15 Jun
2006
15 Jun
'06
10:07 a.m.
On Wednesday 14 June 2006 09:41 pm, David Griffith wrote:
On Wed, 14 Jun 2006, William Donzelli wrote:
I'm not talking strictly paper tape, but other odds and ends us tinkerers
use that aren't commonly found at, say, Jameco, Mouser, et al.
If any of you guys are looking for stuff, by all means feel free to drop me
an email, offlist. Even if I don't have it I'll get back to you saying that
and I'll know what you're looking for -- and you never can tell what I might
run across, which is all sorts of odd things.
Like this bit for example:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/
eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=ADME:L:LCA:US:31&item=8827890767
I *know* I'll never use this. :-)
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Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting -- and
ablest -- form of life in this section of space, a critter that can
be killed but can't be tamed. --Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet Masters"
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Information is more dangerous than cannon to a society ruled by lies. --James
M Dakin
This is
probably excessively crazy, but does anyone think it would be a
Good Idea to start a business catering specifically to the needs of
people who use old stuff like this? How much of a market is there?
Not yet - there is still a good supply of rolls on the surplus market.
Maybe the odd sizes, like for Kleinschmidts...