[kwlug-disc] answering questions for complete strangers..

[Chris Craig]

I live within walking distance of Cambridge Surplus. I would suggest that
you don't go out of your way to check it out. It has far less than KW
Surplus.

Everything Andrew K said about Sayal is spot on.

How is The Source these days? How about Graybar? Eclipse Automation?

On Sat, 14 Aug 2021 at 16:47, Charles M <chaslinux at gmail.com> wrote:

> That's odd because we were driving by Orion the other day and I swear
> I saw the neon sign lit up as open. I thought it was strange since I
> heard they were closed too. Going a little closer to Cambridge there's
> also Cambridge Surplus.
>
> On Sat, Aug 14, 2021 at 1:38 PM Andrew Kohlsmith (mailing lists
> account) via kwlug-disc <kwlug-disc at kwlug.org> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Aug 14, 2021, at 1:25 PM, CrankyOldBugger <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > So I was in KW Surplus earlier today, in the little electronics section
> with the switches and the Arduino add-ons, etc., when some guy asked me "is
> there anyplace else around here where I can get more of this stuff?"
> >
> > I really couldn't give him an answer, other than "there used to be a
> cool place on Lancaster but they changed it".
> >
> > So.. to answer the question for my own curiosity, does anyone know of
> any other stores in the KW area that would sell oddball electronics stuff?
> >
> >
> > Sayal Electronics, across the street from the Toyota plant: 1040
> Fountain St N, Cambridge, ON N3E 1A3. Their prices are higher (stupidly so
> on some items), but they’re local and have a LOT, including mechanical
> bits, tools, 3D printing stuff, educational kits/toys and of course,
> components.
> >
> > Orion Electronics on Lancaster I think is (finally) dead and closed.
> They hung on for-freaking-ever, reinventing themselves several times.
> >
> > There is (was?) also Environmental Quescence, run by David Schlievert.
> He used to operate out of is house on River Rd., but he’s moved, I think to
> Guelph. His website is a bit of a mess, but email him, he’s got so much
> stuff, he’s exactly like how KW Surplus used to be in its heyday:
> https://eq-trm.com. LOTS of mechanical, pneumatic stuff too, generally
> for automation. You won’t find Arduino-esque stuff there, but damn near
> anything else you might want.
> >
> > -A.
> >
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