eBay, Tinker's Paradise - Brief Article

I don't collect things. But I use eBay all the time to find stuff for building projects. I buy batteries, motors, and remote control gear for my robotic projects. For a flamethrowing project we bought all our Fire Proximity and Entry suits (for walking into fire) on eBay (these $2,000 suits go for a few hundred dollars). I even find a lot of new stuff there. I bought my brand-new generator there for about $300 less than the cheapest online price. I can get international coded DVDs that can be played on any player, not just ones with the US code on them. I use eBay to buy obscure machine tools. For instance, for one project we bought a Mitutoyo 0-5 foot caliper that measures to .001" for $250; these normally sell for about $3,000.

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