Vendors

Machines

The ShapeOko 3 is available from the manufacturer and various authorized resellers / distributors]. Plans are on the Shapeoko 3 wiki page, and machines may be self-sourced, so long as they are not sold commercially. (Example of the latter here).

Materials

Materials availability is a tradeoff between price and convenience.

Further considerations include local business practices and shipping costs.

Please list only inobvious / specialty sources. There should be no need to list specialized sources such as lumber yards which are easily found by a search engine (and even have their own specialized search engines: woodfinder.com (U.S.), UK Workshop). Usually sign and glass shops are willing to special-order sheets of material(s).

Here is a list of vendors sorted by geography, along w/ the items which they sell which may be suited for milling:

International

• http://www.eplastics.com/
• http://usplastics.com/
• Inventables --- small sizes of a wide variety of materials.
• http://www.aquabluemaui.com/ --- mother of pearl[1]
• http://exoticwoodsbb.com/index.html --- Bay Street, St. Michael, Barbados
• http://www.professionalplastics.com/ --- noted as having good prices[2]
• http://estreetplastics.com/ [3]

Australia

• Acrylic
  • https://cuttosizeacryliconline.com.au/ [4]
  • http://www.mitchellgroup.com.au/ [5]
• Wood
  • http://www.brittontimbers.com.au/ [6]
  • http://www.mortim.com.au/ [7]

Europe/U.K.

• wax
  • Trycut --- machinable wax
  • http://www.maragon.co.uk/ [8]
• http://www.john-steel.com/ (France)[9]
• http://tole.lametallerie.net/ (France)[10]
• http://www.hindleys.com/index.php/materials/plastics-foam/sheet/engraving-laminate/abet-rigid-engraving-laminate-sheet.html [11]
• http://www.sorotec.de/shop/index.php/cat/c162_Engraving-material-1-5-Engraving-material-1-5.html [12]
• Aluminum
  • aluminiumopmaat.nl --- aluminum bar or plate in the Netherlands
  • https://www.aluminiumopmaatgemaakt.be/ [13]
  • http://www.aluminiumwarehouse.co.uk/
  • https://shop.ibl-raimund.de/Aluminium-oxid/Platten/Feinstgefraest-AlZnMgCu1-5/ [14]

Wood (U.K.)

• https://www.toolsandtimber.co.uk/ [15]
• https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/northeast-timber/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from= [16]

U.S.

Most U.S. hardware and hobby stores will have displays w/ metal stock from KS Engineering.

• Metal
  • https://www.metalsupermarkets.com/store-finder/
  • https://www.midweststeelsupply.com/store/
  • http://www.onlinemetals.net
    • HDPE[17]
  • http://www.industrialmetalsales.com/ [18]
  • http://www.source1metals.com/metal/brass/

• Plastic
  • Industrial Plastic Supply, Inc. --- prices are reasonable and they have just about every shape and size.[19]
  • http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/item.aspx?itemid=35316&catid=705 [20]
  • http://www.delviesplastics.com/
  • http://www.eplastics.com/ [21]
  • http://www.sdplastics.com/komatex.html

• Wood
  • D&D
    • https://www.dndhardwoodsonline.com/
    • https://www.dndplywoodonline.com/
  • http://dbwebbinc.com/ --- epoxy impregnated plywood
  • Amazon: 1/8" X 12" X 12" Baltic Birch Plywood Great for Laser, Cnc, and Scroll Saw. 45pc Woodpeckers® --- lowest price thus found for material typically sold in 5'x5' sheets at lumber yards.[22]
  • http://ocoochhardwoods.com/
  • http://www.hardwoodemporium.com/ [23]
  • https://www.veneersupplies.com/

• Other
  • http://www.machinablewax.com
  • http://www.freemansupply.com --- Foam and tooling board

Northeast

Maryland

• The Restaurant Store --- HDPE cutting boards in 1/2"--1" thicknesses.

