So, this week I decided to take some of my hard earned money and buy some new toys for the workbench. I justified it by saying "you haven't bought anything for yourself in a while" and "you should get something for yourself because you got a better job now... you can afford it" also, "she gets to buy whatever she wants, get yourself something"... Okay, enough of my justification!
I got some SMOKING deals! I have wanted a function generator for some time now and not like they are that expensive but I was able to come across a guy who is an instructor at a local ITT Technical Institute, who sold me a GW Instek GFG-8020H for $50 not to bad!
But the kicker to this is he had a really nice 3 channel (2 variable / 1 fixed) power supplies as well. Now, I really wasn't in the market for one but I couldn't let down the deal of $70 for a GW GPC-3020 (it's not digital, but who cares! I got a multimeter for precise measurements). So, needless to say, I had to pick it up.
Last but Not least I was doing a little browsing on eBay and came across a hot air station. I was a little skeptical about this purchase but I came across a video from Dave at the EEVBlog reviewing a similar model. If you're familiar with the EEVBlog, it's hard to make Dave happy. He was surprisingly happy with his purchase of an ATTEN 858D+ for $80. Unfortunately, I was not able to come across a ATTEN that was 110v but the same and I mean the absolute same unit with the manufacture W.E.R was available for $57.95 in the 110v model. So, if Dave was happy at $80, I'm doing flips for under $60! I got it in the mail today and broke out one of my junk boards and started knocking off some SMD parts and WOW!!!! I'm impressed! I don't have to go through the process of setting up my IR rework station for everything anymore... I should have bought one of these YEARS AGO! I love it! If you don't have one or are in the air about quality on this just buy it, it's excellent!!!
Okay, so I'm sure you can see why I'm so excited! for just under $180, I got a bad ass power supply, a decent function generator and a cheap but awesome hot air station! I wish I could find these deals all the time! Thank you for reading my rant of happiness! I try to share it with people I speak to and they have no clue what I'm talking about. There is nothing like getting some GREAT deals on equipment for the bench! Makes me feel all tingly inside!!!
I got some SMOKING deals! I have wanted a function generator for some time now and not like they are that expensive but I was able to come across a guy who is an instructor at a local ITT Technical Institute, who sold me a GW Instek GFG-8020H for $50 not to bad!
But the kicker to this is he had a really nice 3 channel (2 variable / 1 fixed) power supplies as well. Now, I really wasn't in the market for one but I couldn't let down the deal of $70 for a GW GPC-3020 (it's not digital, but who cares! I got a multimeter for precise measurements). So, needless to say, I had to pick it up.
Last but Not least I was doing a little browsing on eBay and came across a hot air station. I was a little skeptical about this purchase but I came across a video from Dave at the EEVBlog reviewing a similar model. If you're familiar with the EEVBlog, it's hard to make Dave happy. He was surprisingly happy with his purchase of an ATTEN 858D+ for $80. Unfortunately, I was not able to come across a ATTEN that was 110v but the same and I mean the absolute same unit with the manufacture W.E.R was available for $57.95 in the 110v model. So, if Dave was happy at $80, I'm doing flips for under $60! I got it in the mail today and broke out one of my junk boards and started knocking off some SMD parts and WOW!!!! I'm impressed! I don't have to go through the process of setting up my IR rework station for everything anymore... I should have bought one of these YEARS AGO! I love it! If you don't have one or are in the air about quality on this just buy it, it's excellent!!!
Okay, so I'm sure you can see why I'm so excited! for just under $180, I got a bad ass power supply, a decent function generator and a cheap but awesome hot air station! I wish I could find these deals all the time! Thank you for reading my rant of happiness! I try to share it with people I speak to and they have no clue what I'm talking about. There is nothing like getting some GREAT deals on equipment for the bench! Makes me feel all tingly inside!!!
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