It’s Monday I’m in… [blog post]

Friday I’m in Love by The Cure is on the radio yet it’s Monday today – this is great because i HATE when DJs play this on Friday – YAWN. Anyway, at the same time, i’m perusing through one of my all new favourite websites. Sweet for so many reasons, firstly it’s not about anything I’ve been recently reading too much of (the weather, irish politics, film listings & reviews), but it’s about things you need to make other things with, namely mechanisms and machines. Other reasons include – beautiful design – graphical, layout and usability, gorgeous renderings of objects – that are so consistent, clear and simple that it’s a major credit to whoever is responsible. The search and ‘drill-down’ features are so good that you can find the part you need within seconds. Not only this, but at almost every point there are clearer graphics and lots of information on parts, their features and how to select them.

Even if you are not into mechanical engineering/fabrication/robotics etc., you should take a look at this site, if not only to get an idea of  how many mechanical parts there are out there, being mass produced to very high standards that are behind the scenes of most things we use today (they boast 480,000 products – jayziz). But also, hopefully it will demonstrate how pleasurable it can be to use a website that’s as well made as anything it’s trying to sell to you.

McMaster-Carr

Alas, it’s US based and they don’t deliver to Europe. However, a bit of sniffing around dug up this crowd in the UK (GBHTechnical) who claim to import the McMaster Carr range of products.