/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>1437287
make me

Single-Cup Coffee Makers
$452

https://www.mcmaster.com/#2701t18/=1dzi6rz
baby's first bicycle

hi yes I'd like to order an entire fuckin building please

>>1437523
/comfy/

https://www.mcmaster.com/#6719t25/=1dzj8uo

>>1437465
These are pretty common at big industrial facilities to deliver mail and take samples. Appropriately it's usually a black guy riding it.

https://www.mcmaster.com/#20925a95/=1dzjwkz
product pic does not do it justice

>>1437289
>make me

https://www.mcmaster.com/#tampons/=1dzjxyu

>>1437575
to be more specific, for ms grumpy pants

https://www.mcmaster.com/#26865k25/=1dzjyy2

who the fuck would order this from mcmaster?
I only found it because I misspelled reamer.

>>1437576
>https://www.mcmaster.com/#20925a95/=1dzjwkz
hearty kek this guy wins

>mcmaster carr

why don't you buy some hand lotion for those baby soft hands

try this one on for size
https://www.grainger.com/product/FAB-DEFENSE-Mag-Extension-436U70

>>1437629
>>1437576
I usually keep a roll of this on hand and tell them to duct it away into a nearby trashcan: https://www.mcmaster.com/#5233k71/=1dzlo78
It's clear, soft and washable.
Bonus: use this if your trashcans are few and far between: https://www.mcmaster.com/#5233k71/=1dzlp00

I was trying to find this but surprisingly couldn't

Someone bought a whole roll once and just went to town. on the water fountain was my favorite place

>>1437618
>He doesn't buy true industrial strength creamer

>>1437618
For making ISO standard coffee of course.

>>1437465
>>1437548
I ride one similar to that where I work. The newer replacement bikes are that style though. The facility is fucking huge and takes too long to walk to get to a breakdown with tools and parts.

https://www.mcmaster.com/#forklift-trucks/=1dzsq3a

It's a forklift broom

>>1437850
Op said silliest, this thing is a fucking change changer. Wow.

>>1437572
Big Calipers for Big Guys

>>1437287
120" long gripping jaw retrievers
https://www.mcmaster.com/#7294a39/=1dzvf3u

Left-Handed Palm-protector Thimble

https://www.mcmaster.com/#needles/=1dzvhaz

?Disposable Headbands, 25pk

https://www.mcmaster.com/#5565T2

>>1437850

Dude

Those things are fucking amazing, they're nuts useful

>>1437523
>He has never heard of factory built sheds

>>1437896
Holy shit I need this to do sail repair and leatherwork.

>>1437850
holy fuck i need this.

>>1438065

Now I can fill my outbuilding with industrial-grade cucksheds. sweet

>>1437850
Imagine being the guy hired to hold the dust pan.

>>1437465
i work in a huge warehouse. these arteaa huge hel;p.

>>1437523

We have one of these in our shipping and receiving department.

Anyone here have their Fastenal rep tell you about why they have crabapples in their inventory system?

>>1437523
Just FYI guys

I'm on the side that buys a bunch of this shit

I work in a very large factory for a very big multinational company, and because it is a very big company, they need to be extra careful of who they buy stuff from (legally) so they have a list of approved vendors. Well, it is expensive to maintain a list of vendors (to have someone as a vendor, you open a line of credit with that company, they begin automatically processing the orders coming in from around the world charging it against that credit, then once the item arrives, our indirect shipping department opens the box, checks if it is broken or not, then confirms receipt of the good.

Because it is so expensive, it is hard to justify having millions of vendors, and even harder to convince the purchasing department that you need bed bath and beyond as an approved vendor so you can buy a coffee maker for your team's office, I mean why would an automotive component plant need to buy stuff at such frequency to justify them as a vendor.


Well you can bet your ass McMaster and Grainger are big vendors for us, and they realize that there is a shit ton of stuff that companies like mine need to buy, that they can't unless Grainger or McMaster stocks it.

I mean I often use bearing distributors as my go to consolidator. I send them an email with an Amazon link or Walmart link or something, then they send back a quote with 5-10% of the cost tacked on top. When they get the order, they just buy the part and ship it directly to our plant. There are giant companies that do nothing but consolidation for big companies like us.

>>1438422
Oops didn't mean to quote you, I was originally going to point out to you that I've ordered a 40'x20x10' clean room on Grainger
>>1437523

>>1438422
Damn that’s kinda crazy how the company middle mans Amazon and Walmart for you, but it makes sense.

