[time-nuts] The Black hole of Black Holes...

[Robert Darlington]

Everything the lab can't use anymore goes to "salvage".  Anything that isn't
furniture (computers, scopes, test equipment, etc.) goes to Bentley's
Auction House and is auctioned off once a month down in Albuquerque.   These
auctions include surplus stuff from Sandia, Phillips, and other big labs
around NM.  The furniture stays at salvage but outside in a huge lot and
sells on the third Thursday of the month.  You can get real bargains there.
Big steel government desks for 2 bucks, chairs for a quarter, lab
workbenches for a few more dollars.

Ed Grothus and his team of pirates used to go to the auctions but LANL
really screwed things up.  Typical things they'd do is let the vacuum out of
dewars and CRTs for safety reasons making stuff completely worthless.  Since
the old man's health was declining, I don't think they've gone to any
auctions in well over a year.  If you need a noval tube socket, they got
em.  If you need an LCD monitor, best to go elsewhere.

-Bob

On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 11:28 AM, J. Forster <jfor at quik.com> wrote:

> I'd guess he probably got the dregs from the lab, stuff that was too old,
> heavy, or low value that didn't merit shipping very far. New test gear
> likely went elsewhere. Much of what is in the pics is virtually unsellable
> and has been so for a decade or two. It's mostly 60s stuff.
>
> -John
>
> ============
>
>
> > Great site. Amazing what is there. But equally interesting is the age of
> > say
> > the test equipment. Very old. Enjoyed your write up. Thanks
> >
> > On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 11:17 AM, Burt I. Weiner <biwa at att.net> wrote:
> >
> >> After hearing all of you talk about the Black Hole surplus store I did a
> >> google search and came up with this neat site:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> http://eecue.com/log_archive/eecue-log-743-The_Black_Hole___Los_Alamos_Laboratory_Salvage_Yard.html
> >>
> >> I suspect that J.J. Glass Electronics in Los Angeles from the 50's must
> >> be
> >> in there somewhere!
> >>
> >> Burt, K6OQK
> >>
> >> At 05:00 AM 3/24/2010, time-nuts-request at febo.com wrote
> >>
> >>> > Never mind the museums in Los Alamos, go to The Black Hole!
> >>> >
> >>> > Ed Grothus died last year, but it's still the most amazing surplus
> >>> store
> >>> on
> >>> > the planet.
> >>> >
> >>> > --David Forbes
> >>>
> >>
> >> Burt I. Weiner Associates
> >> Broadcast Technical Services
> >> Glendale, California  U.S.A.
> >> biwa at att.net
> >> K6OQK
> >>
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