New York Suppliers
Bendheim Glass Jan 19,2004
Bendheim Glass makes specialty glass of all sorts.
Brooklyn Custom Metal Work (David Stanavich) Sep 17,2005
Jake Barton highly recommends David Stanovich, (718) 499-1573 for custom metalwork on projects.... Jake says he's very intense, and very specific, and very responsible.
Build It Green! NYC Feb 27,2005
Build It Green sells used building materials in NYC at affordable prices.
CTL Electronics Aug 28,2003
CTL Electronics New York City 212-233-0754 - Floors and floors of old video junk, I'm told. I've never been there.
Capitol Glass Aug 28,2003
Capitol Glass & Sash Co., Inc. - Glass cutters and suppliers. 641 Hudson St.(212) 243-4528 (212) 924-4216 Fax.
Craftsmen Woodworkers May 16,2004
These guys build a nice kiosk: Craftsmen Woodworkers Ltd. Architectural & Custom Woodworking 58-65 Maspeth Ave. Maspeth, New York 11378 T: 718-326-3350 F: 718-326-0269 Contact: Joe Fino Thanks to David Boatman for the recommendation.
Davis and Warschau Aug 29,2003
Ask for dennis; They have decent prices and they cut their pipes well -- nice clean edges.... If you want untreated black steel that's not threaded call Mount Vernon Iron Works.
Dick Blick Sep 24,2005
Dick Blick is a good source of art materials for physical computing projects. You can order online, or you can visit their store on Bond St, just a couple blocks from ITP.
Exquisite Glass Sep 14,2003
Exquisite Glass - helpful, knowledgable, cheap place to get unusual sized of glass cut. On Allen St.
Frank Tracy Aug 29,2003
Frank Tracy in Greenpoint carries ball bearings and mechanical supplies. He is expensive but they have good stuff and you can go SEE what you are buying.
Good Hardware Stores in New York Sep 24,2004
they offer services (usually during business hours) like cutting, welding etc, paint mixing they are really nice and extremely helpful. Thanks to Derek Wang for the link Not a hardware store, but a handy electronics store.
Grainger Aug 28,2003
Grainger - Electrical & Electronic supplier. Mostly industrial electrical, mechanical, and tool supplies.
Leeds Electric Sep 14,2004
Leeds Electric is an electronic retailer in Brooklyn.
Metalliferous is a good place Nov 20,2004
The entrance is a small store but don't be fooled, just grab a little basket and head to the warehouse in the back for picking.... They will do small orders, have a 100 dollar minimum and will probably deliver.
Mettrix PCB fabrication Nov 25,2005
Mettrix is an upstate NY company who do PCB fab and assembly. Their work is recommended by Todd Polenberg, and apparently they can do Ball grid array parts too.
NY Suppliers Resource List Nov 27,2003
Jiae Kim's list of New York building materials Suppliers.
NYU Computer Store Aug 29,2003
The NYU Computer store stocks BX-24 microcontrollers, a limited line of PIC microcontrollers, siteplayers, and various electronic parts needed for the ITP physical computing courses. 242 Greene St.
Samuel Levine Aug 29,2003
Samuel Levine on west Broadway just south of Houston has all the pipes you'll need and will cut and thread them for you right away.
Small Gears in NYC Oct 4,2003
Three places that have limited supplies of small gears in the city: America's Hobby Center 263 W 30th 212.675.8922 Jan's Hobby on Lex between 93rd and 94th 212.861.5075 Action Hobbies 4103 Broadway 212.568.3677 The Americas Hobby Center, on a wholesale fur block, actually contructs custom remote cars to spec, so they have a ton of parts for axle-based mechanisms. They also have remote control plane, ship and helicopter kits and micro-servos (22 X 11 X 26mm).
Space Surplus Metal Sep 30,2003
Space Surplus Metal 325 Church St (just N of Canal) 212-966-4358 Nice, odd sorts of cold rolled steel, alum, stainless, copper.... Try to sound like you know what you are talking about.
Sparkfun Feb 13,2004
Sparkfun sells some fun stuff: cheap accelerometer boards, PIC programmers, and more. They also have the cheapest GPS modules I've seen so far.
Village Fabrics Aug 29,2003
Fabrics: 1st ave and 11th or 12th street.... They're the cheapest I've found (by about .50 cents) although the selection isn't great, it should do (Submitted by Maria Hernandez).