davidbball13 said:so you guys like digikey mouser and newark
hi David,
If your budget is tight, do what others do, check out dumpsters, remove any bits that my be re-usable.
Lots of Laser diodes in old PC DVD drives, stepper motors. Old printers have a couple of decent stepper motors.... etc
Talk to your local TV repair shops, they sometimes have lotsa bits they want get rid of.