How to get enough components?

Hii everyone.

So, in vanila i really struggle to get my hands on enough components. Early game i can strip the mountains for enough rescourses, and late game i can use deep drills for steel and other rescources, but the amount of components needed late game for the production of armor, weapons, turrets and other stuff is waaaaaay more then i can get.

In one of my colonies, one where i got a good thing going and had plenty of rescourses and money, i bought up every single component i could from every trader, and launched drop pods to nearby settlements to increase the goodwill so they sent more caravans (and turning hostiles friendly). But the decay on armor, weapons, damage sustained from raids, it just cant keep up. Even with several component making workbenches active.

How do yall deal with this?

(Im looking for a vanilla solution btw, i got a mod that has a machine that produces a steady supply components as long as i can provide steel)