Where to source tools and materials

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Protospace Resource Map

Acrylic

Acrylic Concepts
Industrial Plastics & Paints
Sabic

Electronics

solarbotics
MRO Electronics
Active Tech - Electronic Supplies Depot
Alberta Printed Circuits (PCB fab)
B&E Electronics
Phidgets

Fasteners

Fastenal
Bolt Supply House
Triad Fasteners

Metal

Metal Supermarket (only place in Calgary that sells metal in small quantities)
Rainbow Salvage (in Airdrie, sells bulk steel cheap)

Textiles

Leather & leatherworking tools

Tools

ACT Equipment (machine shop related tools, great stock)
Lee Valley Tools (woodworking)
Busy Bee Tools (imported largish tools, metal and wood. Cheap but not crap)

Wood

Windsor Plywood
Black Forest Wood
P.J. White Hardwoods
Upper Canada Forest Products

Other

Princess Auto
Ribtor (surplus and camping)
Lowe's (I only mention this because their selection is FAR better then the crap at Home Depot and Rona.)

Online

Automotive

ToyoDIY parts cross-reference
Megasquirt EFI controllers
Rock Auto
MOPAC Auto Supply

Electronics

Digi-Key
Mouser
Jameco
supremecable - Wiring harnesses
Sparkfun Electronics

Kits

Adafruit Industries
Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories
Mighty Ohm

LEDs

Phenoptix - Mostly LEDs but carries other components as well (Free shipping everywhere)
Superbright LEDs - LEDs

Metal

Metal Super Markets - Big selection, Big Shipping charges
Online Metals - Ships via UPS

Samples

Chip manufacturers are typically a good place to get free samples of components

Texas Instruments
STMicroelectronics
National Semiconductor

Other

K&J Magnetics - Magnets, lots and lots of magnets
VXB Ball Bearings
Deal Extreme - Cheap stuff out of China that's great for hacking purposes