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Old electronics shops in Melbourne: what's there today (video)
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wilfred:
I went down to Rockby today and the parts cabinets from Truscotts were there and have been for a few weeks. I would have bet actual money that would happen.
They would probably only be interesting to people looking for spares for servicing older stuff. I would hazard a guess at 50 cabinets. The old metal style popular in australia 30 years ago.

If you know the clearance area then it is looking a bit like what Truscotts looked like when I went a few years ago.

I did see a few trays of second hand stepper motors from what I would guess was big datacenter lineprinters. $5ea. I'll attach a photo of one of the trays of the bigger ones.
And a couple example photos of the parts.

Has Truscott's finally shut up shop?


beanflying:
I used to jump a train from Warragul well over thirty (closer to 40) years ago with a few mates and do over most of the suspects in the Melbourne CBD. Those plus the Model Dockyard and Hearns Hobbies (before they lost the plot). Myers Basement and maybe a Movie. Then Home. Good day out for boys from the bush.

Geez I am old  ;)

Nearest Electronics shop of any sort is maybe Wiltronics in Ballarat (not a direction I travel) or 4 hours to Melbourne so sad but it is about mail order or bust for a lot of the country now. Rockby keeps on slogging it out but the rest seem to have largely given up the components and bits business.  :-[
johnboxall:

--- Quote from: wilfred on October 07, 2019, 06:07:26 am ---
Has Truscott's finally shut up shop?

--- End quote ---

Yes
VK3DRB:
Whenever we can, we should support Rockby. Use them or lose them. The blokes there told me the electronics scene is very quiet compared to just 10 years ago. A sign of the times. I have found some of their excess component specials to be cheaper than anywhere else, even cheaper than vendors in China.

Once Rockby is gone, there is not much else around.
wilfred:
I do like the occasional trip to Rockby to rummage around the clearance room. They are trying to spruce up the main store area which I hope makes it easier to find the good stuff. I once about 2 years ago was given a brief glimpse in the back where there was still heaps of old tubes of through hole chips. So it should be a source of obsolete stuff for a while if they remain the last man standing. But it seems to be impossible for a small local shop To maintain stock of all the vast amount of new SMT components.

I hope they survive for some time yet. They can't be complete mugs to have survived thus far. But even being a source for surplus stuff must be getting harder if the surplus comes from businesses closing down.
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