tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-453315942766344869.post9063253919285164959..comments2023-09-20T11:05:55.935-04:00Comments on My Future Past: So You Got A Scientist, Part I: Care and FeedingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-453315942766344869.post-80774561774139116932009-05-30T13:59:55.973-04:002009-05-30T13:59:55.973-04:00This is a great post - the battle of hooey is alwa...This is a great post - the battle of hooey is always a requirement. <br /><br />I don't know how anyone ever accomplished anything without McMaster-Carr! I think they might actually teleport the items to you.villachermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13243485629014231076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-453315942766344869.post-54635065361379826402009-02-04T12:56:00.000-05:002009-02-04T12:56:00.000-05:00McMaster rocks. My boss signed a req yesterday an...McMaster rocks. My boss signed a req yesterday and I found the part on my desk today at noon.<BR/><BR/>But we have a special deal with MSC, so we're supposed to use them. We don't have to fill out requisitions. But our purchasing dept collects the orders until Friday and puts them in all at once. I won't get the MSC parts I ordered yesterday until next Tuesday. How special is this deal again? Special as in short bus?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17526470032837468393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-453315942766344869.post-56235852863322151362009-02-03T13:38:00.000-05:002009-02-03T13:38:00.000-05:00I've been using McMaster-Carr as my default so...I've been using McMaster-Carr as my default sources for dozens of mechanical items for years now. I remember when their massy catalog (appropriately golden-colored) was like the Birkin Bag - always on backorder, & if you had one, you wrote your name on it in big letters & guarded it jealously. But that's no longer necessary now, because they have an online catalog that is simply the best, most searchable source of products I've ever seen. With loads of specs & technical information - you can spend days just reading the technical parts (because - ahem - I'm not a scientist, so there's a lot of tech stuff I never learned...)<BR/><BR/>My boss became a fan of Mc-Carr over the course of a recent major project. He could cruise the website, email me requisitions, I would compile them into an order & next morning - BOOM - a box is at your door. Ya gotta love that.Trilln451https://www.blogger.com/profile/09290958979299520841noreply@blogger.com