List Of **FREE STUFF** For your projects

This is a list of places which you can get FREE stuff from, you can use it in your projects.... Its free and the items are shipped free So yeah hope you like the list !

Ok so I organized this instructable by type of product.

PM me if you have a site you want added !

Sorry about the crappy pics I took them with my cellphone......

Step 1 So How Do I .......

Simply fill out the forms with the product numbers you want and most places will ship within 1 - 3 weeks.

Comments

[Akask]

Is it possible for me to get from somewhere just conductive foam? like, without all the hassle of ordering a microcontroler?

[nurdee1]

I am interested in getting free parts but I don't have a company email adress. All I have is a gmail adress. Are there any places where I can get free parts without a company email adress?

Thanks.

[schumi23]

What you could do (What I do) Is either have a friend who has an official looking website who will let you make an email account on his domain (Unlikly) Or,
You could go to a web-hosting site (I use
http://www.000webhost.com/548588.html (OK, I'll admit, that's my referall link. However the site is exellent, and free.)
And create an account, and then a site (You dont need to put anything on it). Then you can go to CPanel, and click Email, and then the Email adress will be
@.comli.com

[nurdee1]

Do I have to pay wnything for all of that?

[schumi23]

No, it's free.

[schumi23]

I dont know if it has already been mentioned, but:
Due to overwhelming demand, CDI is not available to offer any more free sample packs at this time.

from
http://www.cdiweb.com/ewave/470

[blenderking]

Yeah, I got that too :(

[popewill]

Okay, I have a few questions:
First and Most important:
What should I put for my company name? Should it be instructables? What do you use? I'm ordering from OWK
Second:
How many should I get? I only need one (For Now) but should I get more to make it seem more realistic? I'm not trying to be greedy, but it may be more realistic, and I'm sure I'll use them.
And Three:
Can I get in trouble for lying to them? By making up a company or requesting samples? Whats the worst that can happen? having to pay them back?

Thanks
--popewill

[popewill]

Also, how do I get it shipped free?
thanks

[ashannon1]

it says to enter a part number, where can i find that?

[HVahead]

find your part on the site, in a big box atop it will have a alpha-numeric code...copy and paste

[HVahead]

check out their sensory capacitive switch!!! SWEET! thanx!
http://www.apemswitches.be/Sensory-switches-with-capacitive-technology-v1-d-240.html

[80$man]

How 'flexible' is these companies shipping policies? I'm am in South Africa, any idea's of feasible options?

[domints]

Do I have to fill the company name with real company? I'd like to get some samples for educational puposes.

[ashannon1]

on APEM it tells me to enter a part number

[greatboyraj]

i live in india.... can anyone help me get free stuffs?
i would be really grateful....

[electrophobia]

I am from Turkey. Even I got too much stuff for my projects when I was a student. I can easily say that Maxim-IC and Texas Instruments are the best! They really send what you need. But you can not ask for 10 pcs of the same product.

[this nick is invalid]

wow im from Turkey too i like those ICs but i should ask my mom and dad to get those free nasty materials :(

[electrophobia]

Why your parents? you can ask for them yourself... Just pick your order and want some samples. Piece of cake!

[this nick is invalid]

oh nvm... i got these :D

[mooner77]

You shoul just try and look in the dumpsters behind hardware stores for the good stuff

[kjgdfak]

thank you

[anonymouse197]

I have just tried my luck emailing Panasonic EW to see if they will give me a single relay. I live in the UK, so if I have any success I will not it and post photographs of what I receive. Wish me luck, as I wish those luck who are trying themselves! :)

[tomass1996]

Sweet just recieved some enclosures from OKW,and a battery enclosure fron keystone :) I couldn't believe it when the OKW stuff turned up. because I'm in New Zealand so the samples were forwarded to my local distributer from the UK and then the distributer sent them same-day shipping to my city :)
I only got a small horde atm but I have a 12v sla battery, charger, and carry bag on the way. :)

[tomass1996]

OK,
I've now got 12v SLA battery, Charger, Carry Bag, Keyswitch, Terminal Block, Toggle Switch, Automotive Crimping Tool, Digital Multi-Meter, 3x OKW enclosures, Neck Strap(OKW), 4x AA Battery Case and 14 Thru-Hole Switches. I have 10,000 Cable Ties, 30cm HeatShrink, 250 sheets of 1-10 Stickers(for Terminal Blocks) on the way.

[Nicola Tesla]

where did you get the multimeter?

[tomass1996]

The OKW distributor in my country(New Zealand) practically sells anything to do with electronics. So after they forwarded the OKW samples and I was looking through the catalog they included and I emailed the guy I had been talking to. Thats how I got the 12v SLA battery, Charger, Automotive Crimping Tool and Digital Multi-Meter. They are based in Australia/New Zealand but they do sell to places like the U.S. but I don't know if they would send free samples there as in the catalog the base shipping and handling to the US is like $50AUD.

[Nicola Tesla]

ok thanks

[tomass1996]

Ok just recieved some more thru-hole switches, I told them I burnt out the leds in some of the switches they had sent me( which I had (-.-) ) So they sent some new ones :)

[tomass1996]

They lied to me they told me it was 10 packages but really it was jus 10 cable ties and 10 sheets of stickers. Though they sent their catalogues aswell which were well packed.
:-(

[Fred998]

do you to click request qoutation first because i cant find request samples

[Dominion-Network]

I got my sample enclosure from OWK today, got everything I requested, will post pictures later.

[Dominion-Network]

I ordered the Ergo-M (B7010X09, X is either 1 or 2, can't remember which one I grabbed) as well as Belt Strap Eyelet Kit (B7110028) and Belt/Arm Strap 18" long (B7110129).

I accidentally ordered two straps and 2 eyelet kits, so they'll come in handy for another project, but here's the image of everything I got today.

[istoyanov]

for pactec do i have to pay for the shiping?

[phevtron]

excuse me but they ask for a company addres and name.... i dont have one.... so i cant order hah ? :/

[tomass1996]

Hi does anyone know where I can get batteries free?
I need some.

[SIRJAMES09]

as of 26/JUNE/2011, this site MELCOR is a dead link....
but 1 site out of what? 20? 25 websites? that's doing good!

TY Sir/Ma'am(whichever the case may be) for sharing.

[SIRJAMES09]

I know enough about today's electronics that I can answer just about any Q they may ask of me...and if they call me, they better have a TTY(telephone for the deaf) because I lost my voice to cancer & a TTY is the ONLY telephone I have.

I can hear just fine, but I have no voice.

What I do for a living is I make circuit panels from blueprints for all kinds of different types of industries.

Just remember the old saying, "...IF YOU CAN'T DAZZLE THEM WITH BRILLIANCE, THEN BAFFLE THEM WITH BULLSHIRT."

LOL 8=D

[SIRJAMES09]

one thing you failed to mention, but I think it is because you did not think of it, is that if Skiffy does not have the part you need, chances are, you do not need it. :)

After going thru their online catalog, the only thing I do not remember seeing, is electrical wire....and solder.

Beyond that, they will cover you in just about anything you can imagine. seriously.

[Pfarmkid]

should i put a real company