Where do you source your Materials from?? :)

Question: Where do you source your Materials from?? :)
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Asked by Rachel Scarry to Ashley, Catherine, John G, Laura, Ray on 11 Nov 2014.
- Laura Tobin answered on 11 Nov 2014:
  
  The electronic components (resistors, sensors, Arduino microcontrollers etc…) come from Radionics or Farnell and the chemicals usually come from Sigma Aldrich. The specialised equipment like a source meter (to read current & voltage) comes from Keithley and the optical components (spectrometer, optical fibre…) came from Ocean Optics.
  
  However, I don’t have a very high budget to spend, so I tend to “borrow” equipment and materials from other groups.
- John Ging answered on 11 Nov 2014:
  
  I don’t need materials for my day job.
  
  Radionics, Farnell and er, eBay for hobby stuff.
- Catherine Conaghan answered on 11 Nov 2014:
  
  Most of my work is software based – so all you need is a laptop and an idea! 🙂
- Ray Alcorn answered on 18 Nov 2014:
  
  All over.. from marine chandlers, to plastics maunfacturers, steel suppliers, gas, equipment…. we use the yellow pages a lot

Question: Where do you source your Materials from?? :)