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== Graybar ==
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== Electronic Interface and Controll ==
  
Graybar
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http://www.servocity.com/ Wide range of RC servos plus gears, drive shafts, and chains.
http://www.graybar.com/
 
  
Graybar is only decent place in San Francisco that has a full stock of rack-mount hardware and networking parts and tools. This is the place to go for
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http://pololu.com/ Controllers and parts for RC servos, motors, sensors. Good prices. They don't screw you on little stuff. As a result I end up going to Pololu for buying bulk stock of power plugs, jumpers, headers, RC cables and connectors.
racks, rails, rack-shelves, and bulk cable. This is not a computer store. This is an industrial warehouse. They sell nuts-and-bolts hardware for racks, not
 
rack-mountable computer hardware.
 
  
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http://www.phidgets.com/ USB interfaces to sensors and controllers. Good stuff, but more expensive than Pololu.
1760 CESAR CHAVEZ #A
 
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94124
 
415-970-5444
 
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== Central Computers ==
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http://www.sparkfun.com/
  
Central Computers
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http://www.elexp.com/
http://www.centralcomputers.com/
 
  
US Store Hours
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== Tools ==
Mon-Fri: 9am - 7:30pm<br>
 
Sat., Sun., and Holidays: 10:30am - 6pm
 
  
San Francisco
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http://www.techni-tool.com/ Techni-Tool: hand tools
837 Howard Street
 
San Francisco, CA 94103
 
Tel: 415-495-5888
 
Fax: 415-896-5888
 
  
== Sweet Memory ==
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http://www.wihatools.com/ Wiha tools: hand tools, drivers
  
Johnny Shami
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http://www.snapon.com/ Snap-on tools
  
http://www.sweetmemory.com/
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== Mechanical Hardware ==
  
They will ship memory in San Francisco via messenger, so if you need a part and you can't get out then you can still get it fast from these guys. Straighforward and good place to work with.
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http://www.mcmaster.com/ McMaster-Carr: fasteners, fabrication tools, power transmission, mechanical parts.  
  
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http://www.smallparts.com/ Small parts similar to McMaster-Carr, but more lab oriented.
415-281-8600
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100 First st.
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== Electrical Engineering ==
San Francisco, CA 94105
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http://www.mastechpowersupply.com/ Mastech power supplies: lab and bench DC power supplies.
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== Parts search engines ==
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http://octopart.com/
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== Computer and Network hardware ==
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http://www.graybar.com/ Graybar: rack-mount hardware and networking parts and tools. Graybar is only decent place in San Francisco for rack-mount hardware. 1760 CESAR CHAVEZ #A, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94124 415-970-5444
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http://www.sweetmemory.com/ Johnny Shami is a nice guy. Sweet Memory will ship free in San Francisco via messenger, so if you need a memory or a drive and you can't leave your office then you can still get it the same day from Sweet Memory. Prices are decent for a storefront in SF. Mail-order stores may be cheaper, but that doesn't help you when you need a part ASAP. 415-281-8600. 100 First st., San Francisco, CA 94105
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http://www.centralcomputers.com/ Central Computers. 837 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94103 415-495-5888

Revision as of 16:46, 31 May 2011

Electronic Interface and Controll

http://www.servocity.com/ Wide range of RC servos plus gears, drive shafts, and chains.

http://pololu.com/ Controllers and parts for RC servos, motors, sensors. Good prices. They don't screw you on little stuff. As a result I end up going to Pololu for buying bulk stock of power plugs, jumpers, headers, RC cables and connectors.

http://www.phidgets.com/ USB interfaces to sensors and controllers. Good stuff, but more expensive than Pololu.

http://www.sparkfun.com/

http://www.elexp.com/

Tools

http://www.techni-tool.com/ Techni-Tool: hand tools

http://www.wihatools.com/ Wiha tools: hand tools, drivers

http://www.snapon.com/ Snap-on tools

Mechanical Hardware

http://www.mcmaster.com/ McMaster-Carr: fasteners, fabrication tools, power transmission, mechanical parts.

http://www.smallparts.com/ Small parts similar to McMaster-Carr, but more lab oriented.

Electrical Engineering

http://www.mastechpowersupply.com/ Mastech power supplies: lab and bench DC power supplies.

Parts search engines

http://octopart.com/

Computer and Network hardware

http://www.graybar.com/ Graybar: rack-mount hardware and networking parts and tools. Graybar is only decent place in San Francisco for rack-mount hardware. 1760 CESAR CHAVEZ #A, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94124 415-970-5444

http://www.sweetmemory.com/ Johnny Shami is a nice guy. Sweet Memory will ship free in San Francisco via messenger, so if you need a memory or a drive and you can't leave your office then you can still get it the same day from Sweet Memory. Prices are decent for a storefront in SF. Mail-order stores may be cheaper, but that doesn't help you when you need a part ASAP. 415-281-8600. 100 First st., San Francisco, CA 94105

http://www.centralcomputers.com/ Central Computers. 837 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94103 415-495-5888