Materials, Tools, & Services:
Local Hardware Stores:
2211 Pennsylvania Ave, Baltimore, MD 21217
(410) 728 - 4400
~5 min drive from MICA
601 Homestead St, Baltimore, MD 21218
(443) 627 - 8893
~10 min drive from MICA
3401 Chestnut Ave, Baltimore, MD 21211
(410) 235 - 7771
~10 min drive from MICA
Tools and Hardware:
McMaster Carr - All things mechanical. Downloadable CAD, easy but expensive.
Harbor Freight - Super duper cheap tools.
MicroCenter - Big Box Electronics and computers store (thumb drives to 3d printers)
CME Tools - Inexpensive quality CNC tools
Vinyl:
US Cutter - We use 24” Oracal 631
3D Printing Filament:
Polymaker - We use polyLite PLA and recommend you purchase the same type. Available in a variety of colors.
Laser Materials:
Be sure to check our list of banned and approved materials here
MakerStock - digital fabrication friendly materials
Ocooch Hardwoods for laser - 1/16", 1/8", 1/4" that work great for laser cutting or engraving
MICA Store - carries clear acrylic sheet and some other laser-cuttable materials
Blick - carries chipboard, but most plastic sheet cannot be used on our lasers
Plaza - carries chipboard. Most plastic sheet cannot be used on our lasers
Canal Plastics - inexpensive small quantities of acrylic (32” x 18” is our max for laser cutting)
Inventables - acrylic sheet in any color at reasonable prices
The following vendors sell acrylic in 4’ x 8’ sheets. You must cut it down to size but it is much cheaper.
Harbor Sales - overnight delivery to station parking lot
Total Plastics - on Pulaski Highway
Piedmont Plastics - near BWI, courier delivery available
Solid Wood & Plywood:
Harbor Sales - overnight delivery to station parking lot
R. Thomas Frock - rough sawn wood. You must have taken a wood class in Fox to use this.
Chesapeake Plywood - $500 minimum for pickup, huge local selection of sheet goods
A and M Supply - huge selection of building supplies and interior grade plywoods
Marjam Supply - building supplies, no fancy plywood, just construction supplies
Miscellaneous Supplies:
Michael’s - crafts store
House of Foam - foam of many kinds
The Loading Dock - non-profit building materials re-use center
DS Pipe and Steel - sells steel - no order too small
Smooth-on - mold-making and casting supplies - Reynolds Advanced Materials is our local distributor for all things Smooth-on
Scrap Creative Reuse Center - recycled art supplies and fabrics
Second Chance - recycled building materials and furniture
Services:
MICA Art/Tech Center - provides large-format printing and vinyl cutting services
Sendcutsend - cheap and fast metal laser cutting
3D Models:
Smithsonian 3d digitization - lots of cool .stl files
Printables - free printable 3d models
Thingiverse - free printable 3d models
McMaster Carr - many products can be downloaded as a *.STEP or *.SLDPRT by looking at the product detail page