Just looking for basic glassware, bunsen, distillation, and stir plate for working with simple stuff related to circuit board etching, tinning, through hole plating, and some reverse engineering stuff like dissolving epoxy chip packaging for die shots. I’d like to be able to shape some glass. Above all, I’m looking for cheap stuff that is barely adequate in the few hundred dollars class total. Like I have no issues hacking a thrift store hotplate with a rare earth magnet on a small motor. Are there any cheap options to stay safe and functional?
You might just email the chemistry teacher at your nearest high school. Those kind of things are probably like optiplexes. Organizations buy the new panacea rather than learn what they have. The person who uses the old ones know they work fine and stash them in a closet where they will never be used again. You’d probably make someone’s day just by asking.