Hobby Stores? I'm kind of a serial hobbyist and, for the most part, it's not terribly difficult to find a shop that sells the stuff I'm looking for (shout out to the...
NaptownBlue replied:
Hobby Town USA has a radio shack aisle now where you can get all the component stuff that radio shack used to sell in the old days.
cait_Cat replied:
There's a secondhand craft store in fountain square/Bates Hendricks that might interest you. Not gonna be a reliable source of what you're looking for, but a fun place to stop every once and awhile. It's called ReCraft.
WindTreeRock replied:
You want MAI Prime Parts. http://www.primeparts.net/ for electronics.
eatin_gushers replied:
There's a rc shop in beech Grove called Indy RC. They sell all rc components and have an indoor race track to practice on and I'm assuming races too.
shanksinator replied:
Not a hobby store but Frye's electronics in Fishers has a lot of electronics components and tools.
sgnmac replied:
[Toys Forever](http://www.toysforeverhobbies.com/) in Muncie is pretty intense.
bannablecommentary replied:
Apparently there is an electronics / hardware shop downtown but I drove around the corner and it looked pretty abandoned and sketchy. I chickened out so don't know if its good or not. Unfortunately it's just cheaper to order these things online and wait the sometimes long wait.
Does anyone know of a electronics repair shop in indianapolis that could service an old reel to reel tape deck? the right channel sounds just fine, but the left produces...
Debian A. replied:
to be honest, I will do the repair for free, but it may take some time to get it running according to spec (being as I work during the day). The people you will find on tapeheads.net will charge, however you will be paying for a professional service that will have much better testing equipment than I (as in most of the people you will find on the tapeheads site have their own recording studio typically). Speak with them first and see if you can get a fair price for the repair. If not, I will do it for free.