A very interesting find on Ebay from several years ago was an all steel version of a J.H.W. CLIMAX Co padlock.
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Barbouri's Electronics Projects
Restoring vintage electronics along with designing and building new circuits. One eye looking into the past, the other looking into the future.
A very interesting find on Ebay from several years ago was an all steel version of a J.H.W. CLIMAX Co padlock.
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Cleanup and check of a Mettler Instruments K4T single pan top loading balance.

After owning and using this K4T balance for over twelve years, I thought it was time for a full cleanup and accuracy check. When first purchased from Ebay it received a quick cleanup, function, and accuracy check, before I quickly put it to use.
Continue reading “Mettler K4T Balance”Cleanup and repair of an ESI Dekastat model DS1463 12K Ohm coaxial decade resistor.

Fixing issues with the 4 digit plus mode revision 1.1 multimeter board.

Developing a new 4 digit plus mode display for a Power Designs Inc. 6050C power supply capable of displaying current at a milliamp resolution, and voltage at a 10 mV resolution.

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Cleanup, repair, and upgrade of a Hewlett Packard (HP)6200B power supply.

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Cleanup, repair, calibration check, and display upgrade of a Power Designs Inc. 6050C Universal DC Source.

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A GPS disciplined 10 MHz oscillator and distribution amplifier project using a Sparkfun Pro mini microprocessor and an Isotemp 134–10 OCXO. (Click on images for larger version)

Cleanup and Calibration of a Power Designs Inc. 2005A Precision Power Source.

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Repairing and clean-up of a Hewlett Packard (HP)5300B Measuring System with a 5305B 1,300 MHz Counter module.
This was supposed to be just a clean-up project, but this one turned into a bit more work that I had expected.
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Constructing an ATtiny85 breakout board for prototyping and testing.
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