On Sat, 01 Jan 2005 09:06:44 GMT, Bruce L. Bergman
wrote:

On Sat, 01 Jan 2005 04:13:15 GMT, Gunner
wrote:
On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 16:29:12 GMT, Bruce L. Bergman
wrote:

If you can't find the parts cheap, try Apex Electronics 8909 San
Fernando Road, Sun Valley CA. 818/767-7202
http://www.apexelectronic.com/ You'll have to call and ask, the
website doesn't even scratch the surface of what's in there.

They are a high-tech wrecking yard for the electronics and defense
industries, and they have aisles stacked with NOS mil-spec connectors.
And they've been used as a high-tech prop house, too - set designers
use bits to outfit the "laboratory"...

Apex...takes a little bit of getting used to.

To say its ah...got a lot of Stuff....is something of an
understatement......

Apex is freaking Nirvanah for people like me/us.

Oh, yeah. Need to get over there soon, I don't get to that end of
the valley too often lately. Might find some air line hardware, have
to plumb the garage...

Their only drawback is, they /do/ know what the stuff cost new, so
you can't low-ball them too much on some items. Something that might
be nifty to grab on a whim for $1 and screw around with to see if you
can make it work isn't so inviting when they say it's $50 - you tend
to rethink your design. But they've got little and big Variacs, Sola
Ferroresonant transformers, regular transformers, every kind of wire
and cable known to mankind, vacuum tubes, odd connectors, panel
meters, some pneumatics, some hydraulics...

The back yard outside is great - for a while they had a big
collection of those 1950's brew-a-cup-fresh coffee vending machines.
An old UHF TV Transmitter. Several sizes of microwave waveguides,
rigid and flexible. And a bunch of aerospace test stands. Some
aircraft drop tanks. And somewhere under the pile was a Studebaker
Pickup...

They have regular go-rounds with the LACityFD Inspector for having
stuff stacked too high and insufficient aisle space. My kind of
people. ;-)

-- Bruce --

Ive been tasked with rebuilding some stripped German metal spinning
lathes, and I need to make a run over there for some 2'x3' electrical
cabinets for relay boxes and some 3ph disconnects. Plus some bits and
pieces for my own projects.

Gunner

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