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RE: Skycraft Surplus - website



Original poster: "Dave Halliday" <dh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

They have a website here:

http://www.skycraftsurplus.com/

Obviously, the stuff they list here will be things they have some
quantity of -- the cool one-off bit of unobtanium will not be listed.
Still, their prices are not too bad for what they have...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tesla list [mailto:tesla@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 1:07 PM
> To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Skycraft Surplus
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> Original poster: <dgoodfellow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> I recommend to skip Disney World, and make Skycraft your primary
> destination! You never know what you will find there. Used to be that
> I would go straight for the high voltage capacitor section at the
> back wall. Not now though, with the new metal poly caps that we all
> use in our coils. I have seen the GE 42L mmc caps there, but the
> price on them was around $5.00 each. Best deals that I have had there
> was in the misc junk bins. I found a piece of G-10 Phenolic there one
> time that is about 12" x 16" x 1/2" for $15.00 . One of these days, I
> will get a machinist to cut it into a rotary spark gap plate....
> Skycraft is also great for small parts in things like standoffs,
> insulators, line filters, and unusual shapes made from things like
> delrin, teflon and phenolic. Sometimes I buy bags of things that I
> don't have a specific application for, but just know that somewhere
> down the line, it will come in handy.
> Good luck hunting, let us all know if you come up with a great find.
>
> Dave Goodfellow
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 11:36 PM
> Subject: Skycraft Surplus
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> >Original poster: "Lau, Gary" <Gary.Lau@xxxxxx>
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> >I'll be visiting Disney World in Orlando with the kiddies in a couple
> >weeks.  The last time I was there was about 7 years ago, and
> I had also
> >visited a place called Skycraft Surplus, in Winter Park, FL, near
> >Orlando.  Can anyone make a recommendation yea or nay, as to whether
> >it's worthwhile?  I don't expect to come out with NST's or MMC caps,
> >(truth is, I don't actually need anything) but I do enjoy a good
> >dumpster dive through interesting junque.  Just wondering if it's
> >changed since I was there last.
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> >Thanks, Gary Lau
> >MA, USA
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