[TriEmbed] McMaster Carr is in a class of their own

[Rick]

Well stated Pete.

My experience with McMaster-Carr is that you get a good price on quality 
materials and parts. You are NOT getting scraps, floor sweepings, or 
substitute parts.

More importantly, if you are not sure what you need, McMaster-Carr's 
catalog generally has a discussion on the various grades of materials, 
their common uses, as well as their limitations. A virtual rabbit-hole 
for the insanely curious!

If by chance McMaster-Carr doesn't have something (and they have a LOT) 
... you can also look at Grainger ... a similar company focusing more on 
industrial maintenance and repair.

For those that remember The Small Parts Company and their catalog ... 
sadly they were gobbled up by Amazon a long time ago. Once a place where 
you could get stainless steel spheres in a wide range of sizes, o-rings 
galore, and little stuff you didn't know you needed until you saw it ... 
alas all is gone. I still keep an old catalog for those times when I 
need a mechanical connectivity part but don't really know what it looks 
like or is named!

Thanks,

Rick NM3G



On 4/16/2020 7:55 AM, Pete Soper via TriEmbed wrote:
> Dear Triembeders,
>   Twenty five years ago when I finally pursued a life long goal of 
> getting into amateur radio some of my "ham" buddies who had more loose 
> change than me uttered two words any time the subject of obtaining a 
> fastener or raw construction material came up: McMaster Carr.
>
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