Vendors and Useful Links
From Mech
Local vendors
- Radio Shack, 716 Church St, 847-869-5292
- Ace (Lemoi) Hardware, 1008 Davis St, 847-328-4900
- Home Depot, 2201 Oakton St, 847-733-9200
- Tom Thumb Hobby and Crafts, 1026 Davis St, 847-869-9575
- American Science and Surplus, 5316 N. Milwaukee Ave, Chicago IL,773-763-0313 chicago@sciplus.com
Some commonly used vendors
- McMaster-Carr (mechanical design)
- Digikey (electronic components)
- Jameco (electronics, hobbyist)
- Marlin P. Jones and Associates (surplus)
- Mouser (electronics)
- Newark (electronics)
- All Electronics
- Sparkfun
Other vendors
- Allied Electronics
- US Digital (encoders, etc.)
- Acroname (hobbyist)
- Tower Hobbies (hobbyist, RC servos)
- Stock Drive Products (mechanical design)
- Small Parts Inc. (mechanical design)
- BG Micro (discount electronics)
- American Science and Surplus (surplus and more)
- Radio Shack
- ebay
- Hobby Engineering (electromechanical, hobbyist)
- Solarbotics (hobbyist)
- Parallax, Inc (hobbyist)
- Big Blue Saw- Inexpensive Laser/Watercutting Service & Part Bending
Useful links
- Nuts and Volts hobbyist site
- Servo Robotics Magazine
- Chicago Area Robotics Club
- Seattle Robotics Society
- hackaday.com Cool mechatronics projects
