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Materials Suppliers

Wood

• Woodsheet warehouse
  • MDF Direct MDF and Plywood cut to size and delivered UK
  • Ply Direct Plywood cut to size and delivered UK
  • MFC Direct Melamine Faced Chipboard - Cut to size and factory edge banded and delivered UK
• Laser Ply
• Basildon Timber
• Blumsons
• Chambers Timber
• Leigh Timber (Leigh-on-Sea local timber merchant)
• Southend Timber (Southend-on-Sea)
• Woodwise Exotic Timbers
• Specialised Panel Products Suppliers of high-end or unusual timber products
• CNC Creations
• Hardwood Offcuts Hardwood and CNC supplier in Brentwood, Essex
• Fulham Timber
• Barton Timber Essex (UK)
• Essex Timber and Ply (Eastwood) (UK)
• Daws Heath Timber (UK)
• Maplin Timber (UK)

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
• Alchemie

Ceramics and Plasters

• Mould Life
• Clayman Supplies
• Tiranti
• Tuffnell Glass

Metal

• Aluminium Warehouse
• Alloy Sales
• Metal Fabrication Supplies
• Rapid Metals
• Matara Aluminium Extrusion
• TruPerf Perforated metal sheet

Fabric and Leather

• Leprevo Leather working supplies (UK)
• Tandy Leather (UK)
• J.T. Batchelor Leather supplies (UK)
• JC Joel Theatrical fabrics (UK)
• MacCulloch & Wallis Habadashers (UK)

Gasses

• Dry Ice Supply (UK)
• N2 Nitrogen Services (UK)
• Essex Gasses Argon, CO2, Helium (UK)
• BOC Online Shop (UK)

Other Materials

• Benham Bentley Moulding materials
• Crafty Products Art and Craft supplies
• Greenstick Material Crafts Vinyl and paper crafts
• Penn Elcom Flight and Rack Case hardware and components
• Special Plasters
• Snowdonia Supplies Taxidermy supplies
• UK Knifemaker Supplies

Component Suppliers

Electronics Suppliers

• Hobby Components (UK Supplier)
• Farnell (UK Supplier) Professional Component Supplier
• CPC (UK Supplier) Consumer arm of Farnell
• RS Components (UK Supplier) The original radio spares supplier, expensive but incredible depth of best quality products - commercial
• Cool components (UK Supplier)
• The PI Hut (UK Supplier)
• Hobbytronics (UK Supplier)
• SB Components (UK Supplier)
• ESR Electronic Components (UK Supplier)
• Bitsbox Electronic Components (UK Supplier)
• Mouser UK (UK Supplier) vast selection of components - commercial
• Digikey UK (UK Supplier) vast selection of components - commercial (Makers Pages)
• Simons Electronics (UK Supplier) EEVblog multimeters
• Kitronik (UK Supplier) Kits, STEM and Materials
• Sparkfun (US supplier)
• SeedStudio (US supplier) lots of good product info
• tti (US supplier)components (lots of good spec sheets)
• Adafruit (US supplier)
• PiMoroni Purveyors of Makers Goods
• Pi Supply
• OKDO AIoT Solutions
• Anglia Live
• Switch Electronics
• TME Electronic Components
• Selectronix Waterproof enclosures and connectors
• Rapid Electronics
• Powell Connectors, fans, switches
• Phoenix Electronic Distributers
• Lincoln Binns Enclosures
• KGA Enclosures
• Enclosure Solutions
• Cyntech

PCB Manufacturers

• PCBWay Circuit boards, assembly and hardware fabrication services
• JLCPCB Circuit boards fabrication services

RF and Radio

• McGill Microwave antennas, cable and connectors

Electronics (US)

• Sparkfun
• SeedStudio US supplier with lots of good product info
• tti components suppliers (lots of good spec sheets)
• Adafruit

Robotics

• Robotshop UK

Hardware Suppliers

Misc. Hardware

• Bearings Boys
• Misumi - Component and hardware suppliers
• BPF Online
• Castors Online
• My Electronics Rack mounting kits and accessories
• First4Magnets
• Cable Monkey Data cables etc.

