smallparts.com

[rlem00]

A guy at work was cleaning out his office and gave me an old catalog for smallparts.com. I thumbed through it and was wondering if anyone has used them before. They seem to have a few unique items, I found some gas filled shocks in the catalog that looked like they could work for something.

http://www.smallparts.com/

 

[shierkahn]

Nice find!"thumbsup" Definitely some stuff there that could be used for some builds. Chris

 

[j33pownr]

They do have nice small parts like delrin rod and all thread. My only problem with them was I made an order of delrin plate and rod and it didnt tell me the rod was on back order until I recieved the plate in the mail. Then they wanted to charge me for shipping again once the rod was in stock. I understand them wanting to charge shipping since most online retailers do but no where did it say I placed an order with back ordered parts. I ended up canceling the rod, which they were nice about, and ordering the rod for McMaster with some other things I needed anyways.

They do have good prices. Which is why I ordered the delrin from them in the first place. I am not try to say all their business is bad. I probably should have called to make sure everything was in stock before paying for it.

 

[C*H*U*D]

I thought everyone here already knew about them :shock:. We've had their catalogs here at work for a long time. I was going to buy some 1/4" 6061 rod from them, but went with onlinemetals.com instead........much cheaper. Their delivery was very fast, and their packaging can't be beat. Another site that may interest people here is wmberg.com.

 

[rlem00]

http://www.epohouston.com/

I have not been here but a guy at work also recommended this place as a good window shop for ideas when looking for unique solutions. Apparently they have so much variety when I called looking for something specific they said I would have better luck just coming and browsing for something that would work. I ended up just ordering the stuff and have not had another excuse to make it over there yet.