Surplus parts

[EBG]

Buying surplus parts is a pain.....going through catalogs or online searches
just is too much work.

There are a few good ones like All electronics but most just aren't worth
the effort.

Is there any search engine (or "something", websites etc), that has an
inventory listed that surplus dealers contribute to? (How do dealers find
their parts, for example?)

There are some real values out there but it takes all day to find them.

Also, here are some on my radar screen......
All, Meci, Goldmine, Marlin Jones.....what am I missing?

Is Ebay picking up in surplus stuff?

 

[j.b. miller]

You could send me a list of what you need.I have about 35 years worth of
parts lying around here from original Radio Shack Model 3 ram to PICs......

email me at temtronic@cogeco.ca

and I'll see if I have what you want.

Jay

 

[Rich Grise]

"EBG" <maberger@comcast.net> wrote in message
newsNWdnYMSUoN4VzndRVn-jg@comcast.com...

Buying surplus parts is a pain.....going through catalogs or online
searches
just is too much work.

There are a few good ones like All electronics but most just aren't worth
the effort.

Is there any search engine (or "something", websites etc), that has an
inventory listed that surplus dealers contribute to? (How do dealers find
their parts, for example?)

There are some real values out there but it takes all day to find them.

That's just the nature of the beast - surplus dealers can't afford the
time to catalog all their crap, and what shows up is entirely unpredictable
because the stuff is, well, surplus.

Personally, I miss the surplus shops where you could go in and browse
all the neat old stuff. Sometimes there were some real pleasant
surprises - I once saw some litte hourglass "egg timers" that ran
out in about 3 seconds. Gawdknows what their original application
was - maybe they were just a bad production run, from the day the
glass blower had a really bad hangover or something. ;-) But it
was a neverending hoot to pull it out when the family sat down for
a game of boggle. ("Oops! Time's Up!" "uh, what? ... oh. Ha, ha.")

Good Luck!
Rich

 

[Tim Wescott]

EBG wrote:

Buying surplus parts is a pain.....going through catalogs or online searches
just is too much work.

There are a few good ones like All electronics but most just aren't worth
the effort.

Is there any search engine (or "something", websites etc), that has an
inventory listed that surplus dealers contribute to? (How do dealers find
their parts, for example?)

There are some real values out there but it takes all day to find them.

Also, here are some on my radar screen......
All, Meci, Goldmine, Marlin Jones.....what am I missing?

Is Ebay picking up in surplus stuff?

I doubt that you'd get them to contribute -- each one wants you to stop
in their shop and not go next door.

Searching for bargains is the essence of buying surplus. If you don't
like it, stick to Digi-Key.

--

Tim Wescott
Wescott Design Services
http://www.wescottdesign.com

 

[John Miller]

Rich Grise wrote:

Personally, I miss the surplus shops where you could go in and browse
all the neat old stuff. Sometimes there were some real pleasant
surprises -

In Atlanta, Delta Electronics used to be like a perpetual hamfest, but
they've pretty much slid over to the computer side. Today, Austin
Electronics in Norcross (NE Atlanta suburb) is the place -- lots of
surplus, clean, well organized and well lighted.

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[Peter A Forbes]

On Fri, 14 May 2004 16:00:04 GMT, John Miller <me@privacy.net> wrote:

Rich Grise wrote:
Personally, I miss the surplus shops where you could go in and browse
all the neat old stuff. Sometimes there were some real pleasant
surprises -

In Atlanta, Delta Electronics used to be like a perpetual hamfest, but
they've pretty much slid over to the computer side. Today, Austin
Electronics in Norcross (NE Atlanta suburb) is the place -- lots of
surplus, clean, well organized and well lighted.

There's a good place near Sunnyvale, I think it's called Halted Electronics
Inc., we always go in there when we go over to see our friends in Cupertino,
they are more like the traditional surplus dealers but well laid out in ordered
rows of bins etc.

Not too much computer stuff either, they had some lovely big wirewound pots in
there last time (April) about 8" diameter... Pity my hand baggage wouldn't take
a few of them!

Peter (based in the UK)


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[Hank Fenster]

"Rich Grise" <null@example.net> wrote in message
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"EBG" <maberger@comcast.net> wrote in message
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Buying surplus parts is a pain.....going through catalogs or online
searches
just is too much work.

There are a few good ones like All electronics but most just aren't
worth
the effort.

