For reasons that will become relevant later on, I must clear the magazines from about ten feet of shelf space (and a stack of boxes), including this assortment:
What you see:
Home Shop Machinist (0744-6640): 4.1 Jan/Feb 1985 – to presentProjects In Metal (0897-070X): 1.1 Feb 1988 to 11.6 Dec 1998Machinist’s Workshop (1521-8112): 12.1 Feb 1999 to presentDigital Machinist (1933-3773): 1.2 Winter 2006 to 18.2 Summer 2023Dr. Dobb’s Journal (1044-789X): #322 March 2001 to #398 July 2007Circuit Cellar Magazine (0896-8985): #1 Jan/Feb 1988 to #334 May 2018QEX (0886-8093): #250 Sep/Oct 2008 to present
To the best of my knowledge and belief, each collection is complete within those dates, although I’m equally sure an issue or two went walkabout over the course of four decades.
Having written columns for Digital Machinist, DDJ, and Circuit Cellar, I (still!) have multiple “author’s copies” of those, although I haven’t dug through the boxes for the specifics.
Here’s the deal:
- You must take all of any set
- Any offer ≥ $0.00 is acceptable
- Shipping from ZIP 12603 is your problem
- N.B.: Shipping Is Not My Problem (*)
Best offer on or before 30 November 2023 takes any or all.
Whatever remains becomes mulch in December 2023.
(*) A USPS Medium Flat Rate box (11×8.5×5.5 inch) costs $17 within the continental US and holds two or three dozen issues. Obviously, that’s the wrong way to ship an entire shelf of magazines, but gives you an idea of the scale.
If you want to pick ’em up in person, I’ll help heave ’em into your trunk.
The Smell of Molten Projects in the Morning 
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10 responses to “Magazine Dump: Insuperable Opportunity”
Not going to make an offer. The bookshelves in the shop/barn mezzanine are full enough. [grin/wince]
My collection is not as large, but it’s large enough. (A few decades of the Village Press mags, plus Strictly IC and some others.) I’m not keeping other magazines, though some issues of QST are worth keeping in dead-tree format. I found the on-line issues to be useful enough.
Last winter, I took time and made spreadsheets of the annual indices for the metalworking magazines. When the depth of winter sets in, I’ll scan (some of) the articles I already flagged. On days where I can get sufficient heat in the barn, I’ll try to get some hobby work done. One project is a shelf and platforms that will help me scan books and magazines in the office. I’ve learned that some of my electronics think that 38F is too cold, regardless of the spec sheets. (Glares at Klein multimeter, rated at “-14F”, but prone to blanking out the left third of the display in a cold room. It’s
slacking offtaking refuge in the house. Alas, I have other equipment with similar ailments, which cannot be moved.)archive.org might be interested
I think they deal in pure bits and, for sure, I lack the facilities (and motivation!) to convert magazines into bits.
They are interested in physical copies. Owning a printed copy justifies lending. And they don’t want scanned material, but rather scan themselves. Quality control.
https://help.archive.org/help/how-do-i-make-a-physical-donation-to-the-internet-archive/
They do have circuit cellar, but incomplete – or they are not finished scanning.
https://archive.org/search?query=circuit+cellar
Maybe the machinist journals might be of more interest to them.
I quite like the option of searching through an old issue. And the local library regularly throws out any old issues.
Somehow I missed that when I was searching the IA site: thanks for the pointer!
I’ll send them a note to find out if they can either arrange a pickup or a meet-in-the-middle deal. Dumping the lot in boxes is possible, even if doing it well enough to withstand shipping isn’t.
On Amazon
The Best of Ciarcia’s Circuit Cellar Paperback – 1 Mar. 1992
Paperback
€237.99
1 Used from €237.99
I’ve got one. Shall we see something similar like, “The Best of Nisley’s …” ?
Not a chance! :grin:
I understand this might fall under “shipping is not my problem” but do you know if UPS from your location is able to ship overseas? (Argentina)
Thanks.
I have no idea, but my experience with mailing even small items outside the US has been discouraging; this stuff would require heavy-duty cartons and strapping. You’ll definitely need somebody here to handle the packing & shipping.
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