[quote=sdduuuude]afx – Buy a book on neat little electronics projects and try to build one of them. Little timer circuits, blinky lights, noise-makers, etc.[/quote]
Yes, and get a decent temperature-controlled soldering iron. Weller is the default choice for a lot of people, but Hakko, Xytronic, and (especially) Metcal are good choices. Buy used! I got my first decent iron for $30 many years ago from Industrial Lquidators, and it worked great.
[quote]I’d say go to Gateway Electronics, but they closed and I forget the name of the place that replaced it.[/quote]
Whaaaaa….? When did this happen? I haven’t been there in a while since I moved back to east county, but they were my go-to source for Canare audio cable.
I guess our cool surplus joints are down to a couple of places on Johnson in El Cajon (California Electronic & Industrial Supply and the other place a block north) and that place in National City whose name always escapes me.
