Links, Stores, Downloads, Ref.

This section is dedicated as an ‘archive’ of places or websites that I’ve visited and deemed useful. I’m not being paid to put any of them here and if they don’t want to be mentioned. Everyone else, enjoy the links since you don’t have to do the hard work now.

Stores marked with an asterisk (*) are in the greater Toronto area (GTA)

General

• Efston Science*

Electronics Stores

• A1 Parts*
• Active Surplus*
• Supremetronic* (now known as the Home Hardware west of College & Spadina)
• Creatron Electronics*
• Sayal Electronics*
• Dipmicro (E-store)
• Digikey (E-store)

Tools/Mechanical/Raw Material Stores

• Machinery Canada*
• Busy Bee Tools*
• Stock Drive Products/Sterling Instrument – machine parts (bearings, gears, couplers, etc)
• Plastic World* – acrylic plastics, glues, chemicals/solvents, fiberglass, resins, etc. – also a nice scrap acrylic pile for cheap projects, but only open weekdays.

Websites

• Blue Room (Audio/Video/Lighting/Rigging Wiki + Forums)
• ‘Tony’s Website’ (Electronics Schematics)
• ‘Sams Schematic Collection’
• Uzzors2k Project Site (HV Projects)
• 4hv.org (HV Enthusiast Forum)

Chemistry/Biology/Microbiology

• Openwetware.org – microbiology protocol wiki
• Benchfly – various tips & tricks presented in video format

Downloads

• Screenmonkey (Video/Powerpoint/Image software show control, free)

History

• Updated April 12, 2011
• Added links Feb 19, 2010