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Hi All, I'm producing a device in small quantity (just around 10 - 20 pieces). This device has a 3"x3" touch sensing metal plate attached to the enclosure. The dimension, as well as the material that made up this metal plate is not critical. As I'm not a mechanist, I have no idea where to buy the metal plate. I want to know if there is any suppliers that will sell small quantity of metal material or parts to home mechanist, like what digikey, Jameco, etc., does in selling electronic components to electronic hobbist. Thanks in advance! John _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList spam_OUTpiclist-unsubscribe-requestTakeThisOuTmitvma.mit.edu

On Tue, 10 Jul 2001, John Waters wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm producing a device in small quantity (just around 10 - 20 pieces). This > device has a 3"x3" touch sensing metal plate attached to the enclosure. The > dimension, as well as the material that made up this metal plate is not > critical. As I'm not a mechanist, I have no idea where to buy the metal > plate. I want to know if there is any suppliers that will sell small > quantity of metal material or parts to home mechanist, like what digikey, > Jameco, etc., does in selling electronic components to electronic hobbist. Check a local hobby shop, especially one that caters to the R/C airplane or boat crowds. Hobby Lobby, Tower Hobby, etc. are also good sources for small sheets of brass, stainless, aluminum, etc. Dale -- A train stops at a train station. A bus stops at a bus station. On my desk I have a workstation... -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList .....piclist-unsubscribe-requestKILLspam@spam@mitvma.mit.edu

At 05:42 PM 7/10/01 -0500, you wrote: >On Tue, 10 Jul 2001, John Waters wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > I'm producing a device in small quantity (just around 10 - 20 pieces). This > > device has a 3"x3" touch sensing metal plate attached to the enclosure. The > > dimension, as well as the material that made up this metal plate is not > > critical. As I'm not a mechanist, I have no idea where to buy the metal > > plate. I want to know if there is any suppliers that will sell small > > quantity of metal material or parts to home mechanist, like what digikey, > > Jameco, etc., does in selling electronic components to electronic hobbist. > >Check a local hobby shop, especially one that caters to the R/C airplane >or boat crowds. Hobby Lobby, Tower Hobby, etc. are also good sources for >small sheets of brass, stainless, aluminum, etc. > >Dale >-- The hobby shop stuff is expensive compared to other sources but sometimes easier to find. Try hardware stores, look for metal door skins, or heating ductwork, some will have small pieces of sheet metal for just about what you need. Other sources automotive ie body shops or steel fab shops. If you get one of the fab shops to sell it to you they might even cut it up fairly cheap or let you do it if your lucky. Dave -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList piclist-unsubscribe-requestKILLspammitvma.mit.edu

try http://www.smallparts.com, http://www.use-enco.com, http://www.asapsource.com, http://www.campbelltools.com, http://www.machinist-materials.com, or http://www.midlandalum.com Dale Botkin wrote: {Quote hidden}> On Tue, 10 Jul 2001, John Waters wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > I'm producing a device in small quantity (just around 10 - 20 pieces). This > > device has a 3"x3" touch sensing metal plate attached to the enclosure. The > > dimension, as well as the material that made up this metal plate is not > > critical. As I'm not a mechanist, I have no idea where to buy the metal > > plate. I want to know if there is any suppliers that will sell small > > quantity of metal material or parts to home mechanist, like what digikey, > > Jameco, etc., does in selling electronic components to electronic hobbist. > > Check a local hobby shop, especially one that caters to the R/C airplane > or boat crowds. Hobby Lobby, Tower Hobby, etc. are also good sources for > small sheets of brass, stainless, aluminum, etc. > > Dale > -- > A train stops at a train station. A bus stops at a bus station. > On my desk I have a workstation... > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList > .....piclist-unsubscribe-requestKILLspam.....mitvma.mit.edu -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList EraseMEpiclist-unsubscribe-requestspam_OUTTakeThisOuTmitvma.mit.edu

John Waters wrote: > >I'm producing a device in small quantity (just around 10 - 20 pieces). This >device has a 3"x3" touch sensing metal plate attached to the enclosure. The >dimension, as well as the material that made up this metal plate is not >critical. As I'm not a mechanist, I have no idea where to buy the metal >plate. I want to know if there is any suppliers that will sell small >quantity of metal material or parts to home mechanist, like what digikey, >Jameco, etc., does in selling electronic components to electronic hobbist. > Your best bet may be to look locally. With no indication as to where you live by your address, it's kind of hard to offer specific advice. Here in central California, Orchard Supply Hardware carries sheet aluminum, brass, steel, and stainless in various sizes and thicknesses. (They also carry sheet plexiglass and lexan as well. Very handy at times.) If and when your quantities grow, a good working relationship with a small local machine/sheet metal shop can be an invaluable asset. Regards, Bob _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList piclist-unsubscribe-requestspam_OUTmitvma.mit.edu

look at the mcmaster carr catalog,also msc. if all else fails go to your local welding shop. ----- Original Message ----- From: "O'Reilly John E NORC" <@spam@OReillyJEKILLspamCORONA.NAVY.MIL> To: <KILLspamPICLISTKILLspamMITVMA.MIT.EDU> Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 6:57 PM Subject: Re: [OT]: Looking for metal material suppliers for hobbist > You might want to check out a hardware store. There is a chain called > Orchard Supply Hardware (OSH) that has this type of stuff. > > John > > {Original Message removed}

