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Materials Manufacturers

Wood

• Latham Timber

Plastics

• Vista Resins Epoxy

Metal

• Data steel Europe

Ceramic

• MTD Precision Ceramic Components
• Ceramic Substrates & Components Ltd

Adhesives and tapes

• Bondic UV activated adhesive
• LeMark Gaffer tapes

Coatings

• Rosco Theatrical paints, filters and coatings

Fabrics

• JC Joel

Component Manufacturers

Electronics

• ASAIR Sensors
• Bosch Sensortec

Hardware

• Doughty Engineering TV and photography hardware and custom fabrication

Microcontrollers

• Raspberry PI
• Arduino
• Heltec ESP32 LoRaWAN
• Espressif makers of the ESP32 MCU

Software

Design

• Tinker CAD Web based 3D design software

CNC/3D printing

• Marlin - Firmware for 3D printers
• Klipper3D - Firmware for 3D printers
• Mainsail - UI for Klipper
• Carveco CNC Software

Programming

• Circuit Python
• Micropython
• Thonny IDE Python IDE for beginners

Other Software

• InfluxDB Open Database
• Canonical Kubernetes
• NetBoot
• Ventoy - MultiBoot USB
• HomeBrew Formulae
• ProxMox Virtualisation and clustering
• TrueNAS/FreeNAS Network Attached Storage Server

Linx Distros

• Linux Mint
• Ubuntu Desktop and Server
• Suse
• Kali Linux Network Security Linux (Hacking)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Kits and Assemblies

• The Crafty Robot Cardboard Robot Kits

Tool Manufacturers

Hand Tools

• Lindstrom Hand Tools (Cutters and pliers)
• Wera Tools
• Wiha Tools
• Knipex Tools
• Bahco Tools
• Leatherman
• Gerber Multitools
• NeoPro Tools Japanese fine hand tools
• Engineer Tools cable strippers and connector crimpers
• Starrett Measuring, marking and hole cutting
• Freud Tools Saw blades, Router bits and cutting accessories.

PPE

• ISO Tunes Bluetooth Ear defenders
• Trend FaceMasks
• No Cry Safety products - Over glasses

Test Equipment

• Rigol
• Digilent
• Hack RF
• Diligent

Power Tools and Accessories

• Franklin Industrial Sewing Machines
• Kutzall High speed burrs and grinding tools
• Mirka Abrasives
• Trend Power Tools and Accessories
• Duragrit Abrasives

Software Tools

• Tiny Wow - Format conversion tools for images, PDFs etc.
• Lorem Ipsum Generator creates placeholder text

Free Applications

• Audacity Audio editing tool
• Blender Sophisticated 3D artwork and animation tool
• InkScape 2D artwork tool
• GIMP 2D image manipulation tool
• FreeCad Open source CAD drawing tool

3D printing and CNC

• Prusa
• Anycubic
• Snapmaker
• OozeNest CNC machines
• Vetric CNC Software
• Maslow CNC chain driven low-end large scale CNC
• Wazer Desktop Waterjet
• Big Tree Tech 3D printer controllers and accessories
• Grab CAD

Books

• Sequoia Publishing Publishers of the essential PocketRef and DeskRef

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