16/02/2015

Useful contacts & links for making stuff via - process.arts

This is such a useful resource I have taken the liberty of reproducing the information in full with due recognition of the brilliant blog at process.art
Submitted by cfollows on 30 March 2012 - 10:45am
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  • Hand Tools, Tools, Machinery

    For wood, metals and plastics
    • Buck and Ryan
      Holborn and Selfridges,Tool Specialists since 1824
    • H.S.Walsh
      Clerkenwell, Jewellers Tools
    • Lee Valley Tools
      Woodworkers Tools
    • Cecil W Tyzack
      Tool shop , Bottom of Kingsland Rd, Shoreditch 02077399422 329, London, EC1V 9LQ
    • Home and Workshop machinery
      Sidcup, Kent.These guys have taken over the smaller stock from the very great and now retired London Machinery. Engineering tools and machines, second hand, stakes, silversmithing and tinsmithing equipment, flypress, presses, drills, grinders

  • Metals

    Metal suppliers, precious and non-precious 
    • Smiths Metal Centre
      Dalston. Aluminium, Brass, Bronze, Copper, Stainless Steel , Steel
    • Capitalsteel  
    • Capital Steel & Wire manufacturers a variety of steel bar and steel wire products.
    • Fays Metals
      unit 4 , 37 colville road acton w3 8bl , tel (020) 8993 8883, Ferrous and non-ferrous metals
    • Scientific Wire Company
      Wire ....enamelled copper wire, stranded and coloured wire, rectangular enamelled or nomex covered copper, bare / tinned / silver & gold plated copper wires, and a huge range of resistance wires. We also stock other types of wires.
    • Cooksons
      Clerkenwell. Manufacturer and supplier to the jewellery trade. Offering a choice of jewellery making supplies including jewellery findings, tools, wire and sheet gold, silver , platinum , argentium
    • Goodfellows Metals
      Cambridge. Supplies pure metals, rare metals, alloys, ceramics, polymers and composites as discs, sheets, foils, films, lump, powder, rods, wires, tubes, etc.

  • Miscellaneous Materials

    Other shizzle
    • Wright-Cottrell
      London , Dental Supplies , wierd rubber bands , wire , plaster , masks
    • Maplin
      Tottenham Court rd . For your electrical and electronics needs
    • Diatherm
      Designer, manufacturer and supplier of unique dental instruments, tools and equipment for over one hundred years.
    • Manufactum
      German online shop for ultra well designed traditional stuff , great stationary and tools, true classics which have stood the test of time. They are made from materials of the highest quality, they function well and will outlive any trend or fashion.
    • Tokyu Hands
      Mad shit, loads of stationary, plastic stuff you never new you needed but once seen you can't do without. This is the online shop
    • Clerkenwell Screws
      Screws , Nuts , Bolts , Fasteners, Fixings - 109 Clerkenwell Road, Clerkenwell London EC1R 5BY +44 (0) 20 7405 1215
    • Arthur Beale
      Chandlers, Rope , Shackles , Bottle screws , Marine supplies, 194 Shaftesbury Avenue, Covent Garden London, WC2H 8JP , 020 7836 9034
    • Farlows
      Pall Mall, Hunting, Shooting, Fishing- Fishing tackle, feathers, yarns , fishing wire
    • J T Batchelor
      Islington/Dalston, 9-10 Culford Mews, London N1 4DZ Tel: +44 (0) 20 7254 2962- Leather Merchants & Wholesalers , saddle leather, tooling leathers, findings, leather tools, books
    • Alma Leather
      Off Brick Lane, inspirational and knowledgeable supplier of leather. Combining traditional expertise with cutting edge techniques,
    • London Bearings
      Gillingham, Kent. Bearings , Ball Bearings, Sprockets , Bike Chains , Belts, Pulleys, Roller Chains, Adhesives, Industrial Solvents , Oils and Grease
    • SCIN
      We source, advise, create and sell surfaces (finishes) and materials for every conceivable surface both inside and outside the building.
    • Kirby Glass / Rays Glass
      0207 729 4727 ,Bevelling , Cutting , Glass , friendly helpful place, 120 Hackney Rd ,E2 Next to the Joiners Pub
    • Chemglassware
      1A Cranmer Rd London E7 0JW 020 8534 2262 , bespoke accurate glass blowing

  • Plastics, Rubber

    Hard and soft
    • Pentonville Rubber
      Islington, Neoprene , Latex , Rubber , Sheet , Tube , Rod, Foam , Foam stuffing / pellets
    • Hamar Acrylics
      Bethnal Green. Stockists and fabricators of Perspex, Acrylic Cast and extruded tube and rod . High tolerance acrylic sheet . Polycarbonate, Foamex, Diabond, Polypropylene.
    • GPS Agencies
      W. Sussex. Polyester Resins and other Synthetic materials manufactured to replicate natural products. Ivory , Bone, Tortoiseshell, Horn, Mother of Pearl, Wood etc.
    • Campbell Plastics
      Kettering , Northamptonshire. 01536516563 6 Robinson Close, KETTERING, NN16 8PU . Liquid Plastic Manufacturer.

