RE: [sdiy] stocking my diy synth parts draw

[rdrake]

i've bought a couple of jameco assortment kits,  http://www.jameco.com/Jameco/catalogs/c274/P81.pdf, not a bad deal, especially the refill packs.  

but the real key is to overbuy whenever you put in an order.  frinstance, mouser resistors drop from 12 cents to 2 cents each when you buy 200... so i always buy 200 of any value i need, and i'm set for months.  particularly good strategy if you build multiple designs by the same designer... ken stone, for instance, pretty consistently re-uses the same values across many designs, so if you stock up when building a couple of his projects, you'll have a good base for filling other CGS boards.

that said, even after a few years accumulating a pretty massive stock, i'm almost always short 1 or 2 parts whenever i start a new project...  one of the sdiy correlaries to murphy's law, i suppose.

b


>----- ------- Original Message ------- -----
>From: ahlist at gmail.com
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>Sent: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 21:46:47
>
>Does anyone have advice on an initial stocking of
>diy synth parts? So
>far I've made many small orders as I've found parts
>I need. Does
>anyone know of anyone selling a nice lot/set of
>parts that would be
>good to have? I would like to have on hand common
>things I'll need as
>I delve deeper into creating things.
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