Warren Nethercote wrote:
They won't ship to Canada.
Have you tried one of those "trans-shipment" services, Warren? I know folks in B.C. use them. American vendors ship to Blaine, Washington and a service picks up the shipments there and takes them across the border into Canada. I know they exist, but don't have any company names or know about handling customs issues, etc. Also, some folks just drive down and pick their stuff up in Blaine themselves. How close are you to the border?
I use McMaster-Carr a lot. My local hardware store has an excellent collection of bolts and nuts, including Grade 8 and Metric, but its a neighborhood store and they can only carry so much. M-C has a major distribution center in the Los Angeles area and a regular shipment gets to me usually the next day. If you do 3D models as I do, it is also nice that they have many items in common formats like STEP, IGES and Solidworks. Their product descriptions, including geometric data, are usually excellent too and that allows you to design without having the parts in hand, and see if they will work for your situation.
Cheers,
Lonnie