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My purchase list for my new lab -- budget $1000+, thoughts?

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Old Printer:
I am in South Florida and I used this company for a lot of basic components when building my inventory. They are geared toward the hobbyist. They run an email only sale every Thursday and rotate through their inventory putting things on sale from 20-60% off. I just look every week and when they have interesting stuff on sale I order. They also usually have a 6.95 flat rate shipping offer. Worth a look.
http://www.mpja.com

bitseeker:

--- Quote from: AnyNameWillDo on July 24, 2018, 02:57:41 pm ---Also should I be doubling/tripling-up on any of those kits other than resistors?

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Probably not necessary. There will be values that you rarely, if ever, use. So, the kit is good in order to have a little of everything on hand. See what your usage is like and then buy larger quantities of the ones you use often. Some vendors, such as Mouser and Digi-Key, give price breaks at certain quantities (often starting as low as 10 of an item).


--- Quote from: Old Printer on July 24, 2018, 06:35:39 pm ---I am in South Florida and I used this company for a lot of basic components when building my inventory. They are geared toward the hobbyist. They run an email only sale every Thursday and rotate through their inventory putting things on sale from 20-60% off. I just look every week and when they have interesting stuff on sale I order. They also usually have a 6.95 flat rate shipping offer. Worth a look.
http://www.mpja.com

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Neat site. Thanks (although my wallet will likely not share that sentiment). ;D

ez24:
This is No. 1 on my List C

https://www.eevblog.com/forum/other-blog-specific/a/msg1341170/#msg1341170

AnyNameWillDo:
How about magnifiers? Do people really find jeweler loupes useful? I always got the impression that the magnification wasn't that great -- do people often prefer the head-mounted magnifiers? (I wear glasses FWIW)

ez24:

--- Quote from: AnyNameWillDo on July 29, 2018, 06:27:23 pm ---How about magnifiers? Do people really find jeweler loupes useful? I always got the impression that the magnification wasn't that great -- do people often prefer the head-mounted magnifiers? (I wear glasses FWIW)

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There has been a lot of talk here about this and I have tried several types.  I keep going back to my reading glasses +4 to +8  (I also wear glasses)

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