  • Wood

    Fine , Hard and Soft woods , composites
    • James Latham
      Purfleet , Hardwoods, softwoods, composite panels, laminates, veneered boards, flooring
    • William T Eden
      Barking , Essex . Panels , Veneered MDF (unfinished) Veneered MDF (pre-lacquered) Veneered Plywood, Real wood Veneer laminate , Masterflex, Real wood veneer
    • S L Hardwoods Ltd
      Quality hardwood suppliers in South London, also tools and finishing products. Situated near Croydon
    • KTS The Corner
      Dalston. Small local supplier , timber, MDF 415 Kingsland Road, London, E8 4AU 020 7249 3199

  • Coatings and surface finishing specialists

    Powder coating , Sandblasting , Anodising , Etching , Laser marking
    • Plasticoat
      Grit blasting, powder coating and nylon coating.
    • Chempix
      Photoetching
    • Vitrum Signum
      Enamelling Kilns, Kiln furniture , Enamelling Supplies and tools, PNP paper ,
    • Dulux Decorator Centre
      Clerkenwell. Paints , Decorating and specialist wood finishes
    • C + S Nameplates
      design, manufacture and supply of: Anodised Aluminium Nameplates, Chemically Etched Stainless Steel Nameplates, Chemically Etched Brass Nameplates, Undersurface Printed Plastic Labels, Printed Vinyl and Foil Stickers.
    • Hard-Anodising
      Anodising, Electroless Nickel Plating, Hard Anodising, Sulphuric Acid Anodising, Coloured Anodising , Chromate Coating Colouring and Finishing
    • Badger Anodising
      Birmingham.Includes silver, brass, gold, red, violet, green, blue and black. All can be supplied in a matt or bright finish. We are also able to offer a "stainless steel look" finish to aluminium

  • Chemicals - Gases, Liquids, Powders

    Acids , Patination
    • John Bell and Croyden
      Proper old fashioned chemists
    • BOC
      Oxygen, Propane , Butane , Aceteline , Torches , Equipment , Safety Equipment.

  • Skills and Services - Metals

    where to go to get stuff done.....
    • Richard Fox
      Croyden, Skilled Electroformers and silversmiths
    • West One Casting
      Holborn , precious metal casting , 24 Hatton Garden , London EC1N 8QB , tel 0207831 0542
    • Hean Studios
      Casting of precious metals, with particular emphasis on high temperature materials in the platinum group of metals. Not just jewellery, and Objets D'Art, but also hi-tech specialist projects for non-jewellery applications.
    • Maybrey Reliance
      A big foundry , Charlton, London. Offers a complete service from casting to finished products, specialising in all aspects of Ferrous and non-Ferrous Sand, Die and Investment castings.
    • Weston Beamor
      Birmingham. Rapid prototyping . Precious metal casting
    • A and L Fabrications
      Dagenham, London. Sheet metal fabrication, laser cutting, shearing, cnc punching, bending, edm machining, welding, metal cutting, metal stamping, metal fabrication
    • Elliot and Fitzpatrick
      Hatton Garden. Polishing, Plating ( Silver , Gold , Rhodium ) , Silversmithing
    • F Sinclair
      23 Hatton Garden , EC1N 8QB tel 0207 404 3352 , Plating ( Gold , Black Rhodium , Rhodium )
    • Capital Lasers
      Laser profiling, laser welding, laser drilling and laser marking. All processes can be achieved on flat or three dimensional pre-formed components
    • LSJ - Laser Surgery Jewellery
      Hatton Garden. Laser Welders , 1st flr 25a Hatton garden EC1N 8DA tel 02074055208 also finishing , jewellery repairs .

  • Skills and Sevices - CAD , 

    3D scanning , 3D Printing , Rapid Prototyping , 3 and 4 axis milling , 3D CAD to Metal  Sintering
    • Inition
      Shoreditch. Inition is a cutting-edge centre of 3D expertise and technology. We have an unrivalled knowledge and product portfolio of all things 3D. 3D scanning and printing , 3D animation , imaging , design
    • h3-D
      Hatton Garden. Expertise in CAD/CAM and Rapid Manufacturing to the UK jewellery industry 5PW 0207494 2323.

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