Fasteners

• Accu 500,000 Precision Components
• British Tools and Fastners USA site (Ironically) for the supply of nuts bolts for British vehicles.
• Westfield Fasteners
• Vehicle Clips Automotive plasic trim clips and fasteners, adhesives, tapes, hose connectors and reflectors
• Fastenright Security Fasteners and General Fixings
• Blacksmith Bolt and Rivet Supplies fasteners for Makers that you can’t find in the big box stores
• Fair Wind Fasterners(US Marine fasteners)
• Mr Megapack (Japanese motorcycle screws)
• Fastner Data Not a supplier however has links to suppliers and a wealth of specs about all types of fasteners
• Westfield Fastners
• Shop4Fastners (uk)

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
• Flightcase Fittings
• Penn-Elcom Flightcases & 19" Rack hardware
• Better Building Hardware Interesting cabinet and door hardware
• Fixing King hardware and hidden fixing specialist

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

Hardware Suppliers

Misc. Hardware

• Bearings Boys
• Misumi - Component and hardware suppliers
• BPF Online
• Castors Online
• My Electronics Rack mounting kits and accessories
• First4Magnets
• Cable Monkey Data cables etc.

Fasteners

• Accu 500,000 Precision Components
• British Tools and Fastners USA site (Ironically) for the supply of nuts bolts for British vehicles.
• Westfield Fasteners
• Vehicle Clips Automotive plasic trim clips and fasteners, adhesives, tapes, hose connectors and reflectors
• Fastenright Security Fasteners and General Fixings
• Blacksmith Bolt and Rivet Supplies fasteners for Makers that you can’t find in the big box stores
• Fair Wind Fasterners(US Marine fasteners)
• Mr Megapack (Japanese motorcycle screws)
• Fastner Data Not a supplier however has links to suppliers and a wealth of specs about all types of fasteners
• Westfield Fastners
• Shop4Fastners (uk)

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
• Flightcase Fittings
• Penn-Elcom Flightcases & 19" Rack hardware
• Better Building Hardware Interesting cabinet and door hardware
• Fixing King hardware and hidden fixing specialist

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

3D Printing

• Shapeways 3D print service
• Triple Axis
• Surfacescan
• SGD3D
• Mitchellsson
• RENND prototyping services
• Midlands3D
• Make it Quick
• Make 360
• Lancashire 3D
• 3D Print UK
• 3D Tomorrow
• Graphite AM
• ProtoLabs by Hubs

LASER/CNC

• Andover LASER
• Kellys Welding
• Femsons Cuts
• LS Engineering LASER cutting, engineering and Fabrication

Tool Suppliers

Woodworking Tools

• Axminster Tools (UK)
• Rutland Tools (UK)
• Lumberjack Tools OEM tool suppliers (UK)
• The Wood Workers Workshop (UK)
• Woodcraft (US)
• Woodsmith Traditional and green wood working (UK)

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
• Metal Craft Tools OEM metalworking tools and materials supplier

Tool Accessories

• Parts Shop Direct - Power Tool Parts
• Shadow Foam
• ToolsToday CNC bits, saw blades etc.
• Craft Lights Lighting for work benches.

Workshop Supplies

Adhesives

• Adhesive Brokers
• Stormsure Adhesives
• Sylmasta Adhesives and sealants
• ESSLAB Laboratory supplies

Theatrical, Broadcast, Photographic 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

Draghting and Art Supplies

• Seawhite Stationary and art supplies
• Graphics Direct
• JR Bourne Engineering Drafting Supplies and furniture
• Dew Drafting Supplies
• Engineering Supplies

Stationary

• Flexi labels
• Barcode Warehouse

Self Publishing

• Clock Book Print
• Imprint Digital
• Mixam

General Office Supplies

• UK Office Direct

PPE

• Safety Specs Prescription safety glasses
• Safelincs fire safety

CNC/LASER/3DPrinting

3D Printing

• 3D Jake
• Rep Rap World 3D printer supplies
• Duet 3D
• F3DM 3D Printer filaments and materials

LASER cutting/engraving

• Endurance LASERs
• HPC LASER Supplier and OEM of LASER engravers
• Open Build Parts Store CNC/Laser parts

CNC

• https://www.vectric.com/ectric CNC Software
• Tools Today CNC Bits and tooling
• Open Parts Store CNC

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

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

• Foyles Book Sellers
• Amazon - Engineering and technology Books

STEM & Educational resource suppliers

• Springboard Supplies
• Skill Supply
• GLS Education STEM
• KCS Education STEM
• Better Equipped
• Hope Education STEM
• Science Studio Scientific calculators for STEM

IT and Cloud

• Adalo Code-less Programming
• TsoHosts CPanel hosting (home of Ideasplace.wiki)

Business and Marketing

• SurfTurf Promotional boothes, gazeebos and Flags
• My Language Connection Wide range of certified translation services

Jewellery Making and Horology

• Cooks on Gold
• Cousins

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