Metalworking Web Sites

Metalworking and Machinery
- Metalworking Info and FAQs
  - ArtMetal Metworking Resource - great index to internet metalworking resources
  - Delightful Machines - including kinematic sculptures and artistic metalworking
  - E-mail List Index - e-mail lists and web forums about metalworking
  - Home Shop Machinist - metalworking magazine
    - HSM workshop forum - daily information flow
  - Jose's Machining Information and Tooling - machining articles
  - Machinery and Suppliers Index
  - Machinery's Handbook Useful Sites - information index
  - Machinist's Workshop! - metalworking magazine
  - Metal Web News
  - Metal Industry Jobs - metal fabrication jobs
  - Metallurgy FAQ v1.0
  - Metalsmiths WebRing
  - Metalworking FAQ
  - Metalworking.Com - rec.metalworking links and resources
  - Metalworking Digest Online - metalworking industry journal
  - MetalworkingIndustry.com
  - Model Engineering FAQ - good link list
  - Nick Carter's Taig Lathe Pages
  - What Model Engineers Make - FAQ with links
- Machinery and Tool Suppliers
  - Machine Tools and Machinery
    - Bay-Com Machinists and Machining On-Line Catalog
    - Blue Ridge Machinery Home Page
    - Bridgeport Machines, Inc. - machine tools
    - Cincinatti Machine, Inc. - big machine tools
    - Clausing Industrial, Inc. - machine tools
    - Dake - presses and saws
    - DoAll, Inc. - machine suppliers
    - Enco Mfg. Co. - machinery and tooling suppliers
    - Grainger - machinery and tooling suppliers
    - Global Business Directory - suppliers index
    - Grizzly Industrial - big green machines
    - Harbor Freight Tools - tool suppliers
    - Hardinge, Inc. - machine tools and metalcutting
    - Jet Equipment - machine tools
    - Kaiser Precision Tooling, Inc.
    - Kent USA - grinders, mills and lathes
    - K.O. Lee - production grinders
    - Leblond - lathes and lathe tooling
    - Levy/Latham Machinery Auctions
    - Machine Tools Auctions - used machinery source
    - Meridian Machinery home page
    - Meridian Machinery - used machinery auctions
    - Metalworking Resource Group - index of suppliers
    - MetalSite - supplier index
    - Modern Machine Shop Online - suppliers index
    - MSC Industrial Supply Co - source of The BIG BOOK!
    - MSC Direct - the other MSC site
    - Machinery Net
    - Northern Tool & Equipment - tool supplier
    - Onsrud Machine - wood and metal working tools
    - Parlec - machine tooling
    - Pro Tools Direct - hand tools and hand power tools
    - Quality Machinery Sales - Centerville, VA, supplier
    - Rong Fu - defacto standard milling machine for home use
      - Mill-Drill - Yahoo! discussion group for Rong Fu and knock-off milling machines
      - Rong Fu Tools available from Penn Tools
    - Roseville Machinery Repair - also vendor of scraping video
    - Sherline Tools - small machine tools,including machinists tips
    - Smithy, Co. - hobby machine tools
    - South Bend Lathes Co. - manual and CNC lathes
    - Star Machinery Tool - wood and metal working tools
    - Stellram, Inc. - drilling and milling
    - Suburban Tool, Inc. - machine tool suppliers
    - Surplus Record Machinery - used machinery supplier
    - Taig Tools - desktop milling machines and lathes
    - Thomas Regional Industrial Directory - supplier index
    - Tool Deal.com - tool auctions
    - Travers - machine shop tools and supplies
    - Yuasa International - machine tools and accessories
  - Cutting/Drilling Tooling
    - Aloris Tool Technology -lathe tooling
    - Alvord-Polk Tools - cutting tools
    - Arthur C. Warner - high speed steel tools and inserts
    - Balax, Inc. - taps and mills
    - Brubaker Tool - cutting tools
    - Carboloy/SECO - metalcutting tools
    - Cincinatti-Milacron, Inc. - cutting tools, fluids and injection molding equipment
    - Dapra Cutting Tools - vises and cutting tools
    - Dijet, Inc. - cutting tools
    - Discount Tools - metalcutting tools and industrial supplies
    - Dorian Tool International - lathe tooling
    - Guhring - hole making tools
