[sdiy] parts ?

[patchell]

    I keep a good stock of the parts I use.  Although, when you are raring
to go on a project, nothing is worse than not getting what you want.

    Now mouser generally lists how many parts are in stock.  If I notice
what I want is 0, I try to find a sub (sometimes, for instance, 74HCxx stuff
comes from several different vendors, if they don't have one, try another).
Also, If mouser doesn't have it, Digikey might.

    Another thing to keep in mind with mouser is that they have several
distribution points.  Even if it is in stock, it may come from several
places.  If this is the case, the first box you get will indicate the parts
that could not be shipped from that particular location were back ordered.
It sometimes takes about a week for the parts to show up from all over the
country.

Mountain Man wrote:

> My first order arrived from Mouser today.  Oh boy!  I'm all set to start
> building!  Right ?  Nope  :(   Several of the items were marked
> "backordered" including the 3904's and the 50k pots.  Bummer :(   And
> after waiting a solid week for delivery :(
>
> Anyway, I'm wondering how folks deal with long delivery times.  When you
> fry a part or realize that you're short on something what do you do?  Is
> there someplace in the Northeast US that I can order parts from (even if
> somewhat more expensive), where I won't have to wait a week if I need
> some part quickly?  I've checked out several of the place I hear
> mentioned (Mouser, Allelectronics, Jameco), and they're all in foreign
> lands like CA and TX.  Anyone got favorites on the right coast?  :)
>
> Thanks,
> Elby

--
 -Jim
------------------------------------------------
* Visit:http://www.silcom.com/~patchell/
*-----------------------------------------------
*I'm sure glad Merry Christmas comes just once a year
* -Yogi Yorgensen
------------------------------------------------