Nostrafus

Anyone ever get the large box of just miscellaneous parts, and stuff, wanted to know the size of the box, and the rough quantity of stuff that's in the box, because if it's about 200+ items, may get one, just for small parts I may want to find a use for.

EGM = (Electronics Goldmine)

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lavenatti

I haven't bought from them in a couple of years, but the small surprise box used to be a great deal. A few hundred small parts- components, connectors, switches. I always found a part I needed right away that more than made it worth the money.

Nostrafus

Aiight, just want to know what size the large box is, I mean does the small one hold more than 100 pieces on average ? Because if it does, I'm sure the large one will have quite a few pieces I may be able to use.

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Nostrafus

Also, are they mostly junk stuff, or do they sometimes have some semi-valuable stuff, like high voltage caps, copper clads, transformers, IC's, etc.

Because if it's all stuff like sockets, hardware, regular caps, loose resistors, or unmarked stuff, I'll pass.

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lavenatti

The large box is going to have more junk than the small one, they can fit oversized junk in it like pc boards. You'll find some crap you'll just toss, like loose resistors. I've gotten everything from caps to molex connectors in the small box. Surprisingly, I've also received a lot of switches. I usually ordered 2 or 3 of the small boxes whenever I placed an order with them.

You're making me want to order one of the darn things now. :?

Nostrafus

Aiight man, I'll probably pick up 2 or 3 boxes, just to have something to do. Got a bit of free time coming up, and I want to have something to fiddle with, like 1000 small pieces to identify and catalog

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E=MC^18357891237358179238, it\'ll still come out right every time. Try it some time, it\'s all relative to the equation.

Take that Einstein.

Nostrafus

Heh, got 1 large, and 1 small on the way, $17 I'm sure I'll find something that'll make it worthwhile.

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E=MC^18357891237358179238, it\'ll still come out right every time. Try it some time, it\'s all relative to the equation.

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Nostrafus

...hmmm... been 10 days... should be here today...

Still no idea on size...

Any guesses ?

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E=MC^18357891237358179238, it\'ll still come out right every time. Try it some time, it\'s all relative to the equation.

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Nostrafus

... still no package... 11 days... and it said 7-10... uncool... I'll give it until the end of the day, then I'll be mad...

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E=MC^18357891237358179238, it\'ll still come out right every time. Try it some time, it\'s all relative to the equation.

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linuxking

hmm is this "goodie" box a US thing or what? here in singapore there are some shops which stuff surpulus resistors, caps, diodes in a small plasic bag (about 150 of em all) and sell for about $2. No 2 bags are the same and they only contain resistors, caps and diodes.

Linux

Nostrafus

Aiight, got my package in and I've already found a ton of stuff.

So far I found 4, 7 seg displays, 2 +/- 1 displays (True False), 1 LCD Display (Looks like a pager display for use in my Mp3 player once I find the main CPU), 4 complete circuits, haven't identified them yet, 10 - decade counter IC's, 20 battery holders, 4 super caps, a pack of 50 diodes (Haven't ID'd them either), 2 IC's I haven't ID'd, 20 LED's, 6 Lamps, 20+ switches, 3 triggers (Will be useful for a gauss rifle when I make it) 2 extremely useful caps (680uF @ 200v, will be using those in my gauss rifle) 5 heat sinks, 1 High voltage tester, 7 sockets, 2 pushbuttons, 1 high voltage switch, 3 buzzers, 8 pots, 2 knobs, 1 High Voltage Pot, 2 transformers, and about 1000 more things, I'll have plenty of stuff to catalogue.

Oh yeah, if anyone has a schematic that uses the decade counters, I'd like to make use of them... they're CD4017BN

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E=MC^18357891237358179238, it\'ll still come out right every time. Try it some time, it\'s all relative to the equation.

Take that Einstein.

Nostrafus

Oh, and it's not strictly US, you can get it shipped outside US, but it would be better to get a bunch of them, like 10 larges, because shipping would be airmail, and that's expensive for just 1 box.

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E=MC^18357891237358179238, it\'ll still come out right every time. Try it some time, it\'s all relative to the equation.

Take that Einstein.

e

EGM is great, i ordered some stuff a while ago from them back when they mailed the catalogs, i ordered an assortment of copper clad once and i still have some around, it was like 50 pieces and it was cheap too.

linuxking

hmm got a link to check it out?

Nostrafus

http://sales.goldmine-elec.com/Catlist.asp

It's under Unique items, large is the first on the list, small is the second.

Sizes: Large 7.00"x5.25"x5.25", Small 4.25"x4.25"x4.50"

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E=MC^18357891237358179238, it\'ll still come out right every time. Try it some time, it\'s all relative to the equation.

Take that Einstein.