Revision as of 13:55, 16 March 2014

Places to buy things

Self populated

Electronics

NOTE: These shops will charge a lot for postage, Customs and VAT.

Belting Online
Bearing Boys
Simply Bearings
Bearing Station
KJN
- "Highly recommended" - Mat C
Motedis
- If you want to ask them anything, speak to Kris at kb@motedis.co.uk
Misumi
- Call for best results
Igus
- Difficult to buy from
World of CNC
Metals4U
- Good selection, happy to do small quantities. Delivery is fast. --tmo 12:48, 16 March 2014 (UTC)
Westfield Fasteners
- Excellent for bolts, machine screws, nuts etc. Really good turnaround, prices based on amount you buy but with an excellent interface to make this clear. Limited range of things, but if you're looking for things to attach one thing to another thing they're great. --tmo 12:48, 16 March 2014 (UTC)

Easy Composites
- Excellent range of carbon fibre cloth, rods, sheets, tubes etc. Expensive (but no more than anywhere else) but happy to supply small quantities and excellent shipping speed. Use when you really need to save weight in your projects! --tmo 12:55, 16 March 2014 (UTC)

Warm Glass
- I have an account with these guys and, due to buying the kiln on it, we get a 5% discount. I'm happy to put orders in as long as we combine them to over 75 pounds for shipping. If you do this you don't get the discount, but the money we save goes to common stock needed for the glassworking station such as bead release. --tmo 12:52, 16 March 2014 (UTC)
Off Mandrel
- Used for the few things Warm Glass doesn't sell.--tmo 12:52, 16 March 2014 (UTC)

See Service_Suppliers This page is for companies providing services for things that we can't do in-house.

Acrow Galvanizing are the nearest hot-dip galvanizers AFAIK. (I don't think we're planning to get a `kettle' of hot zinc in Makespace itself.)
Mackay
WeldDone
MFG
- Chinese manufacturing portal, not used yet.

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 *[http://www.gimsonrobotics.co.uk/ Gimson Robotics]
 *Ragworm
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 *[http://www.tindie.com/ Tindie]
 *OSHPark
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 *[http://www.beltingonline.com/ Belting Online]
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 *[http://www.2engineers.com/ 2Engineers]
 **Do ceramic hotends and low weight, high torque motors
 ==Wood==
 ==Plastic==
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+*[http://www.easycomposites.co.uk/ Easy Composites]
+** Excellent range of carbon fibre cloth, rods, sheets, tubes etc. Expensive (but no more than anywhere else) but happy to supply small quantities and excellent shipping speed. Use when you really need to save weight in your projects! --[[User:Tomoinn|tmo]] 12:55, 16 March 2014 (UTC)
 ==Jewlery/Glass==
 See [[Equipment/Fine_metalwork_bench#Consumables_and_Stock_.28to_pay_by_use.29 | Fine metalwork Bench Consumables and Stock]].
 *[http://www.warm-glass.co.uk/ Warm Glass]
 ** I have an account with these guys and, due to buying the kiln on it, we get a 5% discount. I'm happy to put orders in as long as we combine them to over 75 pounds for shipping. If you do this you don't get the discount, but the money we save goes to common stock needed for the glassworking station such as bead release. --[[User:Tomoinn|tmo]] 12:52, 16 March 2014 (UTC)