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Hi all:
To add a bit to the surplus equipment discussion. My employer (large aerospace company) had a surplus store for decades, which had most everything from soup to nuts (almost literally). I was fortunate enough to acquire much of my Tek, HP, Fluke, and other test equipment from there for relatively reasonable, and sometimes fantastic prices. Like my 7834 got it for $65, and it works(!). Most of the test gear was either surplus to company needs, or had been replaced by something newer. Back around 2000, as I was apprenticing to be an Analog ASIC designer, the company purged a large number of electronics labs (“moving up the proverbial “value chain” just another bean counter cost cutting move), and huge amounts of test equipment would arrive for fairly good prices. One of my visits found me looking at an HP 213 pulse generator (the tube one with HV output), which an older couple had 2 of in their cart. Sadly, I was not able to convince them to let go of one of them. To me, it seemed they really did not know what they had, but oh well. Sadly, that surplus store went away not too long after, likely on someone’s hit list for cost reductions. It is now an online entity, but not suited to mere mortals as myself, as you need to buy in quantity ( a tub skid of wire cutters, let’s say), as opposed to singly as in the old physical store. Regards to everyone saving useful gear from wasteful landfills!! Randy Tek 555, 7834, 7633, 7623, HP, Fluke, Systron Donner, Analogic (Data Precision 6200 Analyzer), ESI, Power Designs, Dynatech Nevada, and miscellaneous. On Mon, Nov 25, 2024 at 10:57?AM Clark Foley via groups.io <clarkfoley= [email protected]> wrote: It’s always interesting to see where the thread of a topic goes. This one |
