Resources

List all your favorite places to get tools, equipment, etc.

Tools & Equipment

• Hamilton Tool Supply (Beaver Falls) A used tool supermarket focusing on the hobbyist and DIY-er.
• Harbor Freight (Various suburban locations) a chain of discount tool retail stores.
• University of Pittsburgh Surplus (Oakland)
• Pennsylvania Government Surplus (EBay)

Material & Hardware

• Construction Junction (Point Breeze) reuse and recycled building materials and furniture.
• McMaster Carr supplier to industrial and commercial facilities worldwide.
• Small Parts inc. the hardware store for researchers and developers.

Electronics Components & Kits

• All About Circuits part search engine, and other useful resources for electronics
• All Electronics The TJMaxx of electrical components
• Electronics 123 (Columbiana, OH) Product for the electronic hobbyist and amateur scientist (Nearly overnight shipping.)
• Robotic Concepts Used industrial robots
• AdaFruit (NYC) Kits and parts for original, open source hardware electronics projects
• SparkFun the tools, hardware, and resources to play with cool electronic gadgetry.
• SuperBrightLEDs is what it says on the tin.
• OctoPart part search engine.
• DigiKey/Mouser; also recommended, domestic shipping.
• Falstad Circuit Simulator online tool (requires Java) Link: [1]
• Practical Electronics for Inventors 3rd Edition by Scherz and Monk. Link: [2]

Software

• The C Programming Language 2nd Edition by Kernighan and Ritchie. Link: [3]

Woodworking

• Hardwood Emporium (Elizabeth) wide selection of hardwood lumber, including exotics.
• Taylor Lumber (Neville Island) deep selection of domestic hardwoods at lower cost. Plan your purchase ahead of time; no showroom.
• Rockler Woodworking (McKnight Road) has everything for fine woodworking. Pricey.
• Di Legno Wood Supply (McKees Rocks) can order everything for fine woodworking, cheaper than Rockler, but no showroom. Dante also offers classes.
• Western PA Woodworkers (Pittsburgh) local group of professional and amateur woodworkers.