Local Prototyping:
Compleat Sculptor - 90 Vandam St New York, NY 10013 - (212) 243-6074 between Hudson St and Greenwich St. west of SOHO - clay, art materials
Dick Blick Art Materials - 1-5 Bond St between Broadway and Lafayette (212) 533-2444 - foam core, clay, art materials
Home Depot - (other than Manhattan locations) - insulation foam
Metropolitan Lumber - 175 Spring Street between Thompson St and W. Broadway (212) 966-3466 - insulation foam
New York Central Art Supply - 62 3rd Ave between 10th and 11th Sts - (212) 473-7705 - foam core, clay, art materials
Pearl Paint - 308 Canal Street, between Church Street and Broadway (212) 431-7932 - foam core, clay, art materials
Prince Lumber - 75 Ninth Ave betwen 15th and 16th Streets (212) 777-1150 - insulation foam
Local Wood:
Bowery Building Supplies - 55 Bond St New York, NY (212) 505-0022 - wood, plywood
Build it Green BIG/NYC - 3-17 26th Ave. at the corner of 4th St., Astoria, Queens (718) 777-0132
Dimension Lumber - 517 Stagg Street; Brooklyn, NY 11237 (718) 497-7585 - hardwoods
HomeDepot - (locations in Queens and Brooklyn for lumber - the Manhattan stores don't sell lumber) - wood, plywood
Homefront Hardware & Lumber - open 24 hours (212) 545-1447 202 E 29th St, at the corner of 3rd Ave. (6 train to 33rd) - wood, plywood
Lowes - in Brooklyn 118 2nd Ave - Brooklyn NY, 11215 (718) 832-5549 - wood, plywood
Metropolitan Lumber - 75 Spring St New York, NY (Soho) (212) 966-3466 - wood, plywood
Rosenzweig Lumber - 801 E 135th St Bronx, NY 10454 (718) 585-8050 - hardwoods
Local Woodworking Tools:
Garret Wade - Soho, 161 Ave of the Americas New York, NY (212) 807-1155 just north of Spring St. 2nd floor
HomeDepot - all locations
Tools For Working Wood - 27 West 20th Street Suite 507 - New York, NY 10011 (212) 604-9535
Woodworking Online:
Constantine’s - wood and woodworking supplies
Exotic Woods - special woods primarily for making instruments
Garret Wade - dye, shellac, oil, varnish
Luthiers Mercantile - wood finishing, instrument building
Milburn Guitars - wood finishing, instrument building
Stew Mac - wood finishing, instrument building
Milburn Guitars - french polishing tutorial
The Japan Woodworker - Alameda, Ca.
Local Plastics:
Canal Plastics - 345 Canal Street, New York, NY 10013 (212) 925-1666
T&T Plastic Land - 315 Church New York, NY 10013 - 2 blocks south of Canal (212) 925-6376
Plastics Online :
K-Mac Plastics - a variety of plastic products
Online Metals - online source for metals and many sheet plastic products
Small Parts - plastic tubing, fasteners - check out their great catalog
Local Casting and Moldmaking:
Compleat Sculptor - located at 90 Vandam St, between Hudson St and Greenwich St. west of SOHO
Pearl Paint - 308 Canal Street, between Church Street and Broadway (212) 431-7932
Casting and Moldmaking Online :
Polytek - manufactures and sells mold rubbers, casting resins and accessories and their site is full of useful tips and info
Sculpture Houseo - online source for sculpture supplies, many of which are carried at The Compleat Sculptor and Pearl Paint
Smooth-On - manufactures and sells mold rubbers, casting resins and accessories
Local Metal:
Metalliferous - jewelry making supplies, tools, beads, wire, sheet metals - 34 west 46th street 2nd floor between 5th and sixth (Diamond District)
Myron Toback - precious metals, beads, sheet metal - 25 West 47th Street New York, NY 10036
Space Surplus Metal - 325 Church St New York, NY (212) 966-4358
Metal Online:
Online Metals - (via makershed.com for a 5% discount) a good online source for metals and many sheet plastic products
Small Parts - gears, fasteners, ball bearings, mesh, wire, etc.
Travers Tools - machinists and metalworking tool supplier
McMaster-Carr - huge inventory of tools and equipment including machinists and metalworking tools
Metal Supermarkets - metal supplier with cutting, punching, and bending services
Speedy Metals - metal supplier
Yarde Metals - metal supplier
Local Fabrics:
B&J - 525 Seventh Avenue, between 37th and 38th Streets 2nd floor (212) 354-8150 - large selection of luxury fabrics, expensive
Fikret Fabrics - 264 West 40th Street (212) 719-2252 - discount fabrics, bargains, and close-outs
Leather Impact - 256 West 38th Street (212) 302-2332 - everything leather
Paron West, Paron Annex - 206 West 40th Street (212) 768-3266 one is full price, the other is half price - quality discount fabrics
P&S Fabrics - 355 Broadway (about four blocks below Canal) (212) 226-1534.
Spandex House Inc. - 263 West 38th Street (212) 354-6711 - everything stretchy
Village Fabrics - 180 1ST Ave and 12th street (212) 473-8290. close to ITP, but limited selection.
Industrial Fabrics Online:
CST Sales - carbon, aramid, and carbon/aramid hybrid cloth and tapes
Defender Industries - 42 Great Neck Road, Waterford, CT 06385 (800) 628-8225 - marine supplies, glass fiber, cloth, and resins
West System Epoxy - highly refined system for epoxy construction - excellent technical info - products are expensive
North Sails - innovator in high-strength high-efficiency sail design
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