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> On Feb 28, 2015, at 11:22 AM, Peter Torelli <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm building some small mechanical apparatus to move material, and I've been > googling for something like a grown-up erector set. I've found some cool > extruded T-slot ecosystem manufacturers that fit the bill (like 8020, > Misumi), but I'm stuck finding linkages/pulleys. Fastenal and McMaster Karr > aren't really hitting the spot. > > What US suppliers do you all like to use for small hardware pulleys & > motors/mounts (e.g., small like 3-5mm bore)? > > I found these two cool sites, but they are international, aka expensive > shipping: > > http://www.fingertechrobotics.com/ > http://www.gearsandsprockets.co.uk/ > > I also found some other industrial sites that have minimum $100-200 orders > (polytech design, WM Berg), as well as premade robot kits like Vex, Tamiya, > Eitech, and Inventables but they tend to look cheap and crappy. > > Gah, I'd love to just walk into a store that has beens of matched gears, > hubs, pulleys, axles, motors, extrusions, etc... but all we have here seems > to be Surplus Gizmos and that's totally hit or miss... > > Thanks in advance, > Peter > > PS Websites to above mentioned Googling that have cool stuff but not what I"m > looking for: > > http://us.misumi-ec.com/ > http://www.8020.net/ > http://shop.polybelt.com/main.sc > http://www.wmberg.com/ > http://www.tamiyausa.com/ > https://www.inventables.com/ > http://www.eitechamerica.com/ > _______________________________________________ > dorkbotpdx-blabber mailing list > [email protected] > http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/dorkbotpdx-blabber
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