Month: July 2024

Fluke spare parts availability (and cost) (#R22)

Is it a rant, or is it an editorial note? Well, it’s probably a rant.

Spare parts. Fluke spare parts, to be precise.

Earlier this year, I sniped a Fluke 187 off eBay. 150€ delivered, really minor blemishes, probes included, fully functional except for the tilting bail. A fully functional unit is about double that, so I consider this a bargain. The stand is shown in the photo right besides this post, someone simply broke the two clips that make it hold onto the main unit. Mechanically super simple stuff.

Fixing the tilt is of interest to me, as using it sitting flat on the table only is sometimes annoying. […]

28th July 2024 29th July 2024 By Bzzz In No Comment

1pcs 15mm*10m Adhesive Basic Decoration Masking Tape Stickers Rainbow Color Washi Tapes Set for Gift Album Diary (WHL #101)

“Tool” time today – almost an editorial note, but then the Chinese had a laugh at what I ordered.

With the (basically) fully-working Ender5++ light box, it’s easy to take photos of small to medium sized items 24/7 with consistent quality. One thing that still bothered me, though, was the auto white balance feature of GIMP. Generally works well for colorful items, but can be totally off for objects that only have colors along the white-gray-black axis with no major amount of RGB. Stuff like the white doorbell (WHL #98), the black test print cap in (#E20F3), or the shiny silvery-metal USB drive in (WHL #45) are good examples. […]

14th July 2024 7th July 2024 By Bzzz In No Comment

Aircraft museum Laatzen and Wunstorf (#E22)

Traveling!
Among many other things, I visited two aircraft museums in the Hannover area, Luftfahrtmuseum Laatzen (south of Hannover), as well as JU52-Halle Wunstorf (north-west). Technically I also passed by a museum dedicated to helicopters, the Hubschraubermuseum Bückeburg, but I effing took too long visiting our colleagues nearby (so…technically also a business trip!), which made me arrive 20 minutes before they closed and they wouldn’t let me in (some do that, even at a reduced rate – probably wanted to go home early). […]

7th July 2024 7th July 2024 By Bzzz In No Comment