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Re: opertunity to have uWaveEngineer1968 test his gear hobber - 8640B for $1

lothar baier
 

thank you bob , you are speaking my mind excactly !
I only expect a financial compensation if i have to spend significant money, in this case i have the hobber i bought anyway plus the hobbs, i can find Delrin rods at the recyling yard for almost nothing and even if i buy a piece its not gonna break the bank, if i would have to spend $50 or 100 in material for each gear than things would look different.
Im working with and on testequipment for over 30years, i had almost anything HP or Tek had to offer, well im a degreed professional and have the ability as well as the knowledge to do alot of things, however i always have to remember the times when i was a 10year old buying a HP608A and some other Stuff from the junkyard because that was all that i could afford and how people kindly helped me out to fix this stuff up - well quit pro quo, i have been blessed now its time to help others !

Bob Groschen <rpgroschen@...> wrote:

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Harris" <cfharris@...>
To: <hp_agilent_equipment@...>
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 6:10 AM
Subject: Re: [hp_agilent_equipment] opertunity to have uWaveEngineer1968
test his gear hobber - 8640B for $1

Cheaper, it is not. Hobbing machines require hobbs to work. Hobbs
are very expensive to buy, and difficult to make. At a minimum, you
need a lathe with threading capability, and a milling machine. If
you are planning on making more than a couple gears, you will need
heat treating capability, and a very fancy grinder to sharpen the hobb.

Oh, and about 5-6 hours of time if you are using manual machines, and
you know what you are doing.
Well Chuck, that's just a long definition of 'hobby'.

So, let's see, at the time I made this offer, there were at least a half
dozen
of you guys scrabbling about for gears, or gear fixes. That works out to
what
about $30 each? I have no problem giving away that many sets of gears.
At the time, I wasn't among those needing gears and currently I'm still not
among those. My 8640B works just fine.

If you pack test equipment like it is trash, then that is what you will
get when
it passes through the shipping system. I have shipped numerous big items,
like
141T's, and 8640B's UPS, and they have never broken even one. It really
isn't
all that hard to pack this stuff properly. UPS will even tell you how to
do
it.
I've had experiences both ways. Some gear came in boxes that, for all
practical
purposes, were conformally coated onto the equipment. Yet I've recevied
test equipment weighing in at 70+ lbs that arrived without a scratch. From
UPS even!

Then do so. You have the gears, and the desire. What's stopping you?
As I mentioned above, I have no need for gears.

That's cool Bob, but I don't have an 8640B, and I don't particularly want
one.
Your choice.

You apparently do, so don't be selfish, tear it apart, and spec the gears.
I'm holding out for a cheap parts mule to do just that.

You won't see one dime for your effort, you might break your 8640B in the
process, but you will be making a whole bunch of guys happy.
Since this is a hobby for me I don't expect to see one thin dime. And if I
can
make a whole bunch of people happy for my efforts, then that's reward enough
for me. After all it's *only* a hobby.

Best Regards,

Bob Groschen
Monument, CO





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