soldering/desoldering irons and electronic parts

[ironsniper1]

hey fellow tech nerds! i there any stores in nashville that sell soldering/desoldering irons, electronic components, like switches buttons, surface mount parts, through hole parts etc?

[Alleycat72]

Bluff city electronics

[No_0ne]

I don't think that rusty mosin you've been working on will need any of that ...

[ironsniper1]

2 minutes ago, No_0ne said:

I don't think that rusty mosin you've been working on will need any of that ...

im going to turn it into a laser mosin

[ironsniper1]

i called Bluff city electronics and from what they were saying they are for more industrial type of parts and tools and not hobbyist like me who works on stuff like game consoles etc

[KahrMan]

47 minutes ago, luke9511 said:

i called Bluff city electronics and from what they were saying they are for more industrial type of parts and tools and not hobbyist like me who works on stuff like game consoles etc

We get most of our stuff from either amazon or adafruit.com.  If you are not in a hurry but cost conscious then aliexpress.com is the way to go.  It is cheap but but you are ordering direct from china so it is slow and the occasional order gets lost or has quality issues.

Edited February 11, 2019 by KahrMan

[ironsniper1]

i was just hoping to maybe find some place local but looks like not

[KahrMan]

It is hard for a local place to compete on this sort of stuff with the big online guys.

[Fourtyfive]

Graybar Elecrtric, Grainger, most HVAC supply houses in the area.

[MacGyver]

Javanco closed years ago - but was a real treat back in the day if you had time to look around.  

The Gulch hasn’t been the same since. 

Randolph & Rice closed a few years ago, too. 

These days, Adafruit is a lot of fun if you’re learning or wanting to get inspired for a project. 

[bubbadavis]

Javanco once offered me a warranty of "30 feet or 30 seconds" on a purchase... Loved that place!

[MacGyver]

I’m surprised they didn’t have to declare it a Super Fund site after it closed. 

There’s no telling how many tons of PCB’s leaked out of some of those old transformers and stuff.  

But yeah, if you had time to wander, you’d find about anything you could need or want. 

[ironsniper1]

13 hours ago, Fourtyfive said:

Graybar Elecrtric, Grainger, most HVAC supply houses in the area.

those are for industrial type supplies, i need more parts/tools for consumer electronics, but i will just have to look online since theres no place locally to get what i need

[1fast4by]

sigh...I miss Radioshack

[Photoguy67]

I would suggest a hamfest. They usually have a lot of things like that. Next one I know of is March 2nd in Cave city Ky.

Little bit of a drive, but almost sure to have anything you are looking for.