R 5-D 3 Electronic Surplus

I miss this place and Robert’s stories. He will be missed. I didn’t even buy that much from him, I just liked the company and fun stuff to tinker with.

Love this shop but sad news, the owner (Bob Lee) passed away on October 13, 2015. I don’t know the future of the shop but I assume it will close permanently. I hope I’m wrong.
If you’re into vacuum tubes, this is (was?) the place. I don’t know of another comparable shop anywhere in the area.

If you are into the ancient and house-​warming technology of the vacuum tube, this is the place: half of the main shop is tubes, tube sockets, and other tube ephemera. He knows tubes by sight, function, and part number, and he told me he sells 20,000+ tubes a year. This store should be on the radar of all local ham radio folks, guitar techs, and audiophiles.
Sadly, I am not into tube technology at all. But there is not only the non-​tube half of the main shop but also two additional sheds of techno-​trash-​ure to peruse. The main shop contained mostly older assemblies and equipment, not components like transistors and resistors. I do remember dials, gauges, test equipment, old radios, ancient computer gear, control panels, a good spread of motors, and military connectors. The sheds have larger equipment and random stereo equipment, including some laser discs. Not as high yield as the main collection, but worth checking out if you made the trip out to Milwaukie and are willing to dig for a brilliantly random conversation piece.