuff

Well, I thought I would have all the 'scope probes tested a couple days ago but I have been too sick to deal with anyth...
1 comments posted 7yrs
posted by etpm
1 comments posted 7yrs posted by etpm

How to Remove Concrete Grouting

I bought a house with a nice outdoor, flat stone tiled walk way. Unfortunately the tiler/installer was "quite sloppy" i...
18 comments posted 7yrs
posted by Rob_Lowe
18 comments posted 7yrs posted by Rob_Lowe