And the coffee creamer, that’s a great timesaver for big companies. There is enough shit going on and a plant manager doesn’t have time to run to Costco twice a week to buy sugar and then explain it to corporate three months later when they get the bill. It’s amazing how many vendors there are for stupid shit and getting four dozen invoices every day for random shit is a pain in the ass for everybody. Might as well put in one big Grainger order instead.

>>1438391
>We have one of these in our shipping and receiving department

do you ever see it a-rockin?

>>1438422


>>1438428

We consolidate most of our shit with Fastenal for the same reason. We had our Fastenal rep cater for us once like an uber eats. We paid about 15% more but the whole shop got to have our local favorites delivered to us.

>>1438431
That’s not bad. I walk through our fleet department on a given day and they have so many fucking boxes from different vendors. Grainger for random stuff, boxes from the Freightliner dealer, more from the Paccar distro, another from International, a Fastenal box, then more shit from Carrier for the reefers, Kimball Midwest for all sorts of oils. Every 6 months we have different coffee machines in the break room and different vendors for that, I have no fucking clue why they can’t stick with one. One guy for the food vending machine, another for the drink vending machine, another for the one with work gloves and safety glasses.

>>1438431
Yeah. This is all so obvious I am now convinced bepis is a lazy faggot who has never worked a day in his life.

>>1437829
The logical thing to do is get a boombox and blast this as you're riding around: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBvt0lsoInc

>>1437572
I've actually got a pair of those 1m long Mitutoyo calipers.
They are silly.

>>1438431
That sounds awesome, I too one day want to take advantage of Fastenal

>>1437829
>Not getting segways

>>1438443
Nah, I used to work for a very small company long before I ever worked at this plant, and would never have known the complexities of purchasing

>>1438443
Hey bby...

I’m aware of Grainger and the clusterfuck of vendors that companies go through, but it was news to me that there’s companies that will middle man Amazon for you just to cut down the numbers of different companies.

If I need something, I either tell somebody above me or use a company credit card and submit the receipts to the powers that be. I have worked many days in my life, but never in an accounting department.

>>1438457
My last job before the current one we had 3-4 vendors plus Restaurant Depot and a business credit card. That was simple. Place I have been for the past 5 years is crazy and we’re not even a huge location, but busy. When you gotta sales, repairs, delivery and logistics, there’s a whole lot of bullshit. The manufacturing is done about 45min up the highway from us and much of the repair people for customers work out of there as well and that place is a madhouse.

>>1438471
Idiot

>>1438480
Thx bby ;^)

>>1438422
TIL !

>>1438422
OP here

that makes a lot of sense, I figured all the kitchen wares and foodstuffs etc must be there for a reason. It makes sense that it's a lot easier to just buy stuff like that as a part of another, bigger order. I've only been buying from wholesale parts stores like these for a few months so it's still pretty funny to see all the random niche shit they stock

>>1438447
either that, or https://youtu.be/ocW3fBqPQkU

>>1438422
And on that note.

2 Slice Toaster: $151

https://www.mcmaster.com/#4933T12

>>1439624
Must be where the gov gets their $10000 toliet seats.

>>1437618
>tfw you dont buy decaff and it destroys your industrial coffee machine

Seriously they need to sort out their product codes

>>1438447
begone weeb

for the immature https://www.mcmaster.com/#57595t35

>>1439624
Lol

>>1437548
this
>took a tour of a dam for my electronics schoolin
>there's fucktons of bikes everywhere because it takes so long to walk anywhere

was kinda surreal being in such a huge room

>>1438418
Curiosity. You've peaked mibe

>>1439722
>no current measure
>no dsl lockout
Dropped

ATOMIC TAPE
https://www.mcmaster.com/#fastening-tape/=1e1h78k

https://www.mcmaster.com/#1673n11

https://www.mcmaster.com/#1215k43

I just want to say that Mcmaster-Carr's website is without a doubt the best fucking website for parts in existence. I don't know who they contracted for that shit but I wish Mouser and Digikey would hire them.

>>1440044
also, CAD models of every. fucking. thing.

>>1440044
their shipping is amazing too, mostly single-day

>>1440055
that's because of UPS ground being ridiculously good though

US NAVY-approved fan

https://www.mcmaster.com/#=1e1o2uy

>>1437829
nice cuck cycle

>>1440071
Nice job giving us a link that doesn't work.

>>1440082
sorry https://www.mcmaster.com/#1936k44/=1e1oe5r

>>1440039
This is some very advanced and modern web design

>>1440253
>mobile fag detected
-sent from my iPhone

>>1437850
>>1437865
Agree, for 600 bucks, this is gold.

