What New Stuff Have You Bought? If You Care To Share Thead! :)

[pcosmic]

Sub3070...Hopefully, these won't shake the house and do just the right amount of shakin for me...

 

[MR.MAGOO]

Got a set of these no frills wall or shelf stands, depending how you put it together can use as a wall mount or prop something on a shelf.
Almost fainted when I saw where they're made!

 

[slipperybidness]

Got a set of these no frills wall or shelf stands, depending how you put it together can use as a wall mount or prop something on a shelf.
Almost fainted when I saw where they're made!
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Looks like a perfect application for a 3D printer!

 

[afterlife2]

Got a set of these no frills wall or shelf stands, depending how you put it together can use as a wall mount or prop something on a shelf.
Almost fainted when I saw where they're made!
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What are ya putting up? DVD's?

 

[KenM10759]

Got the last one of the five Dire Straits 45rpm 2-LP albums in today, technically their first, the eponymous "Dire Straits." Now I got all of them, and they are just so good!

 

[MR.MAGOO]

What are ya putting up? DVD's?

Will probably mount a few vinyl albums on a wall, ones with interesting cover art.

 

[diskreet]

Bought the raw materials a week or two back, but I finally finished the closet doors for our living room. Covered the old doors to make them match the decor, looking more like barn doors and using the handles from our kitchen cabinets. Was a pain but it's done now, and while working on it we installed a closet organizer to get us some more usable storage.

Not a fan of bifold doors, and it keeps the ugly extra 1" of wood above the doors to get proper spacing, but this was a bit over $100 in materials compared to many hundreds or even a thousand plus for new doors.

 

[Gmoney]

Will probably mount a few vinyl albums on a wall, ones with interesting cover art.

You gotta put them in pic frames.

 

[MR.MAGOO]

Lee Ritenour's latest LP on orange vinyl, I replaced the original inner paper sleeve with clear plastic sleeve.

 

[KenM10759]

These are 9 of the 13 LP's I bought from a local FB Marketplace seller. They were his personal collection, all in pristine condition. Very happy with the array and the cost was fair for what they are, $165. There are better deals out there, but since he was very believable when he said that he bought them all as new, I know they've be treated well.

 

[slipperybidness]

I find it odd for y'all that replace the rice paper sleeves with plastic sleeves!

I do the exact opposite! I hate the plastic sleeves, they never want to go back into the dust jacket without wrinkling up on me, and I always suspect static buildup is worse. I replace them, even if new, with a high quality paper sleeve.

 

[afterlife2]

Lee Ritenour's latest LP on orange vinyl, I replaced the original inner paper sleeve with clear plastic sleeve.

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How about a pic of you playing on turntable.

 

[afterlife2]

These are 9 of the 13 LP's I bought from a local FB Marketplace seller. They were his personal collection, all in pristine condition. Very happy with the array and the cost was fair for what they are, $165. There are better deals out there, but since he was very believable when he said that he bought them all as new, I know they've be treated well.
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Congrats. Time to post on vinyl thread!

 

[killdozzer]

Sadly, this one only confirmed my analogue scale was performing just fine.

Kiddin'. I love it. I'm now sad it does only 5g, I wanna weigh everything around the house. I'm very satisfied. Few bucks on Aliexpress. You just have to be patient a little bit.

 

[John Parks]

Sadly, this one only confirmed my analogue scale was performing just fine.
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Kiddin'. I love it. I'm now sad it does only 5g, I wanna weigh everything around the house. I'm very satisfied. Few bucks on Aliexpress. You just have to be patient a little bit.

Looks like you're on your way!

 

[slipperybidness]

Sadly, this one only confirmed my analogue scale was performing just fine.
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Kiddin'. I love it. I'm now sad it does only 5g, I wanna weigh everything around the house. I'm very satisfied. Few bucks on Aliexpress. You just have to be patient a little bit.

Analog instruments can be very nice, and can absolutely be just as accurate/precise as any digital instrument! The caveats are that analog instruments tend to be more fragile, and take a bit more user experience and skill to get accurate/precise readings.

Hopefully you know this--NEVER touch the calibration weight with your bare hands. Oils from your hands will ruin a calibration weight! Always use gloves (best), or at least a lint-free wipe.

A quick check for those in the USA, a USA nickel should weigh 5 grams.

 

[killdozzer]

Analog instruments can be very nice, and can absolutely be just as accurate/precise as any digital instrument! The caveats are that analog instruments tend to be more fragile, and take a bit more user experience and skill to get accurate/precise readings.

Hopefully you know this--NEVER touch the calibration weight with your bare hands. Oils from your hands will ruin a calibration weight! Always use gloves (best), or at least a lint-free wipe.

A quick check for those in the USA, a USA nickel should weigh 5 grams.

Thanks, man!! That's neat! How does it ruin the calibration weight?

 

[davidscott]

Never really listened to him but this cd is pretty good.

 

[slipperybidness]

Thanks, man!! That's neat! How does it ruin the calibration weight?

Just oil from your hands adds mass to the weight. Sure, 1 or 2 times will probably make no difference for your balance at the range and precision. Regardless, only using gloves or a lint-free cloth is always the best practice.

But, at work, I have a $12k analytical balance! It is the nicest balance I have ever used, reliably measures to 1/10,000 of a gram, and worth every penny of that $12k price tag. When you have instruments of this quality, if you touch a calibration weight 1 time with your bare hands, you just completely ruined that calibration weight! Even worse, if you don't realize the error, you may produce poor data quality, and that gets really expensive really quickly in my field.

Needless to say....I have a set of calibration weights under lock and key.

 

[MR.MAGOO]

How about a pic of you playing on turntable.