Is there any search engine (or "something", websites etc), that has an
inventory listed that surplus dealers contribute to? (How do dealers
find
their parts, for example?)

There are some real values out there but it takes all day to find them.

That's just the nature of the beast - surplus dealers can't afford the
time to catalog all their crap, and what shows up is entirely
unpredictable
because the stuff is, well, surplus.

Personally, I miss the surplus shops where you could go in and browse
all the neat old stuff.

In San Diego, there's a place called Gateway Electronics that's the
old-school type. To a lesser extent is Earl's Industrial Liquidators, which
has some electronics, but a lot of non-electronic items as well.

 

[Ben Bradley]

In sci.electronics.components,sci.electronics.design, Tim Wescott
<tim@wescottnospamdesign.com> wrote:

EBG wrote:

Buying surplus parts is a pain.....going through catalogs or online searches
just is too much work.

There are a few good ones like All electronics but most just aren't worth
the effort.

Is there any search engine (or "something", websites etc), that has an
inventory listed that surplus dealers contribute to? (How do dealers find
their parts, for example?)

I overheard the guy at Austin Electronics in Norcross (metro
Atlanta) in the last year or two, somene asked him if he buys surplus
parts, he said not anymore, he doesn't have to. People GIVE him stuff.

There are some real values out there but it takes all day to find them.

Also, here are some on my radar screen......
All, Meci, Goldmine, Marlin Jones.....what am I missing?

Is Ebay picking up in surplus stuff?



I doubt that you'd get them to contribute -- each one wants you to stop
in their shop and not go next door.

Someone could make a web-based search "metaengine" that allows you
to fill out fields to describe what you want and then the website
would send the fields formatted for the various surplus sites'
interfaces, and return the results. I understand that when
bookfinder.com (then mxbf.com) was started, it worked like that. I
think nowadays it has agreements with and more direct access to the
other sites' databases.

I've found a few repair parts and dealers, including a local one,
just by googling for the part numbers.

Searching for bargains is the essence of buying surplus.

Before the Internet, it was the same with used and out-of-print
books...

If you don't
like it, stick to Digi-Key.

-----
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[Active8]

On Fri, 14 May 2004 15:32:00 GMT, Rich Grise wrote:

"EBG" <maberger@comcast.net> wrote in message
newsNWdnYMSUoN4VzndRVn-jg@comcast.com...

Buying surplus parts is a pain.....going through catalogs or online
searches
just is too much work.

There are a few good ones like All electronics but most just aren't worth
the effort.

Is there any search engine (or "something", websites etc), that has an
inventory listed that surplus dealers contribute to? (How do dealers find
their parts, for example?)

There are some real values out there but it takes all day to find them.

That's just the nature of the beast - surplus dealers can't afford the
time to catalog all their crap, and what shows up is entirely unpredictable
because the stuff is, well, surplus.

Personally, I miss the surplus shops where you could go in and browse
all the neat old stuff.

Poly-Paks was the bomb.

Sometimes there were some real pleasant
surprises - I once saw some litte hourglass "egg timers" that ran
out in about 3 seconds. Gawdknows what their original application
was - maybe they were just a bad production run, from the day the
glass blower had a really bad hangover or something. ;-) But it
was a neverending hoot to pull it out when the family sat down for
a game of boggle. ("Oops! Time's Up!" "uh, what? ... oh. Ha, ha.")

Good Luck!
Rich

--
Best Regards,
Mike

 

[EBG]

Thanks for some of the new names.

I am seeing more stuff on Ebay and that's what the surplus market
needs......a megasite.

Take Mendlesons for example, (supposedly the largest)....they have an unreal
inventory yet there "catalog" has just a small fraction of it.

I remember Halted now......it's fantastic.

 

[Tim Shoppa]

"Rich Grise" <null@example.net> wrote in message news:<QD5pc.194856$L31.136878@nwrddc01.gnilink.net>...

Personally, I miss the surplus shops where you could go in and browse
all the neat old stuff

Around LA, there is C&H Surplus in Pasadena (tends more towards
test instruments and pneumatic/hydraulic and optics, usually overpriced
but still fun to put your hands on) and All Electronics in
Van Nuys (lots of low-end-consumer-electronics surplus and some
occasional telco/industrial stuff, with a not-bad mix of hobbyist
components). Both are very browsing-friendly.

Tim.

