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Prototype Resources
Modeling, Engineering and Manufacturing

The key step toward new product success is making models. You should do some of this yourself. It may be best to then engage a professional model maker. You might need some engineering. Sooner or later you will want to work with the appropriate manufacturers to get your product in top form.

Model making supplies:
http://www.edsci.com

Find all sorts of science equipment here:
http://www.sciquest.com/

Surplus science stuff:
http://www.sciplus.com/

Find gizmos:
http://www.globalspec.com/

A catalog of design mistakes you don't want to make:
http://www.baddesigns.com/index.shtml

An inventor friendly engineer, David Bremer:
http://www.sabretechnical.com

Another inventor friendly engineer, Joe Born:
http://www.machineresearch.com

And another inventor friendly engineer, Al Kishpaugh:
http://www.arksvc.com

A plastics manufacturer who has helped many of us, Ken Cooley:
http://www.Shape-Master.com

A metals manufacturer interested in new products:
http://www.tjfab.com

Another manufacturer eager to help people with new products:
http://www.wbm-inc.com/

The design engineering show:
http://www.manufacturingweek.com

An invention program for engineers:
http://www.iit.edu/~invention

A guide to our National Institute of Standards and Technology:
http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/guide/index.htm

A site for game inventors:
http://www.discovergames.com

Note: Some links take you off of the DreamsToMarket website. Remember, "buyer beware"