i love mcmaster carr

I have an open account with MCM. They send me the catalogs usually by the box full. Yep, spend a little $$ with them ;)

KJ

The website is pretty good. In the few cases when I've had difficulties with it I found that it helps to do an initial search and then go back and forth through the pages like it was a paper catalog.

For example when looking for pressure gauges you can specify pressure range, untis connection type etc. OR you can just pick one pressure gauge, click on the link to go to "catalog page" and the move back and forth through the pages to look through all 5 or so pages of gauges.

Hope that helps.

Shaun wrote: One Industrial Design project I worked on a few years back was a big website that involved a team of all sorts of interweb experts- backend, middleware, and GUI. After looking at tons of sites McMaster Carr was the winner of the best designed large scale buy stuff website by a wide margin. I think it is a great site. I wish my brain was organized half as well.

It is very impressive how easy it is to find exactly what you are looking for on their site. I love McMaster, they make me money. Buy parts, assemble, sell at higher price!

poopshovel wrote: Pretty awesome. Pix and new thread required!!!

this

almost ready to start the project. got sidetracked putting extended tubular rear control arms and aluminum driveshaft in the impala.

When I was dealing with a drone @ Fastenal, they told me to go find the hard to find part on MCM website & let them cross reference it.

KJ

I have spent years trying to sell my flex connectors and pump connectors to these guys. They are easy and fair to deal with.

Once I was in charge of a large plant and grounds and bought a garbage stick to stab garbage and loose paper.

It was an ice pick jammed into a piece of PVC pipe with a bicycle handle bar grip on the other end. My coworkers laughed all day at me for buying this.

used the catalog at work for years

website bookmarked

So, based on upcoming events this June...

Does McMaster do wedding registries?

I used to use McMaster at all of my previous engineering jobs and love the website, but now that my bi-weekly checks say Grainger on them and I drive around in a free to me Grainger billboard, I've changed my tune a bit.

I love their return policy. I had leftovers from half-a-dozen orders. Threw it all in a box and sent it back. They cross-referenced the invoices and issued the credit - no restocking. I didn't have to dig through all my past invoices for copies - they did it for me.

In reply to kreb:

you should see their warehouse they make the Germans look disorganized...

I DON'T like how they do not give me shipping information before I place an order. :( Me, being the cheap dude I am, always factors in shipping costs when comparing online suppliers.

but they are always very fair. like charging exact prices instead of jacking it up.

I just got an order of wiring supplies, mesh wrap, etc etc and the box was pretty big and the shipping was only $5.45. Awesome! And i had it in one day.

So with the refund do you just ship what you want back? Put your name on it only or what?

patgizz wrote: but they are always very fair. like charging exact prices instead of jacking it up.

Still I'd much rather know before hand than after. It was $4.86 to ship two 6" rulers, if that's a fair price.

Also note, ship it to your work to save even more $$

Kj

flountown wrote: I used to use McMaster at all of my previous engineering jobs and love the website, but now that my bi-weekly checks say Grainger on them and I drive around in a free to me Grainger billboard, I've changed my tune a bit.

Tell your big wigs to stop being pedantic asshats. I shouldn't have to play games to buy from you. My money is just as green as a "real business's".

DILYSI Dave wrote:

flountown wrote: I used to use McMaster at all of my previous engineering jobs and love the website, but now that my bi-weekly checks say Grainger on them and I drive around in a free to me Grainger billboard, I've changed my tune a bit.

Tell your big wigs to stop being pedantic asshats. I shouldn't have to play games to buy from you. My money is just as green as a "real business's".

This is true, and was always annoying before I put an "inc." behind my name a created an account. The company I work for now has an open account with grainger but I find myself missing the mcmaster Carr options and pricing.