Put your favorite places for hacker supplies here to share with other members. Please try to include a URL if they've got one, a physical address or link to a map if they're local, and a description as to why you think it's a great place. Add your own comments to the places you see here.

LA Local Businesses

• All Electronics Van Nuys (map) - Open 7 days. Mostly surplus electronics. Also available for online with flat rate shipping. I've found their staff to be helpful and it's a fun place to wander around and look at their ever changing stock.
• Apex Electronics Sun Valley (map) (address and contact info) - Open Mon-Sat. Surplus electronics plus all manner of junk. The web site only offers a limited range of stuff. You have to see this place in person! Check out the panoramas to get a sense of it. It's possible to get some great deals here, though sometimes they act as if their products are like a fine wine... improving with age, and they charge accordingly.  They have a bin filled with solid aluminum bricks in the yard that could be used for milling.
• Fry's Electronics Manhattan Beach (map) - Open 7 days. We all know the good and the bad about Fry's. This is the closest one to CrashSpace, but also the smallest Fry's Electronics store in the chain.
• Grainger Many Cities (nearest)  (brances in the 310) - Usually open 7-5 M-F, though some branches are open on Saturday. Industrial supply. See entry below for online supplies. Grainger has branches all over the place. If the part you want isn't in stock at the closest branch, there's a chance it's at another one within driving distance.
• Industrial Metal Supply Sun Valley (map) - Open Mon-Sat. If you need metal of any size or type they've got it. Service is notoriously slow. Expect to be there awhile, even if you've phoned in you're order. Spend the time poking around their large, fun to see showroom!
• McMaster-Carr Santa Fe Springs (map) - See entry below for online supplies. If only this were a retail store you could wander through! Alas, it is not, though paging through their notoriously hard to get paper catalog is almost as fun (and using their web site is close to that experience). I'm listing McMaster here because they are somewhat close by, and they offer will-call pick-up at their facility. They also do same day delivery to our area... order it this morning, have it this afternoon!
• Opamp Technical Books Hollywood (map) - For those hard to find technical specialty books
• Pacific Radio Hollywood (map) Burbank (map) - Lots of specialized radio/television electronics.
• Signal Electronics Torrance (map) - Open Mon-Sat. Small well organized store with knowledgable staff. A bit more expensive.
• Torrance Electronics Torrance (map) - Open Mon-Sat. Small really chaotic store. Stuff stacked everywhere, but good prices and selection.
• Discount Bearing Co (map) (address and contact info) - Open Mon-Sat.  Saturdays until noon.  Bearings, belts, sprocket chains, electric motors.  It is a few blocks east of Apex Electronics in Sun Valley.

Online Supplies

• Ada Fruit Industries - They develop cool pieces of their own, so it's a small specialized collection.
• Grainger - Industrial supply. Almost (but not) as good as McMaster-Carr.
• McMaster-Carr - Industrial Supply. You can find almost anything here. The web site works really well.
• Small Parts - All the specialized little pieces you might ever need.
• SparkFun Electronics - A company dedicated to hacker electronics with an ever growing selection.

Online Services

• Protocase - They do small runs, and were helpful with a project I was working on.