Hello, I live about 2 miles from Fair radio. I know the owner Phil, not a close friend though. I am not sure what will happen when he retires.... I do not know if the show room is open to the public a

I have had PayPal for many years and it has gotten a lot of use for both buying and selling. Mostly buying the last few years. Also many years ago I did a group buy for over 1000 Nixie tubes that I th

Do a google search on " Danial Schoo curve tracer " to find quite a bit of information on his use of the 576 as a vacuum tube curve tracer and matcher. If you open the antique radio forums that comes

Hazet makes a lot of auto tools. Old school auto body workers used lead, not bondo. It would be melted and sculpted into place for seams and small imperfections. Google autobody lead / leading to lear

Just got home from interstate & international trip to pick up a $29.00 eBay Tek 514. Work night shift 12 hours drive 38 miles to get home. Pick up the wife for a nice road trip. About an additional 45

Oops that went out before I was done. Look up Bondus on the net. I saw non ball end double set metric/ standard for around $13 on Amazon. With brightguard/ goldguard and ball ends $28. (What I use mos

When it comes to US made Allen wrenches you can't go wrong with Bondus brand. Advertised as Gorilla Tough, they are. I have worked in industrial multiskilled maintenance for over 20 years now. At my c

Fair Radio Sales in Lima Ohio started in 1947. Still going, not as great as the old days but still awesome to visit. Now completely filling an old lumber yard, used to be in an old dairy on Eureka Str

Anybody know anything about the THM420? I picked one up off the bay for $27.00 +shipping. BTW the TEK TX3 is a great meter. I have a couple of these and the optical computer interface and software. Th

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If you are looking for a inexpensive adjustable DC to DC power supply that is well designed and inexpensive look at John Taylor's 1363. 1.8 to 15 volts in 150 to 200 volts out adjustable. This is a ti

lal An important reason that CRTs were metalized was to increase brightness. In a non metalized tube half of the light from the excited phosphor goes back into the back side of the tube away from the

Thanks to the person that gave the heads up on the 576 on Craigslist near Chicago. I was able to buy it. I had to make a 260 mile one way road trip from Lima Ohio to Buffalo Grove IL but it was well w

Looking for a CRT for a 576 curve tracer. The one I have is dim and has the classic double peak when adjusting the intensity. I know the CRT for the 576 is unique to that scope. The part numbers that

I haven't read all the thread so I might be just repeating an Idea that somebody all ready supplied so forgive me if I do. I think the compressed air and ultrasonic detector is good. My idea would be

Thank you for the feedback. I can't hold a candle to the electronic knowledge and measurement knowledge in this group. I am interested mostly in vintage equipment. I do admire Tek for having made the

Another tip pick up real cheap combination wrench sets at biglots, harbor freight, walmart, menards the cheaper the better. I look for the ones under $5.00 Then you don't hesitate to cut them in half,

I am a industrial maintenance mechanic, take my word for it there is an absolute need for ball end allen wrenches. And yes there are a lot of engineers that will burn in hell for their design decision

Well with making an isolated variac I normally don't operate wet equipment. Or work in the rain. The primary windings in my modified ones had several coats of glyptal high voltage varnish over the bar

Safety Warning!!!! I should have added don't mess with any of these variac modifications if you don't fully understand the dangers of high voltages and currents. These units will light you up and put