    - Greenfield Industries - tungsten and carbide tools
    - Hanita Cutting Tools - end mills
    - IMCO Carbide USA - carbide cutting tools
    - International Minicut - miniature cutting tools
    - Iscar - cutting tools, inserts and indexable drills
    - Lovejoy Tool Co. - cutting tools
    - Metal Working Technologies - tungsten cutting and drilling tools
    - Miro100, Inc. - carbide tools
    - Onsrud Router and Cutter - bits and cutters
    - OSG/Sossner - taps and dies
    - Precision Twist Drill - drill bits
    - Rohm Products - chucking tools
    - RobbJack, Inc. - rotary cutting tools
    - Sandvik-Cormorant - carbide tool supppliers
    - Severance - carbide cutting tools
    - SGS Carbide - carbide tools
    - Tapmatic - tapping tools
    - Tool-Flo - rotating cutting tools
    - Union Butterfield - taps, drills, cutters
    - Vermont Indexable Tooling - CAM tools
    - Weldon - cutting tools
  - Fixtures, Vises and Clamps
    - Albrecht, Inc. - precision drill chucks
    - All American - drill bushings and workholders
    - Carr Lane - jigs and fixtures
    - Chick Machine - toolholders
    - Heinrich Co. - vises and fixtures
    - Invert-a-Bolt - tooling components used to create universal fixtures
    - Pratt-Burnerd - workholding and fixtures
    - Riten Industries toolholders
  - Measurement Tools
    - Brown & Sharpe - measurement tools
    - F.V. Fowler - measuring gauges and inspection tools
    - L.S. Starrett - measuring tools
    - Meyer Gage - measurement tools
    - Vermont Gauge - measurement tools
  - Miscellaneous Tooling
    - Camel Grinding Wheels
    - Darex - mill and drill sharpeners
    - duMont Broaches - broaches
    - J & L Industrial Supply - metalworking supplies
    - Loc-Line - modular coolant systems
    - Logan Actuator Co. - Logan and Ward lathe repair parts
    - LPS Laboratories - solvents and lubricants
    - Lyndex, Inc. - CNC tools
    - Metal Lathe - lathe tooling and parts
    - Nachi America - bearings and raw stock
    - Noton Abrasives - industrial abrasives
    - OMW Metals - wobblers, die holders, and other small tooling
    - Penn Tool Co. - tooling
    - Rutland Tool & Supply - metalworking tools
    - Sparro Tools - innovative mill and lathe tooling
    - Standard Abrasives - abrasive systems
    - Stark Industrial - dead centers, cutting tools, and other parts
    - Summit Powder Coaters - supplies for home powder coating
- Mechanisms and Components
  - Boston Gear
  - McMaster-Carr Supply - tools and components
  - PIC Design - drive components
  - Rush Gear - gears and drive components
  - Scapa Precision Belts - belt drive design and components
  - Stock Drive Products - gears and drive components
  - W.M. Berg - precision gears and drive components
- Metal Suppliers
  - 80/20 - industrial erector set
  - ASAP Source - on-line metal suppliers
  - Bosch Framing - modular structural aluminum
  - Cut Metals.com - online custom cut metals
  - Industrial Profile Systems - modular t-slot aluminum profile system
  - Joesph Fazzio - steel supplier
  - Machinist Materials
  - Metals Depot - online metal suppliers
  - Metal Mart - online metal suppliers
  - Metal Suppliers Online
  - OnlineMetals - online metal ordering
  - Posner Industries - local metal supplier
  - Principal Metals
- Metalworking Tips and Reference
  - Metal Properties and Sizes
    - Copper Wire AWG / Metric Conductor Chart
    - Density of Selected Materials
    - Finishing.com - metal finishing reference
    - Galvanic Corrosion Potential Chart
    - Guage and Wire Sizes
    - Machinist Materials Home Page- materials properties and
    - MatWeb- materials properties and reference
    - Principal Metals - metal properties reference
  - Unit Conversions
    - Conversion Factors Reference
    - Convert It! - math conversion tables
    - Decimal Equivalents - inch conversions by 1/64ths
    - The Integrator - integrate equations
    - Length, area, volume, mass conversion calculator
    - MIT 3.091 Units Converter
  - Holes and Screws
