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A modern part list and where to get the parts

By TheRingMaster

9 years ago



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    #1 9 years ago

    I am doing some restorations and one of the biggest pitas is to find what part I need. If I hold a broken one in my hand, where can I get a new one? First I would look in the manual, then when I have the part number i would look for it online. But many parts are hard to find and even the part number is hard to find nowadays.

    So I came to think of something that might be a good thing to create. An interactive, kinda like pinwiki, part list for our beloved games. The users, can add parts and modify the list themselves.

    So, when you buy a new part you add, for example, the following to the data base: part name, manufacturers original part number, a picture of it, in what machine(s) it is used, where in the machine it is used, where it was bought and the year it was available and the part number it has in that particular shop.

    One can add other things as well as approximate prices and so on. The idea would be to make a list of new parts or new old stock and a separate one for used parts. The latter will probably generate a lot of out of stock but at least one knows where it was last spotted.

    Is it just that i am lazy or would this be a good idea? I might look into it..

    #2 9 years ago

    Might be a good idea, but might also be a huge amount of work to keep up with. There are a bajillion (technical term) different parts out there.

    #3 9 years ago

    Yes that would be an understatement.
    But if people would add stuff during time it could work. An idea at least!

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