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Pounce on the Goldmine!

ercoerco Posts: 20,259
edited 2011-12-24 07:26 in General Discussion
http://www.goldmine-elec.com/?utm_source=Goldmine+-+Alana&utm_campaign=3020098590-Aug8&utm_medium=email

Many useful goodies on sale: solar panels, gearmotors, transistor array DIP, 99-cent latching relays, $1 hall effect sensors, 75-cent slide pots, magnets, boards, LEDs, etc.

Plus $10 off your $75 order.

Comments

  • PJAllenPJAllen Banned Posts: 5,065
    edited 2011-08-05 17:12
    Gee, there's a gearhead that they describe as "very unique".
    They could write for Hack-a-Day, but they'd have to change it to quite unique.
  • TorTor Posts: 2,010
    edited 2011-08-06 03:11
    Hmm..

    Goldmine shipping faq:
    International Customers
    We welcome orders from all over the world.
    [..]
    Merchandise can only be shipped to the following countries:
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    Funny guys..

    -Tor
  • LeonLeon Posts: 7,620
    edited 2011-08-06 03:36
    That link now seems to be broken, I've told them about it.

    Was the UK one of them?

    We have a similar company here in the UK:

    http://www.distel.co.uk/

    The owner, Dave Fisher, is an acquaintance of mine. I've known him for over 25 years.
  • TorTor Posts: 2,010
    edited 2011-08-06 06:26
    Leon wrote: »
    That link now seems to be broken, I've told them about it.

    Was the UK one of them?
    No, their definition of 'from all over the world' is Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand.
    We have a similar company here in the UK:

    http://www.distel.co.uk/

    The owner, Dave Fisher, is an acquaintance of mine. I've known him for over 25 years.
    Thanks for the link, now bookmarked.

    -Tor
  • LeonLeon Posts: 7,620
    edited 2011-08-06 06:54
    They have a side-line designing hardware and software for the film and TV industries, often using junk from their own warehouse. They designed their own CNC milling machine for cutting out panels (made on their own injection moulder) and making PCBs. Many of the sets in the James Bond films used panels and displays made by them. They even have a crashed jet fighter they picked up cheap, and are keeping until someone wants it in a production.
  • localrogerlocalroger Posts: 3,452
    edited 2011-08-06 10:59
    Leon wrote: »
    They even have a crashed jet fighter they picked up cheap, and are keeping until someone wants it in a production.

    Wow, and I thought I had a lot of Smile in my parts collection.
  • LeonLeon Posts: 7,620
    edited 2011-08-06 11:10
    He's got an old industrial site with several warehouses and what was a car park crammed with stuff. I spent an afternoon there a couple of years ago with a friend who also knows him just wandering around.
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,259
    edited 2011-12-21 20:27
    A few new good offerings at http://www.goldmine-elec.com/?utm_source=Goldmine&utm_campaign=5bd7ae8eec-Dec+9+2011&utm_medium=email
  • ajwardajward Posts: 1,130
    edited 2011-12-22 03:04
    I kind of liked the "Spargue 150D 10uF 20VDC Tantalum Capacitor". :-)

    @
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,259
    edited 2011-12-22 08:16
    Amanda, when you combine some 200F caps with your 5kW laser, you'll really have Forumistas concerned!

    But stern ("what the heck were you thinking") laser warnings aside, it's nice that people care about each other here, huh?
  • fixmaxfixmax Posts: 91
    edited 2011-12-24 06:30
    I bought 10 of these really nice little motors from Goldmine the other day. They are high quality Faulhaber motors (swiss made) come with a nice right angle gearbox and a quadrature 5V encoder, and are 141:1. Got these for $2.90 each, which is just crazy. Good surplus source. Note the motor size scaled to the arrow keys on the keyboard.
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    532 x 399 - 66K
  • nightwingnightwing Posts: 56
    edited 2011-12-24 07:26
    Like these places... Reminds me of both All Electronics and the old Industrial Liquidators that were in San Diego before they closed.
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