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Suppliers

Parts

  • Grainger. Industrial supplies.
  • McMaster-Carr. Supplier of all-the-things mechanical and industrial.
  • OMC Steppers. Gigantic selection of affordable and reasonably high quality steppers, servo motors, and other spinny things.
  • Pololu. A great source for all things robotics, from kits to parts.

Materials

  • Online Metals. East to buy of huge varieties of metals and plastics. Part of the larger thyssenkrupp AG.
  • Roto Metals. A great source for weird eutectic alloys.

3D Manufacturing Services

I've included a bunch of companies that do something more than just FFF/FDM manufacturing. These are techniques that are typically not available to anyone at home.

  • eMachineShop. Very capable machine shop that does CNC machining, laser and water cutting, turning, injection molding, and even 3D printing. The main issue I have is they seem only to want to deal with their own CAD software.
  • Hubs. An entry to a peer-to-peer services network. Definitely access to a lot of interesting services. Part of Protolabs.
  • i.materialise. General 3D printing services.
  • Ponoko. 3D printing, laser cutting, PCB assembly, photochemical metal etching (great for super thin fine parts).
  • Sculpteo. 3D printing and laser cutting.
  • SendCutSend. Machine services from water and laser cutting, CNC machining, bending, forming, powder coating.
  • Shapeways. 3D printing services, along with other things. Historically they provided great service, but my last few orders with them were very slow.

Comments or Questions?

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