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Hi Peter:

It hasn't been too dangerous to my wallet in the past. Mostly bargains: working resistance solder machine for a dollar, a small lathe (that I gave to our local maker group), flexible magnetic base for a good price. Some free items: scrap materials from the trash cans including a cubic foot of 1/8" Plexiglas sheets. And to off-set spending, one time I took a load of my junk to sell, came back with a nice check.

The best room is the auction clearance room where I've never paid what I should have paid!

Carl.

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Hi Gang:

I remember the consignment area and have bought and sold stuff there. It was different from the clearance area.

Here is a map of the Expo Center:

The view is south at the top.

You enter by the Main Entrance, to the left is the West Hall that has had live auctions in the past. They say the auctions will be totally "on line" this year??

The Center Hall has food, Little Machines and Village Press.

The North Hall has vendors around the walls and display tables with compressed air for model steam engines. One year they had the RC boat pond too. Lots of Unimat supplies, watchmakers lathes and cutting tools.

I'll a little fuzzy on the East and Southeast Halls. One was Consignment Sales. You follow the path and pull the stickers from what you want, pay on the way out. The other hall may have been what I call the clearance area. It was just pallets of mixed junk. Pick up what you want and take it to the check-out table where they give you a low ball price. (I never said "too much" to their offer) The clearance area may have been in the pole barns??

In the connecting hallways I saw a pallet box of magazines, free for the taking.

The BrightBill Barn and Arena had more displays, live steam trains, vendors and the "Dirt Pile" where 1:12 RC trucks and construction equipment built an interstate interchange over the two days.

So lots more to see than I can even remember. This will be my 5th visit!

See you there!

Carl.