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Us DIY'ers have a problem: where to find the materials we need to make stuff. Sure, it's easy enough to find 2x4s and even steel, but what if I need a bunch of space shuttle tile, or some grade 6 titanium alloy? Where am I to find such oddly specific materials in bulk quantities? Enter oddlyspecificdiymaterialsource.com,
your one (and definitely only) source for anything you need to build that electric car/spaceship/powered armor. The website has clear pictures and descriptions of all the items so you know what you're getting, and prices are listed rather than having to call for a quote. DIY'ers are welcome whether they need only 5 yards of Kevlar or 200 yards. This would finally open up a way to bake some of these ideas.
Liquid Nitrogen Vending Machine
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The partial inspiration for this idea. [DIYMatt, Jan 30 2012]
https://www.inventables.com/
[jaksplat, Jan 31 2012]
Small Parts, Inc.
http://www.smallparts.com
[mouseposture, Feb 01 2012]
Edmund Scientific
http://www.scientif...i_a0CFQWFQAodcX2WvA
For optics, laser supply, robotics toys, trebuchet parts... [RayfordSteele, Feb 01 2012]
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Between McMaster-Carr and Digi-Key, I think this is mostly covered. |
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That's nice, I want that. But basically this would have to sell just about everything. You add some thoughts about how that can be arranged and I'll add my bun. |
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//McMaster-Carr// Why was this company - nay,
cornucopia - not brought to my attention sooner? |
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//Between McMaster-Carr and Digi-Key, I think this is
mostly covered.// You're right, how have I not found these
sites before? They even list LI-900 insulatior (or something
very similar). With pictures! |
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To answer zeno's question, the company would only have to
source the more obscure materials - things you can't get at
Lowe's. This would be a very long list of items but not
impossible if you hired a group of employees with the
specific job of acquiring them (probably from China).
Customers would pay more than the actual market value of
said materials but hey, where else are they going to find
them? |
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EDIT: after spending a while on McMaster-Carr, I've decided
to marry that website. That's legal now, right? |
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If it isn't, it damned well should be. |
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// how have I not found these sights before? // |
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What are you talking about? My post contains no such
error! |
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McMaster Carr is like proper heroin to Screwfix's
methodone.. |
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Wait, wait, wait... you mean I can actually buy stuff to
build idiotic creations out of? All this time I've been
dumpster-diving behind the Applied Sciences building at
the state university! |
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Applied Science Dept...always wondered meself
how is it applied, like gesso or something? |
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just checked the McMaster-Carr site and not a single
section on Terminator components;or
superconducting cheese disks...what a letdown |
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Don't leave out Edmund Scientific. |
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Edmund Scientific looks a little too consumer for me. Who
wants to assemble solar panels from a kit? |
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Edmund scientific is out these days, it's almost all kits. Edmund optic or Thorlabs both have some useful stuff. |
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I suppose, as long as I'm revealing all the tricks of the trade, I should mention MiSUMi. All sorts of stuff, but their specialty is semi-custom machined components. |
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// not a single section on Terminator components;or superconducting cheese disks...what a letdown // |
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Worryingly, however, they do list a large number of both current and obsolete Interocitor parts; Isophase pulse trimmers, Bead condensers (model #: AB-619), Cathermin tubes with inindium complex of +4, Muon reflectors, Intensifier disks, and even the early type of Thermolyic decoupler (the sort with the domed rather than flat end, and the notches for the retaining bracket) which you can hrdly find anywhere these days. |
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Poor-quality stock control software ? |
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"Never mistake lethargy for strategy". |
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