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My uncle contacted me out of the blue, this week. Apparently, in the mid-60s, my father owned a Universal Geneve, which he traded to his younger brother (my uncle, and the only one of five siblings still living) for something that my uncle can't remember, after my dad bought the GMT Master. My uncle wore the watch for years, but stuck it in a drawer after buying his first Rolex in the early 80s. He apparently recently found the watch in said drawer, going through things after finally retiring, and is sending it to me. I assume it's a Polerouter, of some kind, but I really have no idea. I'll report back when I have it, which should be next week. I'm sure it will need a full service. I'm excited.3 points
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So I thought I would try out reflow oven soldering with a toaster oven. The AMB regulators for the Dynalo Mini are $40 whereas the toaster oven was practically free. I figured trying to solder with the toaster would be worth a try. It would also help with all the other SMD projects I have. I don't have a controller for now so I did it manually. As a test I bought an SMT adjustable power supply kit from Nightfire electronics. I had a little too much solder for the LM317 and one resistor didn't self-center but I'm pretty satisfied with the result. I'm thinking about using this for the R2R attenuator board. Anyone know what the procedure is for doing reflow on 2 sided boards?2 points
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Test Tone live from an undisclosed location right now: http://mixlr.com/illuminator/chat2 points
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I'm obviously late to the show, but the first episodes have been fantastic so far. I'm disappointed that they only released the first season in Blu-ray... if I like it enough, I'll have to settle for DVDs of seasons two to five. The retro '80s soundtrack is great and they've done a good job with historical detail so far. The plot has some gigantic plausibility holes, but it holds together from a dramatic standpoint (i.e., a "realistic" espionage show would be incredibly slow, boring, and basically unwatchable).1 point
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Just get two and out one in the spare room so I can't have it. Sent from my ONEPLUS A3000 using Tapatalk1 point
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cspirou: I would add an input resistor to ground as well. You can match Q1 to Q3 and Q5 to Q7, but I don’t think matching is all that useful here. If you want to try another small SMD buffer, let me know. I have just ordered some boards now that I have verified their performance versus sims. I can include matched Toshiba JFETs and the other dual package BJTs are available at Mouser.1 point
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That time of year again. For Massholes, this is a documentary, not a parody.1 point
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New Unkle (The Road Pt. 1) -- immediately joining my favourite albums of the year list RIYL: the more organic side of Goldfrapp, Archive, maybe Spiritualized on a song or two, maybe Radiohead on a song or two EDIT: ...and now I'm listening to Goldfrapp, because of the power of suggestion I did on myself.1 point
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Oh, man. RJD is my favorite \m/ vocalist of all time.1 point
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I just had a piece of leftover pizza that I reheated with the TICE method. No penis was involved, but I used a grill pan on the stove top instead of the microwave or oven. Hot and crisp and quick. I fried an egg in the same pan to kick it up another notch. Thanks for the tip, Steve! Er, I mean the suggestion.1 point
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Had the office Holiday/welcome (new guy)/birthday (2 people)/congrats (one guy promoted internally)/ going away (this guy) party today. Now we get to go home early. Not a bad Friday. Sent from my ONEPLUS A3000 using Tapatalk1 point