>>1437572
We have a 2m vernier at our plant. I believe it's made by Mahr.
we also have a 6m x 100mm x 25mm cast iron straight edge.

>>1440253
Turn your phone sideways

- t. mobileposter

https://www.mcmaster.com/#76445t183/=1e25esg

https://www.mcmaster.com/#5874t23/=1e25he3
;-)

https://www.mcmaster.com/#7592t63/=1e25jnx
https://www.mcmaster.com/#57235t701/=1e25jz6
https://www.mcmaster.com/#6795t136/=1e25kse
shit, they have some really badass signs

>>1437287
how many people here have their printed catalog? I have a 2018

>>1440044
>I don't know who they contracted for that shit but I wish Mouser and Digikey would hire them.
I remember them at the MIT career fair every fucking year.

>>1440048
and all without needing to (((log-in)))
>>1440044
every try buying anything off grainger or MSC?

https://www.mcmaster.com/#5565T5

https://www.mcmaster.com/#7693T18

>>1440634
Back when I lived with my dad he always had the newest Grainger catalogs and they were fuckhueg

>>1441532
>Back when I lived with my dad
>Back when

nice try

>>1441891
I haven’t lived with him in nearly 20 years. I believe my grandma has his ashes so technically he moved back in with mom a few years ago.

I got $1650 from the Pipefitter’s union and some tools. Not a bad deal.

>>1440628
step up, nigga

>>1440691
mcmaster headband > nike headband

Gotta get those electrolytes. Don't even bother mixing it with water.

>>1441913
I wonder if I can gleam anything from that shipping label Kenneth. Will run it though my workstation when I get home.

>>1437895
>https://www.mcmaster.com/#tampons/=1dzjxyu

...120" for when you need to pick up something on the other side of the fucking room. What the fuck?

>>1438422
Exactly this. It's amazing how often I have to explain why we can't get the item from walmart/home depot and have to get it from grainger.

"But it's cheaper to buy at walmart!"
My usual response is "Are you paying for it?"

Makes it look like we're wasting money, but it actually saves money in the long run.

>>1440692
I used a gas powered one at work.
Always joked about making a porn parody of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

>>1442028
>https://www.mcmaster.com/#tampons/=1dzjxyu
>Items are dispensed for one quarter; coins are rejected when the dispenser is empty. It helps you comply with ADA when properly installed.

how did i not notice this before? comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act. because having a vagina is a disability. holy fucking kek.

>>1440692
lol

https://www.mcmaster.com/#36325a47/=1e3mmkn
https://www.mcmaster.com/#7618a1/=1e3mibf
https://www.mcmaster.com/#70215k98/=1e3mk9i
https://www.mcmaster.com/#75445a22/=1e3mirc
https://www.mcmaster.com/#43235t31/=1e3mjl7

>>1440041

>>1439778
>Curiosity. You've peaked mibe
>mibe
its time to order
https://www.mcmaster.com/#9392t61/=1e3q277

how the fuck did factories in the 1800s operate? if you needed a part, did you just make it from scratch?

>>1442765
>comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act
Talking about height from floor and "ease of access", not the tampons themselves.

>>1440048
>also, CAD models of every. fucking. thing.
where? I don't see any

>>1443282
drag the product to your CAM software of choice

>>1443275
>>/sqt/

>>1443275
probably

>>1443282
>>1443287
this, or click on a specific part number>product detail and it should have the option to view or download the model. Obviously not everything has one but most machined/mass produced parts will.

>>1443154
didn't catch on until the last link, hearty kek

>>1443281
>found the disability

>>1443337
yeah things like screws, nuts, CNC clamps and fixtures and stuff have 3d models available.

pic related has a couple fixture clamp models in it from mcmaster

>>1443275
Frequently, yes.

>>1443701

I always wonder how Faraday and all those guys did all their research. Did they make their own copper wire?

>>1443352
>>1443337
>>1443287
>>1443282
>>1440048
Just be aware that while the majority of the models are correct, there are the occasional CAD models that are inaccurate.

I had ONE expensive fuckup at work where I designed a tool-steel die plate and use flat-head bolts to secure it and grabbed the CAD file from McMaster's catalog. The plate was made to match the CAD model, but when the hardware arrived the countersink angle on the bolts we received was different from the one on the CAD model. So we had to switch to regular socket head bolts and spend extra hours to remachine counterbores into the plate.

It was an expensive fix that could have been prevented by ordering the bolts and double-checking them against the CAD model before having the plate made.

Somewhat related question: Is Grainger like a retail store I can walk into or is it all mail order? If so, what will they sell there? Any decent tools or that’s all online?

