Suppliers
Suppliers - Manufacturers - Organisations - Information - Training - Video Resources
Materials Suppliers
Wood
- Ply Direct
- MDF Direct
- Laser Ply
- Wood Shop Direct
- Basildon Timber
- Blumsons
- Chambers Timber
- Leigh Timber (Leigh-on-Sea local timber merchant)
- Woodwise Exotic Timbers
- Specialised Panel Products Suppliers of high-end or unusual timber products
- CNC Creations
Plastics and Resins
- Direct Plastics
- The Plastics Shop
- Wessex Resins Epoxy Suppliers
- Kewell Converters Engineered foam products
- UV Gear UV reactive products and materials
- Vista Resins
Ceramics and Plasters
Metal
Fabric and Leather
- Leprevo Leather working supplies
- Tandy Leather UK site
- J.T. Batchelor Leather supplies
- JC Joel Theatrical fabrics
- MacCulloch & Wallis Habadashers
Other Materials
- Benham Bentley Moulding materials
- Crafty Products Art and Craft supplies
- Greenstick Material Crafts Vinyl and paper crafts
- Penn Elcom Case hardware and components
- Better Building Hardware Interesting hardware
- Special Plasters
- Snowdonia Supplies Taxidermy supplies
- UK Knifemaker Supplies
Component Suppliers
Electronics (UK)
- Hobby Components
- Farnell Professional Component Supplier
- CPC Consumer arm of Farnell
- RS Components The original radio spares supplier, expensive but incredible depth of products
- Cool components
- The PI Hut
- Hobbytronics
- SB Components
- ESR Electronic Components
- Bitsbox Electronic Components
- Mouser UK
- Digikey UK
- Simons Electronics
- PCBWay Circuit boards, assembly and hardware fabrication services
- JLCPCB Circuit boards fabrication services
Electronics (US)
- All Electronics
- Sparkfun
- SeedStudio US supplier with lots of good product info
- tti components suppliers (lots of good spec sheets)
- Adafruit
Robotics
Hardware
- Bearings Boys
- Misumi - Extrusions and hardware suppliers
- Accu 500,000 Precision Components
- BPF Online
- Castors Online
- My Electronics Rack mounting kits and accessories
- British Tools and Fastners USA site (Ironically) for the supply of nuts bolts for British vehicles.
Cabinet hardware
- G Johns and Sons Architectural hardware
- Buller Ltd. Cabinet hardware
- Ironmongery Direct
- Eurofit Direct
- Furnica Furniture fittings
- Trade Hinges Furniture hardware and fittings
Other Electrical
- Auto Electric Supplies Car electrical components and modules
- Sterling Power Auto electrics systems
- ACDC Drives Electric motors and drivers
- 12 Volt Planet
- ACD Drives - AC Power conversion and motors
Service Suppliers
Fabrication
- LS Engineering LASER cutting, engineering and Fabrication
- Shapeways 3D print service
Tool Suppliers
Woodworking Tools
- Axminster Tools
- Rutland Tools
- Lumberjack Tools OEM tool suppliers
- The Wood Workers Workshop
General Tools
- Machine Mart Workshop equipment
- Airbrushes.com
- Proops Brothers Hobby Tools
- Rowland Tools Pro Tools suppliers
- Workshop Heaven US Tool Suppliers
- Craft lights - bulbs and lamps
Tool Accessories
- Parts Shop Direct - Power Tool Parts
- Shadow Foam
Workshop Supplies
- Safelincs fire safety
- Barcode Warehouse
Adhesives
- Adhesive Brokers
- Stormsure Adhesives
- Sylmasta Adhesives and sealants
Theatrical, Broadcast and Film suppliers
- Flints Theatrical and film chandlers
- Doughty Engineering TV and photography hardware and custom fabrication
- Canford Radio and television professional suppliers
- Flash Light Film and TV lighting, Grip and Consumables
- Direct Digital Photographic consumables
Office, Draughting and Stationary
- Flexi labels
- Seawhite Stationary and art supplies
- Graphics Direct
- JR Bourne Engineering Drafting Supplies and furniture
- Dew Drafting Supplies
- Engineering Supplies
PPE
- Safety Specs Prescription safety glasses
CNC/3D Printing
- 3D Jake
- Endurance LASERs
- HPC LASER Supplier and OEM of LASER engravers
- Rep Rap World 3D printer supplies
- Duet 3D
- Tools Today CNC Bits and tooling
- Open Build Parts Store CNC/Laser parts
- https://www.vectric.com/ectric CNC Software
- Carveco
- F3DM 3D Printer filaments and materials
2D & 3D Models and design
- Printables 3D models
- Instructables
- Thingverse
- TinkerCAD
- 3Axis Free Vectors for Laser Cutting
- Maker Case 3d design tool for Laser cut boxes
- Ponoko Free laser cutting files and templates
- ZenziWerken German language Laser and 3D projects
- Open Parts Store CNC
Artwork Media and Fonts
- ArtStation
- BBC Sound Effects
- Digital Colour Labs Photographic printing services
- Vector Ruler generator
- Noun project 2D Free artwork - Icons and Photos
Books and written materials
Educational resource suppliers
- Springboard Supplies
- Skill Supply
- GLS Education STEM
- KCS Education STEM
- Better Equipped
- Hope Education STEM
IT and Cloud
- Adalo Code-less Programming
Jewellery Making and Horology
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