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

[Charles M]

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:
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> On Aug 14, 2021, at 1:25 PM, CrankyOldBugger <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com> wrote:
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> 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?"
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> I really couldn't give him an answer, other than "there used to be a cool place on Lancaster but they changed it".
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> 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?
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> 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.
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> Orion Electronics on Lancaster I think is (finally) dead and closed. They hung on for-freaking-ever, reinventing themselves several times.
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> 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.
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> -A.
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