    - Drill Sizes - standard number and letter drill sizes
    - Metric Fastners
    - Screw Head Dimensions
    - Screw Torque
    - Tapping and Clearance Hole Info
    - Widell Industries - tap drill sizes
  - Miscellaneous Tips
    - 2.75 MIT Precision Machine Design - Good spreadsheet calculators for things like bolt forces, beam loading, etc.
    - 2.972 - Class notes for the MIT "Understanding How Things Work" course
    - American Machinist 99 Cutting Tool Guide
    - Bill's Electrolysis Page - rust removal by electrolysis
    - Carr-Lane - trigonometry tables and handy engineering references
    - eFunda - engineering fundamentals
    - Electrolytic Rust Removal
    - MIT Mechanical Engineering Course Notes Index
    - Model Engineering - tips and projects
    - Technical Reference Index
    - Tip Index
    - TWI Knowledge for Welders - welding lessons
    - Shopswarf Index - LOTS of good tips and reference sheets
    - Welding Symbols
- Metalworking Plans and Projects
  - A Lot of Brass - projects and links
  - Milling Vise - project by J. Kelly McCoy, with lots of other good info on his home page
  - NIST EMC - enhanced machine controller software
  - Varmint Al's Mini Lathe Page
  - Workshop Projects - projects and photos
- Metalworking Lessons
  - Fundamentals of Machine Tools - from US Army training circular
  - Fundamentals of Machine Tools - from US Army training ciruclar
  - How to Make Springs
  - Introduction to Machine Tools - from MIT shops
  - Strengths of Materials - statics and strains
  - Welding Theory and Application - from US Army training circular
  - Workshop Techniques - basic lessons
- Metalworking Clubs
  - Chesapeake Area Metalworking Society
  - Houston Home Metal Shop Club - including several projects
  - Metalshapers Association - online virtual organization of hand metal shapers
  - Metro Detroit Metalworking Club - including online newsletters
  - North American Model Engineering Society
- Metalworking Shows and Expos
  - American Precision Museum - museum dedicated to machining and engineering, with annual expo
  - Cabin Fever 2001 - expo pages, with maps to new location
  - Cabin Fever 2000 - expo pages
  - NAMES - North America Model Engineering Society
  - PRIME Exhibition - west coast version of NAMES
- CNC Stuff
  - CAD CAM DRO - discussion group on Yahoo!
  - CBX - DRO from Shooting Star Technologies
  - CNC Board - home shop CNC discussion group
  - Learning Home CNC
  - MicroKinetics - home CNC systems and upgrades
  - My DRO Page homebrew DRO
Forges and Foundries
- Forge and Foundry Info
  - Anvilfire.com - blacksmithing and metalworkers reference
  - Blacksmith Forge Blacksmithing Links
  - Blacksmiths WebRing
  - Foundry and Green Sand Casting - info pages
  - Forge & Anvil Online
  - Harlan's Hide-Out - foundry project photos
  - Project Web - discussions page
  - Metal Casting On-Line - all sorts of professional casting info
  - Rockbridge Bloomery
- Forge and Foundry Plans
  - Home Foundrymen's Association - currently inactive
  - Home Foundrymen's Association - member project pages - currently inactive
  - North Texas Blacksmiths - gas forge plans
  - Ron's Forge Page - forge plans and burner designs
  - Zoeller Forge II - gas forge plans
- Forge and Foundry Supplies
  - Axner OnLine - ceramic books, equipment, tools and materials
  - Budget Casting Supply - supplier for small foundries
  - Castings Directory - foundries, foundry equipment and supplies
  - Castings USA - foundry solutions
  - Centaur Forge - Blacksmithing & Horseshoeing Equipment, Horseshoes, Anvils, Forges
  - Creative Casting Company Homepage
  - IMPLog - hyperlinks, news and information for casting buyers, foundries and rapid prototyping industries
  - International Technical Ceramics, Inc. - ceramic kiln and crucible coatings
  - McEnglevan Industrial Furance - forge supplies
  - Thermal Ceramics Locations and Affilitions
  - Thomas Regional Industrial Guides - crucible suppliers
- Foundries
  - C.A. Brown - small order investment casting
  - Castings for industry - small order foundry
