Suppliers: Difference between revisions

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Purpose of this page

List of suppliers for various materials and items and user reviews.

Please add new suppliers and user comment lines (with attribution / date) Suppliers can be are rated by in the user comment lines. Convention is [1] = worst, [5] = best

Electronics

Mouser Electronics
- [4] Very complete line of electronics parts. Good searchability, fast service, decent prices on parts. Tools and some other items are expensive (alden 10/02/09)

DigiKey
- [3] Very complete line of electronics parts. I find it harder to navigate than Mouser, and more expensive. I generally don;t use them unless I can't find something elsewhere (alden 10/02/09)

Hebei (China) thru hole pricelist SMT pricelist
- [5] Best prices on LEDs I've found - but does have a $199 minimum (see Buy LEDs Online for smaller orders). Ship fast. Worked through a problem with them and they handled me fairly. (alden 10/02/09)

Buy LEDs Online
- [4] US distributor for Hebei. Same stuff. Prices are more expensive but no minimum. (alden 10/02/09)

Plastics

eStreet Plastics
- [4] Very good prices, and good for small quantities (e.g. 1 foot lengths of tuning, etc. (alden 10/02/09)

Delvies Plastics
- [4] Acrylics, casting supplies. Good prices, shipping is OK, but not lightning fast. (alden 10/02/09)

TAP Plastics
- [3] Acrylics, casting supplies. Good selection, services; somewhat more expensive than some other suppliers (alden 10/02/09)

AeroMarineProducts, Inc. ([email protected])
- [5] Resin casting supplies. Got to love this place. One guy, very cehap prices, good delivery (alden 10/02/09)

Metals

Metals Depot
- [5] This has been a great find. Small quantities of steel, aluminum, etc; cheap prices, reasonable shipping, good service. (alden 10/02/09)

http://www.speedymetals.com/ Speedy Metals]
- [4] Good second choice to Metals Depot. SOmewhat larger selection, somewhat higher prices (alden 10/02/09)

Machine Tools

Enco - Machine tools and supplies
- [3] Very complete source for machine tooling, can be expensive. Online specials can be good deals, however. (alden 10/02/09)

Harbor Freight
- [3] Some things are really cheap. Others are just "cheap". Not good for precision equipment such as lathes, rotary tables, etc. Still useful, however (alden 10/02/09)

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 List of suppliers for various materials and items and user reviews.
-Please add new suppliers and user comment lines (with attribution)
+Please add new suppliers and user comment lines (with attribution / date)
 Suppliers can be are rated by in the user comment lines.
 Convention is [1] = worst, [5] = best
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 *  [http://www.mouser.com Mouser Electronics]
-** [4] Very complete product line, good searchability, fast service, decent prices on parts. Tools and some other items are expensive (alden)
+** [4] Very complete line of electronics parts. Good searchability, fast service, decent prices on parts. Tools and some other items are expensive (alden 10/02/09)
+* [http://www.digikey.com DigiKey]
+** [3] Very complete line of electronics parts. I find it harder to navigate than Mouser, and more expensive. I generally don;t use them unless I can't find something elsewhere (alden 10/02/09)
 * [http://ledz.com/ Hebei (China)]      [http://ledz.com/?p=z.pricelist.led.diode thru hole pricelist] [http://ledz.com/?p=z.pricelist.other.led SMT pricelist]
-** [5] Best prices on LEDs I've found - but does have a $199 minimum (see Buy LEDs Online for smaller orders). Ship fast. Worked through a problem with them and they handled me fairly. (alden)
+** [5] Best prices on LEDs I've found - but does have a $199 minimum (see Buy LEDs Online for smaller orders). Ship fast. Worked through a problem with them and they handled me fairly. (alden 10/02/09)
 * [http://www.buy-leds-online.com/Products.html Buy LEDs Online]
-** [4] US distributor for Hebei. Same stuff. Prices are more expensive but no minimum. (alden)
+** [4] US distributor for Hebei. Same stuff. Prices are more expensive but no minimum. (alden 10/02/09)
 == Plastics ==
+* [http://www.estreetplastics.com eStreet Plastics]
+** [4] Very good prices, and good for small quantities (e.g. 1 foot lengths of tuning, etc. (alden 10/02/09)
 * [http://www.delviesplastics.com/ Delvies Plastics]
-** [4] good prices on acrylics, casting supplies. Shipping is OK, but not lightning fast. (alden)
+** [4] Acrylics, casting supplies. Good prices, shipping is OK, but not lightning fast. (alden 10/02/09)
+* [http://www.tapplastics.com/ TAP Plastics]
+** [3] Acrylics, casting supplies. Good selection, services; somewhat more expensive than some other suppliers (alden 10/02/09)
+* [http://aeromarineplastics.com AeroMarineProducts, Inc. ([email protected])]
+** [5] Resin casting supplies. Got to love this place. One guy, very cehap prices, good delivery (alden 10/02/09)
 == Metals ==
-== Other Materials ==
+* [http://www.metalsdepot.com Metals Depot]
+** [5] This has been a great find. Small quantities of steel, aluminum, etc; cheap prices, reasonable shipping, good service. (alden 10/02/09)
+* http://www.speedymetals.com/ Speedy Metals]
+** [4] Good second choice to Metals Depot. SOmewhat larger selection, somewhat higher prices (alden 10/02/09)
+== Machine Tools  ==
+* [http://Use-Enco.com Enco] - Machine tools and supplies
+** [3] Very complete source for machine tooling, can be expensive. Online specials can be good deals, however. (alden 10/02/09)
+* [http://www.harborfreight.com Harbor Freight]
+** [3] Some things are really cheap. Others are just "cheap". Not good for precision equipment such as lathes, rotary tables, etc. Still useful, however (alden 10/02/09)
+== Other ==