www.onlinemetals.com -----Original Message----- From: victor Faria [RemoveMEvictorfTakeThisOuTGIS.NET] Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 8:31 PM To: spamBeGonePICLISTspamBeGoneMITVMA.MIT.EDU Subject: Re: [OT]: Looking for metal material suppliers for hobbist look at the mcmaster carr catalog,also msc. if all else fails go to your local welding shop. ----- Original Message ----- From: "O'Reilly John E NORC" <TakeThisOuTOReillyJEEraseMEspam_OUTCORONA.NAVY.MIL> To: <RemoveMEPICLISTTakeThisOuTMITVMA.MIT.EDU> Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 6:57 PM Subject: Re: [OT]: Looking for metal material suppliers for hobbist {Quote hidden}> You might want to check out a hardware store. There is a chain called > Orchard Supply Hardware (OSH) that has this type of stuff. > > John > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Waters [john_fm_watersEraseME.....HOTMAIL.COM] > Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 3:30 PM > To: EraseMEPICLISTMITVMA.MIT.EDU > Subject: [OT]: Looking for metal material suppliers for hobbist > > > Hi All, > > I'm producing a device in small quantity (just around 10 - 20 pieces). This > device has a 3"x3" touch sensing metal plate attached to the enclosure. The {Quote hidden}> dimension, as well as the material that made up this metal plate is not > critical. As I'm not a mechanist, I have no idea where to buy the metal > plate. I want to know if there is any suppliers that will sell small > quantity of metal material or parts to home mechanist, like what digikey, > Jameco, etc., does in selling electronic components to electronic hobbist. > > Thanks in advance! > > John > > > > _________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList > RemoveMEpiclist-unsubscribe-requestEraseMEEraseMEmitvma.mit.edu > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList > RemoveMEpiclist-unsubscribe-requestspam_OUTKILLspammitvma.mit.edu > > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList RemoveMEpiclist-unsubscribe-requestTakeThisOuTspammitvma.mit.edu -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList EraseMEpiclist-unsubscribe-requestspamspamBeGonemitvma.mit.edu

At 08:44 PM 7/10/01 -0400, you wrote: >http://www.onlinemetals.com Sometimes these places can be so expensive that they suck all your profit away. There may be no alternative at some point to making a minimum $500 or whatever purchase from an industrial supplier, if you'd use it in a reasonable time period (a year or two), otherwise it might cost you $300 per month to buy the exact same material. Best regards, =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Spehro Pefhany --"it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward" speffSTOPspamspam_OUTinterlog.com Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com Contributions invited->The AVR-gcc FAQ is at: http://www.bluecollarlinux.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads

John Waters wrote: > > Hi All, > > I'm producing a device in small quantity (just around 10 - 20 pieces). This > device has a 3"x3" touch sensing metal plate attached to the enclosure. The > dimension, as well as the material that made up this metal plate is not > critical. As I'm not a mechanist, I have no idea where to buy the metal > plate. I want to know if there is any suppliers that will sell small > quantity of metal material or parts to home mechanist, like what digikey, > Jameco, etc., does in selling electronic components to electronic hobbist. > Hi John, maybe try contacting the CAD CAM DRO mailing list, lots of guys there with small hobby CNC mills that need projects to make! :o) -Roman -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads

For some projects I spend some time in hardware stores and places like Office Depot eyeballing some sort of ready made item (like shelve brackets etc), that suits the needs when modified. Usually if I buy these in bulk it comes out cheaper than the raw material. This seems to be the situation in all 'post industrial' countries (post industrial means that everyone is unemployed and they don't produce anything except candy, ice cream and hot air in the form of politics and TV shows). I happen to know that this is not the case in producing countries, where you can walk into a hardware store and order a couple of sq. meters of galvanized steel sheet without troubles and double-talk. Peter -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics

Yes, I agreed! {Quote hidden}>From: "Peter L. Peres" <spamBeGoneplpSTOPspamEraseMEACTCOM.CO.IL> >Reply-To: pic microcontroller discussion list <KILLspamPICLISTspamBeGoneMITVMA.MIT.EDU> >To: EraseMEPICLISTEraseMEMITVMA.MIT.EDU >Subject: Re: [OT]: Looking for metal material suppliers for hobbist >Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 19:24:17 +0300 > >For some projects I spend some time in hardware stores and places like >Office Depot eyeballing some sort of ready made item (like shelve brackets >etc), that suits the needs when modified. Usually if I buy these in bulk >it comes out cheaper than the raw material. This seems to be the situation >in all 'post industrial' countries (post industrial means that everyone is >unemployed and they don't produce anything except candy, ice cream and hot >air in the form of politics and TV shows). I happen to know that this is >not the case in producing countries, where you can walk into a hardware >store and order a couple of sq. meters of galvanized steel sheet without >troubles and double-talk. > >Peter > >-- >http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics >(like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics > > _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.