  - Delvest - full-service multi-alloy foundry
  - Herr Iron Works - small order grey iron foundry
  - Talbot Associates - small order foundry
Live Steam
- Welcome to Live Steam
- Live Steam Indexes
  - Coupling Up To Other Pages - index from 7+ Railroader
  - Discover Live Steam
  - Fr. Finelli's Railroad Page
  - RailServe - internet railroad directory
  - Steam 4 Me - link index
- Live Steam Info
  - 3003 Project - Jan-Eric Nystršm project to build a 7-1/4" sclae Baldwin 4-4-0
  - Animated Engines - cool animated illustrations of engines
  - 7+ Narrow Gauger Homepage
  - Grand Scales Quarterly - 12" guage and larger scale railroads
  - Large Scale Trains - online discusion group
  - Little Engine Pages - primarily Stirling engines
  - Little River Locomotive - books and magazines
  - Little River Locomotive - books and magazines
  - Live Steam - bi-monthly publication
  - Live Steam Cab Forward - Edwin Yungling's 4-8-8-4 SP Cab Forward
  - Live Steaming - info source, with for sale section and event listing
  - George Luhr's Miniature Model Engines
  - North American Railroad Terminal - tourist railroad index
  - Park Trains - amusement park railroad info
  - Sidewinder Gallery - shay photo gallery
  - Surviving Steam Locomotives - online index of steam locomotives
- Live Steam Suppliers
  - Cannonball Limited - 1-1/2" scale model locomotives and rolling stock kits
  - Carr's Locomotives - builder of 1.6 scale model locomotives
  - Hickory Ridge Locomotive - locomotive and parts
  - Iron Horse Water - boiler water treatment for steam applications
  - L.S. Manufacturing
  - Little Engines - partnered with The Locomotive Works, oldest live steam suppliers in the U.S.
  - Live Steam Models
  - LocoGear - parts and castings for 1-1/2" models of the largest Shays ever built
  - LocoParts - accessories for 1-1/2" steam locomotives
  - London Shade - kits and display pieces
  - MDM Locomotive Works
  - Midway Trains - Industrial locomotive and car kits
  - Mountain Car Company - makers of 1/8 scale model train cars
  - OS Locomotive
  - Pacific Model Designs - stationary steam engine kits
  - Passenger Car Company - streamlined steel car kits
  - Potomac Steam Industries
  - Rail Systems Company
  - Railroad Supply - large scale steam and diesel equipment
  - Railroad Warehouse
  - RailServe - model railroad suppliers index
  - Real Trains - including Berkshire locomotives
  - Riding Rail Kits - locomotive kits and supplies, including rail
  - S&S Shortline - frieght car kits
  - Schroeders Shay - Shay castings and drawings
  - Stuart Models Home Page
  - Superpower Detail
  - Tiny Power Steam Engines
  - Trail Creek Models
  - Ulin Locomotive Works - beautiful Shay and Mogul castings and parts
  - Yesteryear Toys - model toy steam engines and trains
- Live Steam Clubs and Museums
  - California State Railroad Museum - they have a great library that includes 1000's of Lima builders drawings
  - Chesapeake & Allegheny Live Steamers
  - Houston Area Live Steamers
  - IBLS 2000 Information Center
  - Lake Shore Live Steamers
  - Riverside Live Steamers
  - San Diego Railroad Museum
  - Southern California Live Steamers
  - SteamCentral - source for news of steam preservation and operation
  - Train Mountain Railroad Museum
- Steam Engine Plans
  - Modeltec Lucy - simple steam engine plan

This page ia authored and maintained by Dave Lavery, in support of the NASA Robotics Education Project and the robotics and metalworking communities. Last update June 12, 2002

Metalworking Web Sites

Metalworking and Machinery

Metalworking Info and FAQs

Machinery and Tool Suppliers

Mechanisms and Components

Metal Suppliers

Metalworking Tips and Reference

Metalworking Plans and Projects

Metalworking Lessons

Metalworking Clubs

Metalworking Shows and Expos

Forges and Foundries

Forge and Foundry Info

Forge and Foundry Plans

Forge and Foundry Supplies

Foundries

Live Steam

Live Steam Indexes

Live Steam Info

Live Steam Suppliers

Live Steam Clubs and Museums

Steam Engine Plans