SurplusGizmos

Didn’t get too much of a chance to look around. I came in for a specific tool that they didn’t have, a very small torx which is hard to come by. I spoke with someone as soon as I walked in the door and just happened to be standing right next to the selection it would have been in.
The two gentlemen that helped me were very nice and helpful. Since they didn’t have what I was looking for they were happy to give me some alternative places to look.
I will keep them in mind for the future!

So glad to have found you! Needed a cheap monitor to enhance my «work from home» experience. You guys hooked me up and were very helpful! Love supporting your small business!

I recently went in there asking for a specific item for my daughter. The guy at the counter was very courteous. He had to go ask somebody else and then came back telling me they didn’t have any in stock and would have to get the owner’s permission before they ordered anymore.
So I’m standing there and he doesn’t take my name and number as he should have so they could ask the owner about ordering more because I’m obviously an interested customer. He tells me to have a good day which is nice and all but the whole fact I wanted something they didn’t have in stock, and it didn’t seem like they cared much about asking the owner to order more.
So when I left I just looked on a shopping website and found the exact item for over ten bucks cheaper. This store just lost a potential customer.

I always check to see if «Gizmos got it» before buying new or ordering on the innerwebs. Great place to scavenge parts.

Huge variety, everything in order, great prices, extremely helpful staff! Bought a few items for ¼ the price found in the internet.

Lots of surplus and some new retail products. If you are into building things yourself this is the place to go.
Mostly Electronics, electrical and electro-​mechanical products with some mechanical. Some of the things I have purchased are misc hardware, a motor for my band saw, LED’s and resistors for radio repair, Lego keychain flashlights, dvo meters, cable tester, heatshrink tubing.
The store is clean, with things laid out by product by area. Staff is friendly and helpful. Let them know what you are trying to do and see what they can come up with to help.
It is one of those places you want to swing by and browse once a month just to see what new things interest you.

Surplus electronic parts super store. Clean surplus gear. Prices can approach retail on some items. Friendly, helpful staff. Fun place to browse and pick.

This industrial park storefront had a nice assortment of electronic parts which are logically laid out. It appears mostly surplus; if you need an exact transistor or inductor or somesuch you might be better off ordering it online than digging through a bin here with your fingers crossed. You will have more fun digging and wandering, though! The prices are somewhere between cheap and slightly-​more-​than-​retail, with the latter still reasonable if you need it in hand the same day.
If you are not in need of exactitude… If you are looking for ideas or inspiration… the random element is here in spades: chip fab and assembly robots; laser assemblies, medical and laboratory equipment, specialized/​obsolete computer gear, and much more are present in the back of the store. They have a good assortment of motors, slides, rails, and leadscrews for you homebrew CNC types.
The staff are helpful and mostly friendly. Haggling (which I view as a holy rite at surplus places and Hamfests) did not seem like a popular move here, which is sad because it means less turnover for them in the long run. Maybe they want to run a museum, or maybe they do mark down stuff that doesn’t sell over time; I haven’t been there enough to know.
Pros: organized selection, not in a funky cave, recycling/​upcycling at its finest
Cons: prices high on some stuff, minimal dickering atmosphere

Stopped by Surplus Gizmos after spotting a color mac in the window.
I am not sure how to describe this shop… let me try:
If a Fry’s and the Boeing surplus store had a tiny baby… it would be Surplus Gizmos.
The racks contains resistors, electronic bits and pieces, wiring, misc computer guts and weird do-​dads.
To describe a few: I saw those scanners the banks run deposit slips and checks through, old DSL routers, and safety helmets.
The shop mainly sells hardware.
In then end, I was lured there with the old mac and left empty handed.
Everything is sold-​as-​is making any purchase seem overly risky.

Seems like I always something new when I stop in and check out the various shelves and bins. I usually go in for one thing and come back with it plus more ideas for other new things to build or tinker on.
Serious candy store for anyone who like to DIY electronics.

If you are building a robot, or a jetpack («Where’s My Jetpack?!?» —
) this is the place to come.
A gizmo is something that looks like it was designed for a purpose, but you might not know what exactly that purpose was. Its function might be hidden in the recesses of its interior. Usually it’s made of aluminum, Teflon, stainless steel or silicon.
Surplus means that probably a local high tech company used it for that hidden purpose, but then it became obsolete, and a hundredth of its original value, surplus.
They have motors, pumps, actuators, positioners, electronic parts, power supplies, test equipment, wire, metal electronic boxes, computer parts of unknown functionality and the highly useful Dorkbot
breadboard. They are a good source for LED’s including ultraviolet ones.
They have metal dinosaur kits and robot kits. (It would be epic if these two ideas were combined!) Lego flashlights and «rare TIVO dolls». You can even order a blank stare for $.25, it’s part number DOUB1.
They have a YouTube channel
, which might give you an idea. A website too. The store is packed to the ceiling. It’s not Fair Radio, but they have a lot of obscure stuff for Portland.
It would be most useful for people interested in Make Magazine
, artists looking for weird things, gag gizmo gifts, people with a massive excess of time on their hands to build a robot, or the next startup geniuses.
Surplus Gizmos — the name says it all!