Suppliers
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The Bits from Bytes Rapman kit is brilliant, supplied with everything you need apart from a few basic tools. However if you want to modify your machine, make repairs after an unfortunate accident, or maybe just source some tools or spare electronic components this might be the place to start looking.
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RapMan
The first place to try!!! Bits from Bytes
Unit 17 Hither Green Industrial Estate, Clevedon, North Somerset, BS21 6XU, UK
Contact Information: Mr. Ian Adkins
Phone: +44 (0)1275 873792;
Fax: +44 (0)1173 150457;
Email: sales(at)bitsfrombytes(dot)com
- Materials: consumables
- Kits (complete, electronics, extruder, etc) kits
RepRap
- RepRap parts suppliers: Parts supplies
- RepRap Sales: forum
Tools
See also: Tools required
- List of tools required for building Rapman pdf
- Rapid Electronics (UK): Rapid Not necessarily the cheapest but suppliers of good quality tools (mainly for electronics)
- Amazon (International): Amazon Amazon sells more than just books!
- Tilgear (UK but international orders taken): Tilgear. A wide range of tools etc at competetive prices. Download the catalogue from the website to obtain product codes before ordering
spanners:
- M4 is hard to obtain as most sets stop at M5.
- Germany:
metric allen-keys:
- The smaller M2.5 and M1.5 ones are often found in the more expensive brand-name allen-key sets like the one from Bosch.
imperial allen-keys:
- Germany:
- 1/16" and 3/32" in a set: Conrad
- 3/32" Conrad(straight) Conrad(ball ended)
Electronic Components
- Rapid Electronics (UK): Rapid A huge range of electronic components and more. (usually cheaper than RS).
- RS Components (International): RS Components Also trade under the name of Radionics, Radio Spares and Allied Electronics. A huge range of electronic components and tools.
- RS Components (UK): RS Components UK
- Farnell (International): Farnell Not cheap but a huge range.
- Maplin Electronics (UK):Maplins Maplins supplies a wide range of components online and also through their stores in many large towns and cities in the UK.
- Mouser Electronics (UK): mouser homepage Uk based? worldwide shipping
- Digikey Corp (US): home page catalogue
- Futurlec (US, UK, Australia, Thailand): homepage Suppliers of components, kits, tools etc also a PCB design and manufacture service.
Consumable Materials
- Filament Distributor
- Materials: BfB consumables
Other Categories
- McMaster (US): homepage A huge range of tools, components, equipment, materials
- Amazon (International): Industrial and scientific a newer part of the amazon site selling materials, electronic components, bearings, cutters, etc
