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Where do you get gears, pulleys, belts, etc?
koz319:
http://www.Emotorstore.com has an OK selection of sheaves,pulleys, and vbelts. Don't even bother looking at their motors tho... :) Mcmaster and Grainger are pretty much the standard.
Koz
SavannahLion:
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Would be my first reccomendation too. We order from them about once a week here at work, and the service has been great.
I would also recommend Grainger, and you may want to look and see if they have a location local to you. We order from them at work also, mostly when we need to be able to pick up the part today.
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Are they like Happs where they prefer to deal with business instead of individuals?
DaOld Man:
Thanks for all the input guys!
Looks like most of the parts are pretty expensive. I would expect that from industrial suppliers.
I was reading some posts and someone had an idea of cutting a pulley out of wood.
I cant remember who said it, and I cant find the post, so I cant give proper credit.
But it seemed like a good idea. Maybe rig up a router to cut a 1/4" grove in the edge of a 3/4" round piece of mdf. A 1/4" belt would ride in the groove.
Also someone mentioned using a piece of bicycle chain attached to the edge of a wood disc, then have a sprocket run along it. (Actually the sprocket would push the chain, which would turn the disc).
Its not that Im a tightwad (Ok, I am), but I would like to go as cheap as possible, so others on a budget can do the same.
solderguy1:
--- Quote from: DaOld Man on November 08, 2007, 05:56:08 pm ---Its not that Im a tightwad (Ok, I am), but I would like to go as cheap as possible, so others on a budget can do the same.
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Nothing wrong with that, I'm still thinking of attaching a spool of fishing line to a Big Lots battery powered screwdriver (the cheapest two-direction high torque motor around).
Picked up a $7 caster at Orchard Supply last week. unscrewed the axel bolt and removed the wheel, it looks like a 2x4 can be bolted there instead. Then the baseplate can be joined to the lcd monitor by using another board in between.
bfauska:
--- Quote from: SavannahLion on November 08, 2007, 05:11:51 pm ---Are they like Happs where they prefer to deal with business instead of individuals?
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I Have done walk-in purchases at Grainger before with no issues. I also think that McMaster would be OK. They post prices on their websites so they don't show any preferential treatment for pricing if you're a business. We DO have an account with them, but I think they take cards too.