Circuit Benders and Makers can add another place to their potential pilgrimage list. The Reuseum in Garden City, Idaho. Looks like some fun surplus lying around and they also host Maker and Circuit Bending Workshops. Perhaps they could be even talked into throwing a Show!
More information about the Reuseum is available via the Idaho Statesman Article.
This reminds me of a concept I had while I was going to school at UIUC, before I ever even thought about circuit-bending. It was essentially a place where people could come donate their busted/unwanted/etc. electronics. It would be run on a volunteer basis, where students/hobbyists would spend time breaking down electronics for re-use or recycling in exchange for free access to parts, tools, storage and education. I still have a flash presentation of this idea on my computer, if you’d be interested in posting it for poops and giggles.
Sure, post it up.
Hey thank you so much for digging up our little store out of nowhere. We have been fostering our own little DIY community and I have been a fan of GetLoFi since the solder fumes hit my nostrils. Thanks again… and we’d love to throw a show.
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We need a good one of these up in the Seattle area. (or is there one I don’t know about?)
About the closest thing I’ve found is RE PC store downtown. But its mostly computers, and only a little odds and ends.
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great idea! there is a place called SCRAP in San Francisco different idea but similiar. oh and another topic……I hear in SF artists can have residencies with a space near the city dump to make art from items found in the dump. BTW, maybe perhaps check government donations with a geiger counter…..cheers.
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