- Jefferson Recycling Center - Steel & Aluminum Scrap, maybe more. On Jefferson near La Cienega.
- MAX Industries - Surplus Aluminum in Gardena. An easy drive from the Westside or Southbay.
- M&K Metals - 13 Miles from Venice in Gardenia. Small Quantity & Scrap
- Morton Scrap Metal - 15 Miles from Santa Monica off the 10 just past Downtown.
- C&M Metals - 15 Miles from Santa Monica off the 10 just past Downtown.
- Downtown Art & Metal Shop
- Community Metal Shop on Westside
- Show Us Your Shop! A Blog About Small Spaces
- Lathemaster - Milling Machines and Lathes
- Virtual Machine Shop - Equipment and Knowledge
- Validis Group
- SpindleSquare
- Floppy Drive to USB Conversion
- Carbide Insert Decoding & HSS Inserts
- Atlas Lathe
- Cheap Mini-Lathes
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Lathemaster
- Bills Best Atlas Mill
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Whitney Systems Aftermarket Tool Changers
- mini-lathe.com
- CNC Cookbook Tips & Techniques
- CNC Basics Forum
- iCrank.com
- Engineers Edge
- MIT Machine Shop Videos
- CNC Zone
- MMS Online
- Eng-Tips
- Virtual Machine Shop
- MetalMeet.com - Sheet Metal Club
- FVT Machine Shop - Speed, Feed, Depth of Cut
- Automatic RPM & Feed Rate Calculator
- Machinistblog.com
- The Hobbyist's Machine Shop
- Metal Properties
- L'Armurerie du Roi - Knife-making, Armor, Machinist
- Thread Size Charts
- Thread Drill & Tap Chart
- Thread Data Charts - Metric, English, USA
- Types of Taps and Threading
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*Most machinist schools will let you work on your own projects once you've completed a couple of classes. This is probably the best available source of community shop time.
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