Where to Shop for Fabrication Supplies

Local Resources

B&W Controls 1421 South 192'nd Street SeaTac, WA 98148 Phone: 206-241-1901 
(Alloy Frame System, Motors, Pneumatics, Sensors) 
http://www.b-wcontrols.com/

Clear Cut Plastics 507 N 36th St Seattle, WA 98103-8613 (206) 545-9131 
(Polyethylene, acrylic, starboard (great for CNC prototyping)) 
http://www.clearcutplastics.com/

Laird Plastics 650 South Industrial Way Seattle, WA 98108 (800) 777-4551
(I hear they have the best offcuts)
http://www.lairdplastics.com/

Tap Plastics 710 9th Avenue North Seattle, WA 98109 206-389-5900
http://www.tapplastics.com/shop/locations.php?lid=20

Hardwicks Hardware 4214 Roosevelt Way NE Seattle, WA 98105 Phone: 206-632-0678 
(Fasteners, tools, esoteric odds and ends, close to campus) 
http://www.ehardwicks.com/

Online Metals 1138 West Ewing Seattle, WA 98119 Phone: 206-285-8603 
(Aluminum, steel, cut to order, close to Fremont lab, mention discount code "HUSKIES" for 10% off!) 
http://www.onlinemetals.com/

Stoneway Hardware 4318 Stone Way North, Seattle WA, 98103 Phone: 206-545-6910 
(Fasteners, Tools, close to campus) 
http://stonewayhardware.com/

Tacoma Screw 3930 Leary Way N.W. Seattle, WA 98107 Phone 206-632-7565 
(Fasteners, Tools, close to Fremont lab) 
http://www.tacomascrew.com/

Electronics Supplies:

Alphatronics 1035 Andover Park East Tukwila, Washington 98188 Phone (206)-957-5550

http://alphatronics-usa.com/

UW Electrical Engineering Stores EE/CSE 147 in the Instrumentation Lab Phone: 206-221-6772 
(Small selection of electronics on-campus) 
http://www.ee.washington.edu/stores/

Fry's Electronics 800 Garden Ave. North, Renton, WA 98057 Phone: (425) 525-0200 (Wire, Cables, ICs, Relays, LEDs, heat shrink tubing... While they won't have replacement chips for your Arduino, they can come in incredibly handy for last minute stuff) http://www.frys.com/isp/renton.html/(they don't really list parts online)

Online Resources

Adafruit Industries: microcontrollers, robotics, arduino expansion boards

Anaheim Automation: stepper motors, servos, linear guide rails systems, couplers

Bolt Depot: Metric bolts, nuts and washers.

Enco: general industrial supply, tools, end mills, drill bits, pumps, pneumatics, etc.

Fastenal: everything imaginable... fasteners, fittings, tubing, gears, pulleys, tooling, safety, electrical, etc.

gridconnect: networking, wireless, arduino expansion boards, sensors

Inventables: materials, electronics, fasteners, ingredients

Jameco: wide range of electronics components

J. W. Winco: handles, tubing connectors, knobs, joints, levers, cranks, leveling elements, etc.

Little Machine Shop: milling and lathing tools and equipment

McMaster Carr: everything imaginable... bearings, fittings, tubing, gears, pulleys, electrical, finishing, etc. 

Mouser: wide range of electronics components

MSC Industrial: general industrial supply, end mills, router bits, drill bits, tons and tons of other stuff

Misumi USA: materials, automation components, aluminum extrusions, couplers, linear guides, ball screws, flanges, x-y axis adjustment tables, bearings, springs, actuators, shock absorbers, hudraulics/pneumatics, rollers

PCB Fab Express: printed circuit boards

Robot Combat: geared motors, gears, timing belts, pulleys, chain, sprockets, wheels, motor mounts, shaft collars.

Small Parts: tubing, fittings, raw materials, fasteners, lab & scientific, industrial, hand tools, cutting tools

Sparkfun: sensors, arduinos, arduino expansion boards, electronics components, microcontrollers, robotics

SDP/SI: drive components, bearings, gears, belts, bushings, etc.

Trossen Robotics: robotics, microcontrollers, sensors

VXB Bearings: bearings and linear motion bars