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Miscellaneous Materials »

Mike Elliott (ITLL Equipment Checkout Technician)

Mike recycles old GEEN 1400 project materials. See him (his office is on the ITLL 2B plaza level) 
to inquire about free parts and materials you could use for your project.

Toledo Glass

Boulder: 2601 Spruce Street
303-443-8282

McGuckin Hardware

For hardware, tools, screws, nails, pipes, dowels, raw materials, almost everything 
Boulder: 2525 Arapahoe Avenue
303-444-1822
Located on Hop route, bottom of Folsom hill @ Arapahoe

Home Depot

Not as helpful as McGuckin's, but it is a "big-box" hardware store in town
Boulder: 1600 29th Street
303-443-9271

Grainger

Manufacturing and industrial supplies
Boulder: 3825 Walnut Street
303-998-0275

ReSource

Great source for recycled scrap wood, metal, doors, windows, etc. Often gives great deals to students. 
Boulder: 6032 Butte Mill Road 
303-441-3278

CU Property Services

Auctions of old CU furniture, computers, lab equipment, tools, etc. 
Boulder: 2000 Central Avenue
303-492-6524

Boulder Hobbies

For hobby and model supplies, dolls, and toys
Boulder: 2125 32nd Street
303-442-8669

Metals »

ALRECO Aluminum Surplus Supply

For aluminum, metals
Henderson: 11299 Brighton Blvd.
303-287-7210

Den-Col Supply Co.

Full-service steel center; laser, punch plasma, plasma, flame cutting, shearing, sawing and metal inventory
Denver: 4630-T N. Washington Street
Telephone: 303-295-1683

Rose Steel

For structural steel
Lafayette: 1005 South 120th
303-673-9919

Industrial Edge Supply

For scrap reclamation
Boulder: 4436 Driftwood Place
303-516-0400; fax 303-516-0401
Email: cgregov@industrialedgesuppy.com

Western Aluminum Recycling

For scrap aluminum
Boulder: 3280 Valmont Road
303-447-0252

Metals.com

For all types of metals
Website: www.onlinemetals.com

Machine Shops »

Aspen Test Engineering

Todd Wyant, Aspen Test Engineer
Lafayette: 1200 Diamond Cr., Suite C
303-665-2324 x177

Larson Engineering

Boulder: 980 Lee Hill Drive
303-449-9292

Electronic Parts and Equipment »

CU Electronics Store

On-campus source for Electronic Parts, prototyping supplies, Hand tools, and cabling needs. Located in Electrical Engineering wing, room ECEE 1B10, (next to the ECE student lounge).

Sparkfun Electronics

Started by a CU Electrical Engineering Alum. Sparkfun is an online retail store that sells the electronic parts and modules to make your electronics projects possible. The website also has lots of tutorials and an enthusiastic user community. The website is a must see!!!
Sparkfun does not have a storefront. You must place a website order before you can pick up an order.
Boulder: 6175 Longbow Drive, Suite 200 (Located on 205 Bus route, Longbow at 63rd)
Website: http://www.sparkfun.com 

JB Saunders

A great Electronics prototyping store with friendly customer's service. For electronic parts and prototyping supplies.
Boulder: 3095 Sterling Circle unit 1 (55th & Valmont)
303-442-1212
Hours: Monday-Friday 9:30am - 5:30pm, Saturday 10am - 2pm
Website: http://www.jbsaundersco.com

Radio Shack

For electrical parts and pieces 
Boulder: 1895 28th Street (@ Canyon)
303-449-0635
Website: http://www.radioshack.com 

Acroname Inc.

Acroname's mission is to provide expertise, applications and high quality products in robotics.
Boulder: 4822 Sterling Drive
720-564-0373
Website: http://www.acroname.com 

McGuckin Hardware

The ultimate hardware store: Tools, hardware, plumbing, building materials, paint, sporting goods and lots of cool gadgets for your projects. If they don't have it, you didn't want it.
Boulder: 2525 Arapahoe Avenue, 303-444-1822
Located on Hop route, bottom of Folsom Hill @ Arapahoe
Website: http://www.mcguckin.com

Boulder Electric Motor Co.

For electric motors of all sizes 
Boulder: 3865 Walnut Street
303-443-1331

Hobby Town USA

Robotics and radio-control car kits and supplies
Longmont: 1935 Main St., Longmont, CO 80501, Phone: 303-774-1557
Website: http://www.hobbytown.com/Longmont
Westminster: 9120 Wadsworth Ave., Westminster CO 80021, Phone: 303-431-0482
Website: http://www.hobbytown.com/Westminster 

Plastics »

Colorado Plastic Products

Large inventory of ABS, acrylic, Plexiglas, tubing, vinyl, cuts, welds, scraps
Louisville: 500 S. Arthur Avenue
303-443-9271
Website: www.coloradoplastics.com
Contact Email: sales@coloradoplastics.com

LaserBits

For laser-cutter consumables
Website: www.laserbits.com

Johnson Plastics

For laser-cutter plastics
Website: www.johnsonplastics.com

Welding/Gasses »

General Air

For welding supplies and gases
Boulder: 3750 Walnut Street
303-444-2138, fax: 303-440-7730

CU-Boulder Physics Trades Teaching Lab

Provides a beginning welding class (and a machine-shop-technology safety course)
Website: http://ttl.colorado.edu/

Plumbing and AC Hardware »

Western Pipe

For pipes, sprinklers, lawn and garden supplies
Boulder: 57th & Valmont Road
303-442-7975

Meyers Heating & Air Conditioning

For heating, air conditioning, humidifying equipment and parts
Boulder: 260 Pearl Street
303-442-6640

Rapid Prototyping »

Protogenic

For rapid prototyping direct from CAD models using stereolithography 
Westminster: 1490 121st Avenue, Suite 101 
Contact: Tim Nakari, 303-453-3992

Stratasys—RedEye

FDM rapid prototyping service
Website: http://redeyeondemand.com

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