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*[http://woodgears.ca/gear_cutting/template.html Gear template generator] | *[http://woodgears.ca/gear_cutting/template.html Gear template generator] | ||
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*[https://alliantmetals.com/ Alliant Metals] - Hampstead, NH (Stainless mainly, cutting services) | *[https://alliantmetals.com/ Alliant Metals] - Hampstead, NH (Stainless mainly, cutting services) | ||
*[http://necuttingdie.com/ North East Cutting Die] - Portsmouth, NH (machining and cutting services) | *[http://necuttingdie.com/ North East Cutting Die] - Portsmouth, NH (machining and cutting services) | ||
=Machining= | =Machining= | ||
*[http://www.deansphotographica.com/machining/projects/springs/springs.html Making Springs on the Small Lathe] | *[http://www.deansphotographica.com/machining/projects/springs/springs.html Making Springs on the Small Lathe] | ||
*[http://opensourcemachinetools.org/ Open Source Machine Tools] - plans for making your own machine tools for low cost (concrete lathe, mill, etc) | *[http://opensourcemachinetools.org/ Open Source Machine Tools] - plans for making your own machine tools for low cost (concrete lathe, mill, etc) | ||
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*[https://shop.pimoroni.com Pimoroni] - British shop for Raspberry Pi | *[https://shop.pimoroni.com Pimoroni] - British shop for Raspberry Pi | ||
*[https://thepihut.com/ Pi Hut] - UK shop for Raspberry Pi and micro:bit | *[https://thepihut.com/ Pi Hut] - UK shop for Raspberry Pi and micro:bit | ||
=CNC Routing and Milling= | =CNC Routing and Milling= | ||
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*[http://www.autotracer.org/ Autotracer] - web-based tool to vectorize regular images | *[http://www.autotracer.org/ Autotracer] - web-based tool to vectorize regular images | ||
*[https://cloudconvert.com/ Convert anything to anything] | *[https://cloudconvert.com/ Convert anything to anything] | ||
=3D Printing= | =3D Printing= | ||
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*[http://www.microcenter.com/ Micro Center] | *[http://www.microcenter.com/ Micro Center] | ||
*[http://www.3dsolutech.com/ 3D Solutech ] - also sold cheaper [https://www.amazon.com/3D-Solutech/b/ref=bl_dp_s_web_16009070011?ie=UTF8&node=16009070011&field-lbr_brands_browse-bin=3D+Solutech on amazon here] | *[http://www.3dsolutech.com/ 3D Solutech ] - also sold cheaper [https://www.amazon.com/3D-Solutech/b/ref=bl_dp_s_web_16009070011?ie=UTF8&node=16009070011&field-lbr_brands_browse-bin=3D+Solutech on amazon here] | ||
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*[http://robotshop.com/letsmakerobots/ Let's Make Robots!] | *[http://robotshop.com/letsmakerobots/ Let's Make Robots!] | ||
*[http://opencv.org/ OpenCV] - computer vision for robots and other projects | *[http://opencv.org/ OpenCV] - computer vision for robots and other projects | ||
=Gardening= | =Gardening= | ||
Revision as of 15:43, 23 January 2019
Wood Working
Utilities
Metal
Places to buy metal
- Tuner Steel Co - West Bridgewater, MA
- Mill Metals - Manchester, NH
- Metal Supermarkets - Boston, MA (Mark Y goes there sometimes)
- Metals Depot - Online
- Online Metals - Online
- Speedy Metals
Cutting and Machining services
- Alliant Metals - Hampstead, NH (Stainless mainly, cutting services)
- North East Cutting Die - Portsmouth, NH (machining and cutting services)
Machining
- Making Springs on the Small Lathe
- Open Source Machine Tools - plans for making your own machine tools for low cost (concrete lathe, mill, etc)
Electronics
General
- How LCD Screens work
- Batteries
- Electronics Theory
- Sparkfun tutorials
- Ben Krasnow, tutorials on making electron microscope among other cool things
- All about radio
- OpenWrt - open source Linux distribution for embedded devices (like wifi routers)
- USB Made Simple
- Adafruit tutorials
- Raspberry Pi Foundation
- All About Circuits - an extremely active electrical engineering online community that provides both interesting content and useful resources for Electrical Engineers]
- Maker Pro - an active, open source platform for maker projects much like Hack A Day. These projects are centered around Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Intel Edison, home automation and more.
- EE Power - a digital publication focused on the power electronics industry.
- Electronics Point provides both interesting content and useful resources for Electrical Engineers.
Useful Tools
Web Stores
- Sparkfun - kits for soldering classes, solder spools, irons, tools
- iFixIt - tools for phone and device repair
- Spikenzie Labs - kits, parts, goodies
- Mouser - huge electronics manufacturer, has every kind of chip, switch, component
- All Electronics - theoretically everything, has decent prices and a lot of variety
- Electronic Goldmine - bulk parts for cheap, usually discontinued. great for tinkering supplies
- Adafruit - kits, arduinos and arduino clones, Raspberry Pi, wearable electronics
- Pimoroni - British shop for Raspberry Pi
- Pi Hut - UK shop for Raspberry Pi and micro:bit
CNC Routing and Milling
CAM Software
- VCarve Pro
- CamBam
- Easel
- G-Simple
- HeeksCAD and HeeksCNC
- MeshCAM
- Rapid PCB to Gcode
- List of other CNC software on Probotix.com
General
- 50 Digital Wood Joints
- Calibrating Feeds and Speeds
- GCode Introduction
- Autotracer - web-based tool to vectorize regular images
- Convert anything to anything
3D Printing
3D Models
- Thingiverse - find 3D models online, share your designs with others
- NASA 3D Resources
- Blender 3D Model Repository
Filament
- Micro Center
- 3D Solutech - also sold cheaper on amazon here
Robotics
- Hebocon - bad robots
- RoboGames!
- Let's Make Robots!
- OpenCV - computer vision for robots and other projects
Gardening
Main Menu
| General | Spaces | Tools | Volunteer | Instructors | Community | Communication |
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Reimbursement Form - paper Reimbursement Form - digital
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Slack - member chat |
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