 

[N. Thornton]

Ben Bradley <ben_nospam_bradley@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:<1jlaa0hk3o0a362fp29pbif99nh3hrajdv@4ax.com>...

In sci.electronics.components,sci.electronics.design, Tim Wescott
tim@wescottnospamdesign.com> wrote:
EBG wrote:

Is there any search engine (or "something", websites etc), that has an
inventory listed that surplus dealers contribute to? (How do dealers find
their parts, for example?)

I have loads of surplus stuff to go but no time to catalogue it all.
So what do you do? Bin it?


Regards, NT

 

[Spehro Pefhany]

On 15 May 2004 08:02:46 -0700, the renowned shoppa@trailing-edge.com
(Tim Shoppa) wrote:

"Rich Grise" <null@example.net> wrote in message news:<QD5pc.194856$L31.136878@nwrddc01.gnilink.net>...
Personally, I miss the surplus shops where you could go in and browse
all the neat old stuff

Around LA, there is C&H Surplus in Pasadena (tends more towards
test instruments and pneumatic/hydraulic and optics, usually overpriced
but still fun to put your hands on) and All Electronics in
Van Nuys (lots of low-end-consumer-electronics surplus and some
occasional telco/industrial stuff, with a not-bad mix of hobbyist
components). Both are very browsing-friendly.

Agree with both those, though I'm not sure All is worth travelling
very far for. C&H is fun and I usually end up buying something, though
there are few bargains. All the cool-looking control panels get bought
up as props, or at least they did when movies were still made in the
LA area.

Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
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[Tim Shoppa]

Spehro Pefhany <speffSNIP@interlogDOTyou.knowwhat> wrote in message news:<c4pca0hsobu4c8m2ap5cnfoa6f3e2q1nsa@4ax.com>...

Agree with both those, though I'm not sure All is worth travelling
very far for. C&H is fun and I usually end up buying something, though
there are few bargains. All the cool-looking control panels get bought
up as props, or at least they did when movies were still made in the
LA area.

Along the lines of C&H, but at a much larger scale, is Apex Electronics
in Burbank. I haven't been there since the early 90's but at the time
it was the sort of place you went to with a flatbed truck and a hardhat
(all their towers of stuff must've, um, been reorganized by the Northridge
Earthquake...)

Tim.

 

[Mark (UK)]

Hi!

Anyone from the UK remember Proops in Tottenham Court Road? - that place
had junk galore! I used to go there every couple of weeks and pick up
something different. Been long since taken over by Gultronics selling
the usual modern camera and PC stuff :-(

Yours, Mark.

Tim Shoppa wrote:

"Rich Grise" <null@example.net> wrote in message news:<QD5pc.194856$L31.136878@nwrddc01.gnilink.net>...

Personally, I miss the surplus shops where you could go in and browse
all the neat old stuff


Around LA, there is C&H Surplus in Pasadena (tends more towards
test instruments and pneumatic/hydraulic and optics, usually overpriced
but still fun to put your hands on) and All Electronics in
Van Nuys (lots of low-end-consumer-electronics surplus and some
occasional telco/industrial stuff, with a not-bad mix of hobbyist
components). Both are very browsing-friendly.

Tim.

 

[Peter A Forbes]

On Sat, 15 May 2004 20:33:57 +0000 (UTC), "Mark (UK)"
<jumbos.bazzar@btopenworld.com> wrote:

Hi!

Anyone from the UK remember Proops in Tottenham Court Road? - that place
had junk galore! I used to go there every couple of weeks and pick up
something different. Been long since taken over by Gultronics selling
the usual modern camera and PC stuff :-(

Yours, Mark.

When I were a lad...... )

There were hundreds of small (and large) surplus stores in and around London,
Croydon, up on the Edgware Road etc., IMO Electronics started up in a small shop
just north of the Marylebone Road, on the left going north towards Cricklewood.
RCS (or RSC) Trading was another, and quite a few that I've lost track of.

Samsons moved from that area and is now in Twickenham, they were just behind the
one-way system for years. They were still trading a year or so ago, genuine
surplus stuff and no computer gear then.

I can remember going to MFI at Edgware Station yard when they sold military
vehicles and were only just getting into prepacked furniture. Mullard Furniture
Industries I think it stood for, no relation to the valve/transistor
manufacturer.

Get hold of some 1950's Practical Wireless of Radio Constructor and see how many
there used to be.

