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Places to buy tools and supplies

Electronic Interface and Control

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.imagesco.com/ Geiger Counters, servo control, kits, hobby projects.

http://schmalzhaus.com/EasyDriver/ Stepper motor drivers.

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