I have an idea:
Create a document attached to this thread that is constantly updated with a list of material suppliers - if anyone wants to buy something e.g magnets, cores etc they can refer to this list instead of trolling through lots of different threads.
Sound like a plan? ;D
I would be happy to maintain such a list if people can post information about suppliers here. I'm thinking of having a table of product types and suppliers, URLs, Contacts, notes about them, recommendations etc.
Apologies if such an idea has already been done - I can't find it.
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Attached is my first draft - lots more to add - please let me know!
For some reasons I cannot modify my original post, otherwise I would put it there.
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Keep up the good work, you may find that there are some websites which supply an enormity of items.
Digikey.com (http://www.digikey.com) for electrical and related.
MSCdirect.com (http://www1.mscdirect.com/cgi/nnsrhm) for materials, tooling, etc.
Both of these will send you a free catalog, and both catalogs are foot-smashing huge.
Version 1.1 attached.
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Version 1.2 attached - added some plastic (e.g perspex) suppliers.
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Version 1.3 attached - added a good shaft/bearings etc supplier.
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anyone know of any suppliers for Mumetal or permalloy that is not just super thin sheets?
I am working on a project that could greatly benefit from this, but all I have found are those sheets for shielding audio components. no where near thick enough,
From what I am seeing the backing plates to the magnets in hard drives are permalloy, so I may try using a massive fresnel lens I have to melt it. if I can I will maybe make a howto video on the process including how to make molds to drop the molten metal into for your designs.
but a good supplier of say .01 to .063 thick sheets that we can cut and form ourselves would be super helpful for sure I would guess.
Stanford Magnets (http://www.usneodymiummagnets.com/ (http://www.usneodymiummagnets.com/)) a supplier of a variety of rare earth magnets.
Stanford Advanced Materials (http://www.samaterials.com (http://www.samaterials.com) ) a supplier of pure metals, alloys, rare earth products, chemical compounds, etc.
Newland Magnets（https://www.nldmagnet.com）the rare earth supplier from China.
Version 2.0 added - includes suggestions to date.
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