There’s so many “Tool & Supply” places around my work because it’s a big industrial area but I can’t figure out if a regular weekend warrior guy would be allowed to browse in them.

>>1444706
Grainer has stores, but at least the ones I've been to they are more places you go to deal with a human when you make an order or deal with a return. They stock some stuff, but very little, and nothing you won't find at a hardware store.

Maybe make some phone calls to those industry supply places or go visit, if they're not interested in your business ask if they know someone who might be. In my experience industrial supply people are pretty decent to deal with, I can almost guarantee they will be pleasant to talk to even if they can't help you with what you need.

>>1437287
https://www.mcmaster.com/#clothing/=1e55q9l
Heavy Duty Cooling Vests

I actually want it desu

>>1444800
>link doesn't even go to the vest

wew shitty site
>Freeze the removable cooling packs and they will maintain a temperature of 55° F for approximately 3 1/2 hours to keep you cool. Vest is made of flame-resistant cotton and fits up to a size large. Cool the packs by placing them in a freezer for 20 minutes.

whoa

>If you need more information on designing and installing a dust collection system, order our book "Dust Collection Basics."

>>1445049
nice

>>1444706
You can pickup there.

>>1445049
We have one of those (1250cfm) in a shed attached to our building. It only gets used once a year to pull Graphite dust out of a CNC mill or turning center so that it doesn't build up in the carriage system, fill up the coolant tray, or get inhaled by the operator. Hooks up with a 6-inch ID hose and I built this goofy plastic sheet enclosure made out of PVC pipe that we can surround the entire CNC mill with if we really really want to make sure the graphite doesn't escape into the rest of the warehouse.

>>1444755
>I can almost guarantee they will be pleasant to talk to
probably because it's not actually a retail job

>>1437572
I slit steel coils here in Detroit, we have a set of those 48" calipers. Nice to have when you need to be within .005 on a 2k ft. Long coil of steel

>>1444901
never had so much fun in my life.

hue
https://www.mcmaster.com/#3621k91/=1e5rcvf

lel

>This fork is typically used in food-processing applications.
>$98.19
>Length 49"

https://www.mcmaster.com/#4506t42/=1e5remt

what?

>>1444901
>tfw you only need 4 wood balls but you have to buy 50

>>1445599

helookslikeheknowshe'sbeingloweredtohisdeathI'msorrymyspacebardied

>>1445648
use the onscreen keyboard you double nigger
https://www.mcmaster.com/#drive-sockets/=1e5uuds
$600 socket

>>1437523
actually more of a room. goes in your big factory buildings

for cutting things
https://www.mcmaster.com/#3955a25/=1e7e8ad

>>1440044
Reminds me of being at the big box stores and finding stuff where it's least expected. Sometimes, no filters ftw.

>>1440062
>UPS ground
>single day
wut?
>>1440689
>without needing to (((log-in)))
Priceless...
>>1441913
Holy fucking hell, I got that same CM socket set and clickety torque wrench.
>>1442018
Thanks anon. Fucking tired of all the work that goes with the powder
>>1444706
>>1444755
Graingers physical locations I've been to are really small. Similar to a cell phone store and display a small portion of common stuff. Mostly pick up orders when working out of state. Same with Fastenal and a couple others. HD-Supply/Whitecap is more of a warehousing retailer you can "browse" at. At least the few that I've been to. Pretty large but not quite HD or Lowes size.

>>1437850
Oh shit this would have been useful when our entire plant flooded over the weekend, instead of using squeegies and brooms all day pushing water out the doors.

>>1439640
Bitch that’s nothing. Try a $1220 coffee cup. https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2018/07/09/dont-drop-that-mug-of-joe-its-worth-its-weight-in-gold/

>>1437618

Because they sell machinist supplies and nothing's more essential to a machine shop than coffee.

Also, it would be silly to sell coffee stirrers and not stuff to stir into your coffee.

>>1444684
that's actually really good to know, thanks hombre

>>1448311
To be fair those cups have built in heating elements, are made of stainless and are custom made for the air force, as no one else is dumb enough to buy coffee cups that heat the coffee in the cup, specially made for drinking while flying.

>>1445602
When you have piles of proccessed chicken sitting in a barrel that need to be moved to an adjacent barrel, McMaster got you senpai

>>1438422
>>1442584

This is why workers end up paying for comfort items themselves, much easier for everyone to pitch in $10 and get it from walmart than to get the department manager to open his purse for an air conditioner from the QVL.

>>1438422
>>1442584
>>1450181
This is why I'm glad my company gives me a company credit card. If I need something for a job, I buy it from wherever and submit the receipt.