Tool and Equipment Suppliers

Discovery Channel and the crew of Prototype This would like to thank the following companies for their generous contributions of tools, equipment, software and technical advice:

Entire Series

• Acu-Rite Companies Inc. - Various digital read-outs for machine tools.
• Agilent Technologies - Oscilloscopes
• Allied Machine & Engineering Corporation - Various tools
• Altium - Altium Designer 6 schematic capture and PCB design tool
• Atlas Copco - 2 x compressors
• Cisco - Teleconferencing
• Clausing Industrial - Lathe,coldsaw and vertical band saw
• Darex - CNC sharpening machine
• Formaspace Technical Furniture - Furniture for film set
• Freescale - Microprocessors, accelerometers, and other sensors and electronic components
• Grand Idea Studio - Electronics equipment and tools, various electronic components
• Hardinge Inc. - 2 x bridgeport mills
• Hawk Ridge Systems Inc - Solidworks engineer and labor
• Hilti Inc. - Various tools including grinders and saws
• GibbsCAM software - GibbsCAM software provided by Gibbs and Associate
• Granta Design - Software
• Ingersoll Cutting Tools - Carbide and solid carbide metal cutting tools
• Inventables - Shelving unit with various materials
• Kevin Binkert, Standard Metal Products, San Francisco - Supply of CNC Machine Shop
• Kurt Workholding - Vices & accessories on Bridgeport mills
• Miller Electric Mfg.Co. - Welding equipment and associated safety gear
• Omax Corporation - Waterjet
• Parallax - BASIC Stamp and Propeller microcontrollers, and other sensors, modules and electronic components
• Rapid Accu-Form - Plastic vacuforming services
• Solidworks Corporation - 3D CAD Software
• SK Hand Tool - Various workshop tools
• Sunbelt Rentals - Various equipment and tools
• T-Tech Inc. - Quick Circuit model 5000S-FAV & accessories
• Tormach LLC - CNC mill and accessories
• Universal Laser Systems Inc. - Laser cutting system
• Z Corporation - 3D printer