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it does have a search box but it's not great

i think the materials you listed are pretty exotic. almost nothing but cutting tools is made from wc. 7075 aluminum does get some non-airplane use but not much. even 316 stainless is less common than 304, and stainless and tool steels are a lot less common than mild steel

maybe worth mentioning:

- metals -

a36 mild steel (railroad tracks, bridge girders, junk) https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/ASTM-A36-SS40...

304 stainless (silverware, sinks, stainless bolts, cookware, exhaust pipes) https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/AISI-304-S304...

free-cutting brass (house keys, anything else that needs to be metal but easy to cut and can't just be cast from zamak) https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Half-Hard-H02...

lead-tin solder (old or high-reliability circuits) https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/ISO-Solder-Al...

lead-free solder (low-reliability new circuits) https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/ISO-Solder-Al...

tough pitch copper (electrical wires) https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/UNS-C11000-CW...

zamak (toy cars, some gears, most die-castings; easily castable) https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Zamak-3-ASTM-...

- plastics -

hdpe (shopping bags, milk jugs) https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/High-Density-...

polylactide (pla, 3-d prints) https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Polylactic-Ac...

pet (coke bottles, clothing) https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Unfilled-PET

6,6 nylon (clothing, seatbelts, oven bags) https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Polyamide-PA-...

unfilled epoxy (glue; they don't list fr4, other glass fiber composites, or jb weld) https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Epoxy

silicone (oven mitts, caulk, gaskets) https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Silicone-Plas...

natural latex rubber (condoms, gloves, tires, gaskets) https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Isoprene-Natu...

buna-n nitrile rubber (gloves, handgrips, gaskets) https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Acrylonitrile...

- wood -

mdf (lasercut signage, shitty furniture) https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Medium-Densit...

pine (buildings, bad furniture) https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Spruce-Pine-F...

- ceramics -

granite (surface plates, buildings) https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Granite

sandstone (buildings) https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Sandstone

soda-lime glass (windows, bottles) https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Annealed-Alka...

mycalex (a hard, machinable insulator that handles higher temperatures than organics) https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Glass-Bonded-...

porcelain (they don't have a wide selection of fired-clay materials, but dishes, flowerpots, and bricks are broadly similar, if shittier) https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Pressed-Silic...

cubic zirconia (chinese knives, refractories, nernst lamps) https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/MgO-Partially...

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btw generally i'd rather use matweb

Yeah, I just threw in a few things I happened to know the specifics of from working with them in a factory. So it was just the intersection of "materials you might be familiar with" and "materials I know the specific grade for". I am extremely glad to see more materials listed, your comment is wonderful!

thank you!

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