Peter

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diesel@easynet.co.uk
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[Watson A.Name - \"Watt Su]

"EBG" <maberger@comcast.net> wrote in message
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Buying surplus parts is a pain.....going through catalogs or online
searches
just is too much work.

There are a few good ones like All electronics but most just aren't
worth
the effort.

Is there any search engine (or "something", websites etc), that has an
inventory listed that surplus dealers contribute to? (How do dealers
find
their parts, for example?)

There are some real values out there but it takes all day to find
them.

Also, here are some on my radar screen......
All, Meci, Goldmine, Marlin Jones.....what am I missing?

Is Ebay picking up in surplus stuff?

Bitch, Bitch, bitch.. Ebay has a huge selection of surplus. Like
the TBM (tunnel boring machine) someone mentioned recently. Need one?
It was only $72,000. Bit of a problem getting it: it weighed hundreds
of tons.

If you want something for cheap, then do your homework and buy it
surplus.


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[Graham W]

"Mark (UK)" <jumbos.bazzar@btopenworld.com> wrote in message
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Hi!

Anyone from the UK remember Proops in Tottenham Court Road? - that place
had junk galore! I used to go there every couple of weeks and pick up
something different. Been long since taken over by Gultronics selling
the usual modern camera and PC stuff :-(

I trust the new lessors have patched up the holes in the floorboards
since I was last there (when I were a lad...)! Proops are still active
BTW, and have a web site, too.


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[Watson A.Name - \"Watt Su]

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"Rich Grise" <null@example.net> wrote in message
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Personally, I miss the surplus shops where you could go in and
browse
all the neat old stuff

Around LA, there is C&H Surplus in Pasadena (tends more towards
test instruments and pneumatic/hydraulic and optics, usually
overpriced
but still fun to put your hands on) and All Electronics in
Van Nuys (lots of low-end-consumer-electronics surplus and some
occasional telco/industrial stuff, with a not-bad mix of hobbyist
components). Both are very browsing-friendly.

Tim.

To add to the above, in the Orange COunty AKA Greater L.A. area, there
are a few stores around ACP, 1310 E. Edinger (W of Grand) in Santa Ana.
There there are a few old stores such as Orvac, Orangethorpe at Acacia,
in Fullerton/Anaheim, Sav-On ELectronics on Harbor Blvd in Garden Grove,
and Mar-Vac on Harbor Blvd in Costa Mesa. These stores have mostly gone
to the commercial market, but still have some surplus stuff on their
shelves. I go in to Sav-On and buy some caps and inductors on occasion.

But with any store, you have to know what you want, how much you're
willing to pay, and whether or not what you want is available. It's
just the nature of the beast.


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Don't be ripped off by the big book dealers. Go to the URL
that will give you a choice and save you money(up to half).
http://www.everybookstore.com You'll be glad you did!
Just when you thought you had all this figured out, the gov't
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[Richard Henry]

"Watson A.Name - "Watt Sun, the Dark Remover"" <NOSPAM@dslextreme.com> wrote
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"Tim Shoppa" <shoppa@trailing-edge.com> wrote in message
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"Rich Grise" <null@example.net> wrote in message
news:<QD5pc.194856$L31.136878@nwrddc01.gnilink.net>...
Personally, I miss the surplus shops where you could go in and
browse
all the neat old stuff

Around LA, there is C&H Surplus in Pasadena (tends more towards
test instruments and pneumatic/hydraulic and optics, usually
overpriced
but still fun to put your hands on) and All Electronics in
Van Nuys (lots of low-end-consumer-electronics surplus and some
occasional telco/industrial stuff, with a not-bad mix of hobbyist
components). Both are very browsing-friendly.

Tim.

To add to the above, in the Orange COunty AKA Greater L.A. area, there
are a few stores around ACP, 1310 E. Edinger (W of Grand) in Santa Ana.
There there are a few old stores such as Orvac, Orangethorpe at Acacia,
in Fullerton/Anaheim, Sav-On ELectronics on Harbor Blvd in Garden Grove,
and Mar-Vac on Harbor Blvd in Costa Mesa. These stores have mostly gone
to the commercial market, but still have some surplus stuff on their
shelves. I go in to Sav-On and buy some caps and inductors on occasion.

But with any store, you have to know what you want, how much you're
willing to pay, and whether or not what you want is available. It's
just the nature of the beast.

In San Diego Kearny Mesa area, there is Gateway Electonics and Industrial
Liquidators.