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I figure this can become a general resource, though I'll start it off with a specific question.

I am interested in buying some cylindrical rotary files, based on a recent discussion of notching tubing for fuselage work. I have checked what I consider to be the Usual Sources:

Aircraft-specific stores:



Industrial suppliers:



Consumer suppliers:



In compiling this list I did finally find sources for everything I want (a set of about 5 sizes of cylindrical rotary files between 1/4" and 1"), with a few cheap ones at The Yard, and the remainder at McMaster-Carr for dear-lord amounts of money.

However, I know there are other sources of tools and equipment out there, which I've forgotten, or just don't know about. Where else should I be looking? What little aviation tool supplier do you know about, that you're always recommending to other builders? Let's make this a master list of places to go when you need to find that special tool for building an airplane.
 
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