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Ask Hackaday: Do You Curb Shop Components? https://hackaday.com/2026/01/13/ask-hackaday-do-you-curb-shop-components/
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Ask Hackaday: Do You Curb Shop Components?

I’m not proud. When many of us were kids, we were unabashedly excited when trash day came around because sometimes you’d find an old radio or — jackpot — an old TV out by th…

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Gary @N8DMT Oct 24

@relistan Recall buying 100 packs of little envelopes multiple times - always finding more (and more) parts to be bagged and shoe boxed. The shoe boxes multiplied over time…

Sadly, that was before moving cross country multiple times in a short period of time. Starting over with ADALM2000 and TI MyParts kits, but poor substitute for past capabilities. Slowly building up parts again. Treasure parts if you have them.
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AI6YR Ben Jan 13, 2025

(on the plus side, BOTH of these photo lights I got for free out of boxes of junk. They have been sitting here for awhile, and I had no idea what I might use them for, but said "this might be handy for a fun project sometime!" #junkbox) 🤪

Diane Bruce VA3DB Sep 22, 2024

Type A vs. type B 8 pin DIN connectors! Who knew? (Europeans did I bet ;)) Well I found an 8 pin type B in junkbox but I need a type A. I know I had a type A 8 pin DIN *SOMEWHERE* in my junkbox...

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Andro Abhi Nov 6, 2023

What Parts Should You Desolder?

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What Parts Should You Desolder?

A rite of passage for a young electronics enthusiast used to be collecting an array of surplus boards from whatever could be found, and using them as sources of parts to desolder. It was possible w…

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GeekProjects News Nov 6, 2023

What Parts Should You Desolder? https://hackaday.com/2023/11/05/what-parts-should-you-desolder/ #stockparts #ToolHacks #desolder #junkbox #Parts #scrap #junk