update: this truckload of treasure was Craigslisted onto a stoked local person and his father, both of whom were excited for the possibilities. Consider giving away your old stuff, you might make someone happy.
Danica and I are preparing to move east to pursue new and interesting opportunities. As part of this transition, we're doing a good bit of downsizing. I've decided to rid myself of a lot of the random electronics (and electronics-adjacent) junk I've collected over the last few years. Some of this isn't worth much, but you may find some useful gems and I'm not interested in splitting the lot up at this point. If you are interested, live in the US, and are willing to cover postage, I will send it to you for free.
I'm still figuring out exactly what the box will contain, but at a minimum:
- three Akro-Mils clear sliding drawer bins filled with random and interesting parts
- a selection of DragonPlate CFRP scraps of various sizes
- two somewhat flexible large diameter CFRP tubes
- a partial Reprap Wilson II 3D printer (all the 3D printed parts plus black anodized extrusion, but nothing else)
- all of the interesting bits out of an office photocopier: gears, shafts, steppers, servos, first surface mirrors, sensor, control panel, etc.
- a PiDP-8 kit, with the switch soldering already done
- a samsung galaxy gear VR headset, designed for a phone I never owned
- my old modified toaster oven reflow setup, which works but you should be careful with and probably reprogram (it's powered by an Arduino of some kind)
- a selection of homebuilt PC extras, including a few stock Intel coolers and lots of misc cables
- a beefy-AF transformer of unknown rating
- a nice pair of HeNe (632nm) laser safety goggles
- a few under-counter LED lights
- the guts from an old-school industrial 900 MHz industrial data radio
- a box of ~10 Omega pre-wired strain gages (these list at $10 ea!)
- a pile of germanium transistors
My guess is the box will weigh in the 20-30 kg range, so UPS thinks it will cost around $100 to ship. If you're interested, write me a note: zachary dot fredin at gmail dot com. Otherwise, most of this will become e-waste by late May.
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i cant believe no one has commented yet. Hell yes dude. I specifically take interest in repurposing materials and electronics that would otherwise end up in a landfill. Everything you've listed sounds like gold compared to the old appliances or roadside treasures lol.
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thanks! unfortunately this is already claimed (see update, above). hopefully this post encourages others to do the same, so keep your eyes peeled.
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