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**Curt Palme** · Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 1:31 pm Post subject:

Well, as the projector thing took off, I thought to myself that I should get at least one test chassis of each model ever made. I think I accomplished that a few months later. Smile

(actually, considering I didn't get a 909 test chassis until last year that I could call my own, it took about 12 years...

But yep, that's really it. Selling parts takes a pile of room, but what I realized as well yesterday as I threw things out, is that I can repair probably 95% of boards that I get in, and am really good at ones that I've worked on 100s of times, so there's really no need to stock a pile of spares of the ones that I can fix. Still, considering that I have about 50 HD8 lenses in stock, I will spend an hour thinning that herd as well. Maybe I can get some of my wine cellar room back. Hahahahah!

But seriously, that basement has made me lots of money. It costs me the same whether it's empty or full, and guaranteed more than one person reading this thread has been saved by my hoarding tendencies. Smile

Jeremy112 · Joined: 28 Sep 2006 Posts: 2649 Location: Fond du Lac, WI

Well I dont see any graphic pictures here curt:P

Take some pics of the money making basement!! Those are sure to be NC-17 rated! Razz

**Curt Palme** · Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 2:34 pm Post subject:

Once I reclaim my wine cellar, I can put the restraints back up. THEN I'll take a pix! Razz

Jeremy112 · Joined: 28 Sep 2006 Posts: 2649 Location: Fond du Lac, WI

Nevermind curt Razz

You still got that G90 chassis? Razz

digitalayon · Joined: 02 Mar 2009 Posts: 921

don't lie to us......you love electronics so much you are grinding the silicon and snorting it!!! All jokes aside.....I would probably have a ton of crap too if I wasn't married.

Jeremy112 · Joined: 28 Sep 2006 Posts: 2649 Location: Fond du Lac, WI

Nashou66 · Joined: 12 Jan 2007 Posts: 16171 Location: West Seneca NY

cinema mad · Joined: 25 Nov 2009 Posts: 219

Are you going to come clean (no pun intended) & tell us whats the real reason for the basement clean out Curt ?
your going to stock it with A wine collection would be my Guess & maybe A light or two for A little extra income Laughing

Jeremy112 · Joined: 28 Sep 2006 Posts: 2649 Location: Fond du Lac, WI

**Curt Palme** · Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 4:29 pm Post subject:

Actually most of it is due to the fact that I've been hanging onto stuff way too long, but also that I'm buying 9" sets for next to nothing, and need the room. throwing out Sony 1031 parts and ECP parts to make room for BArco 909 and G90 parts makes sense to me! Smile

Matrix · Joined: 06 Sep 2006 Posts: 123 Location: Indianapolis, IN

Curt, I feel for your neighbors. Just tell them you are preparing for a yard sale.

**Curt Palme** · Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 4:40 pm Post subject:

It's all gone already, the recycler picked it up this morning.

My place is recessed 100' from the road anyways, fences on either side. They see... and know... NOTHING.

Matrix · Joined: 06 Sep 2006 Posts: 123 Location: Indianapolis, IN

**Curt Palme** · Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 4:48 pm Post subject:

Yeah, it has to be, so you guys can't find it!

BTS · Joined: 15 Oct 2006 Posts: 79 Location: vulcan

i hope none of those 10xx parts were working 1031q power supplies !!!

**Curt Palme** · Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 5:25 pm Post subject:

Probably not, but I didn't check. I still have 2 working 1031s here that you can have for $50 if you want to drive out. Smile

draganm · Joined: 08 Mar 2006 Posts: 8990 Location: Colorado

getting rid of old crap is good for you, both physically and emotionally. Nice to see you did the right thing and recycled it.
Funny we were just talking yesterday, it used to be raw materials dirt cheap and finished product very expensive (remember the $450. VCR). Now the price of finished stuff has dropped like a rock , a BD player costs 50 bucks in 2012 dollars Shocked

. The cost of metal and plastic though has gone through the roof.
The recycling guy would have had to sort that stuff to maximize it's value but he probably made a couple of hundred bucks and kept it out of the landfill

dvh99 · Joined: 25 Dec 2009 Posts: 2158 Location: nederland

curt, i thought you had an idea about recycling old electronics, do you still hang on to that idea?
whatever the outcome, you`ll probably be a "roepende in de woestijn" (dutch proverb meaning "someone calling in the desert"... if that makes sense).

Tinman · Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 10:03 pm Post subject:

Huh..... and I thought you were cleaning out your bedroom. Mr. Green

Well, you saw MY garage.... at least I got just about ALL the crap out of the HOUSE. I scrapped about a ton already. No regrets.
I've also been hanging on to too much crap!

cinema mad · Joined: 25 Nov 2009 Posts: 219