Pennsylvania

• The Restaurant Store --- HDPE cutting boards in 1/2"--1" thicknesses.
• http://www.weaverind.com/ --- sells graphite blocks used for casting glass and other materials. Yard is open during an annual sale, allowing selection from their scrap piles.
• Industrial Plywood

Midwest

• Menards: 1/4" x 4' x 8' HDPE Panel[24]

• Bagdad Lumber, Sawmill and Kiln 2932 Christianburg Rd, Bagdad, KY 40003

Materials (specialty)

Plastics

https://www.freemansupply.com/closeouts-us/machinable-media

Marine supplies

https://www.boatoutfitters.com/cut-to-size-black-king-starboard [25]

Plastics (engraving)

http://www.rowmark.com/distributor/europe/europe.asp [26]

HDU

https://www.foambymail.com/closed-cell-foams.html [27]

http://www.signfoam.com/signfoam.html [28]

Lithophanes

http://candlestonegifts.com/candlestone-store [29]

Wood

https://www.hearnehardwoods.com/

https://woodchuckswood.com/collections/thickness-1-4-inch [30]

http://www.dndhardwoodsonline.com/

http://www.rarewoodsandveneers.com/ [31]

https://www.bellforestproducts.com [32]

http://urbanwood.org [33]

http://www.ocoochhardwoods.com/ [34] [35]

http://www.walllumber.com/lum.asp [36] [37]

http://www.reisterstownlumber.com/

Bamboo

https://nwbamboo.com/bamboo-lumber/

Hemp

https://hempwood.com/product/48-inch-board/

MDF

http://packardforestproducts.com/products/wood-composites/spectratech-color-mdf/

https://trinityinnovations.net/product/colored-mdf-cut-sheet

Plywood

http://www.columbiaforestproducts.com/product/classic-core/ [38]

http://www.dndplywoodonline.com/

http://radicalrc.com/category/Wood-Foams-Materials-545 [39]

http://alleghenyplywood.com/ [40]

http://www.industrialplywood.com/04prod_cab_bamboo.html

http://www.thewinfieldcollection.com/product/Finnish_Plywood_Panels/Plywood

Impregnated Plywoods

https://www.cwp-usa.com/collections/spectraply-panel-10x35 [41]

http://www.coolhammers.com/color-ply.htm

https://www.cwp-usa.com/

https://frogblanks.com/

https://www.webbwood.com/ [42]

https://www.menards.com/main/building-materials/panel-products/concrete-forming-panels/building-materials/panel-products/concrete-forming-panels/3-4-x-4-x-8-tigerform-forming-plywood/1235020/p-1444441905347-c-13341.htm [43]

Jewelry and exotic materials

http://www.firemountaingems.com/ [44]

Synthetics

Ivory

https://www.woodcraft.com/products/tagua-nuts-5-piece

http://masecraftsupply-com.3dcartstores.com/Alternative-Ivory-col849TM_c_268.html

Corian/countertop material

https://www.solidsurface.com/products/surface/partial-sheet-overstock/

Hardware (specialty)

In addition to raw materials, projects often need hardware which is more easily purchased than manufactured. While some basic hardware will be available from any hardware store, specialty hardware, esp. for reproductions may have to be ordered from specialty shops.

• http://www.dlawlesshardware.com/
• http://www.leevalley.com/US/Hardware/Index.aspx
• http://www.rockler.com/hardware
• https://www.woodcraft.com/catalog/hardware.htm
• https://www.rsonline-privat.de/Products/ProductDetail/Kreuzschlitz-Linsenkopf-Maschinenschraube-Stahl-verzinkt-x-19-049mm-2745193 --- notable for having Imperial hardware in the E.U.[45]
• https://ohiotravelbag.com/
• https://www.brettunsvillage.com/trunks/howto/parts/hasps/
• http://machinistchest.com/site2/products.php?category_id=57
• Tansu hardware is available from: https://hidatool.com/item/2421

Knobs

• UK https://www.berger-tools.co.uk/Standard_Parts_For_Clamping__Operating__MacHine_Fixtures/Hand_Knobs_Star_Knobs_Wing__Knurled_Thumb_Screws__Nuts/

Brass

• http://www.ballandball-us.com/
• http://www.brusso.com/ --- also does stainless steel
• http://www.horton-brasses.com/
• http://www.windsorbrass.co.nz/ (sold by Woodcraft in the U.S.)
• https://www.smartboxmaker.com/

Nails

• https://www.lie-nielsen.com/nodes/4258/home
• http://www.tremontnail.com/index.htm --- they also have a http://www.tremontnail.com/naildisplay.htm --- discussion of blacksmith made nails, and critique of the Tremont, as well as clenching technique: http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?244335-Blacksmith-made-nails-fair-price

Hinges

https://www.cabinetparts.com/p/soss-hinges-invisible-door-hinges-UIPBH085-p46933 [46]