Suppliers

This page lists suppliers for various materials, components, consumables, tools etc. For electronics see Suppliers - Electronics.

Health and Safety

Supplier	Location	Examples	Notes
The Safety Supply Company	Wembley, UK	Beeswift Stealth Safety Glasses
The Safety Supply Company	Wembley, UK	Warrior - Value Clear Plastic Coverspecs
The Safety Supply Company	Wembley, UK	JSP Olympus FFP2 Valved FoldFlat Disposable Mask
eyecareplans.co.uk	UK	Nottinghack has set up with Boots Opticians to allow members to get Prescription Safety Glasses
Machine Mart	Nottingham		About a 10 minute walk from the Hackspace.
Arco Castle Park	Castle Park, Nottingham		About an 8 minute drive from the Hackspace.

Wood

Supplier	Notes
charnwood.net	hardwood turning blanks.
Howarth Timber
Bassingfield Woodyard
Brooks Bros
David Dyke Luthier Supplies	obviously intended for luthiers, but an (often expensive) option.
ebay	not as ridiculous a 'supplier' as you think.

See also

• Where to buy attractive wood? (Google group)
• Hardwood supplies in (well nearly in) Nottingham (Google group)
• Wood identification and finishing (Google group)

Plastics

Supplier	Free Shipping?	Notes
Theplasticshop	No	Good collection of plastics, most cut to exact size. A £19.96 incl. VAT is applied to all orders irrespective of order value.
Kitronik	Yes, if order value exceeds £48. A 20 minute drive from the Hackspace.	General educational supply store, also stocking Perspex (≤5mm thickness) and wood.

Metals

Supplier	Free Shipping?	Notes
Aluminium Warehouse	No	Decent collection of metals, some options cut to exact size.
Metals4U	Yes, if order value exceeds £75	Decent collection of metals (and some plastics), generally seems cheaper than Aluminum Warehouse. Can cut to length.

Hardware

Supplier	Free Shipping?	Notes
Butler Fasteners and Fixings	n/a	Excellent supplier for small quantities, have very diverse stock. Piled high with boxes of every obscure nut and bolt you can think of. Incredibly helpful in tracking down things to fit other things.
Accu	No	Large Collection of fasteners and other engineering components. Next day delivery possible.
Machine Mart	n/a	Large Collection of machinery, tools and hardware. About a 10 minute walk from the Hackspace.

Cutting

Milling

Machines: Superbox CNC Router.

Supplier	Location	Examples	Notes
Rennie Tool Company (Ebay shop)	Manchester, UK	DLC Coated Single Flute Carbide Endmill Three Tooth Carbide Threadmill	Seems to be cheaper to order directly from their own website rather than through the eBay store.
Apt (Associated Production Tooling)	Glasgow, UK	Various Carbide Tooling (much like Rennie)
perfecttime01 (Ebay shop)	Hong Kong	2 Flutes Dia 6mm Chamfer End Mill
Banggood	Hong Kong/ Cyprus	10pcs 1/8 Inch (3.175mm) 2 Flute End Mill 10pcs 1-3.175mm 2 Flute End Mill
Cutwel	Cleckheaton, UK	Chamfer Mills (Various) Cutters for Aluminium Cutters for Plastics
RDG Tools	West Yorkshire	Milling Cutters , Ball End , Slot and End, HSS and Carbide
Dreanique (AliExpress Shop)	Hangzhou, China	DLC Coated Single Flute Carbide Endmill	Likely Rennie's OEM for many tools. Cheaper if you can bear the longer delivery time.
Gloster Tooling (Ebay Shop)	Gloucester, UK	Kress 1050-FME Collets
Ruihan Tools (AliExpress Shop)]	China	Kress 1050-FME Collets	Cheaper source of Kress collets if you can bear the longer delivery time.

See also

• Where to buy indicators and milling / lathe stuff and testing accuracy (google group)

Band Saw

Machines: Startrite Bandsaw.

Supplier	Location	Examples	Notes
Bandsaw Blades Direct	Heanor	3200mm / 126", 1/2" to 3/4" wide	These cost around £19 - £25 each.

Bicycle tools and parts

See also: Bike tools and Bike Area

Supplier	Free Shipping?	Notes
J E James Cycles	Yes	Bad supplier, website lists things as in stock when they're not.
Bunnies Bikes	Go to the shop.	Not too far away. Matthew who works here really knows his stuff. Stock parts, and tools. Happy to help, old school bike shop. They have a custom spoke making machine.

Key Cutting and Engraving

Supplier	Free Shipping?	Notes
Quick Services (yell.com)	n/a	Best place we've found to have keys cut. Generally have the right blanks in stock, reasonable prices. Located in the Victoria Market, Victoria (Intu) Shopping Center

Glues and Adhesives

• Sugru - mouldable glue

Fabrication

Supplier	Location	Notes
Fractory	Barclays Eagle Lab, Union, Albert Square, Manchester M2 6LW	Order custom metal parts online, delivery UK wide

See also

• How To: Purchase Timber at a Merchant
• Maintained/Materials

Resources

• Maker's Map - local suppliers for materials etc.