13 Jun
2006
13 Jun
'06
10:53 p.m.
On Saturday 10 June 2006 09:04 pm, Ethan Dicks wrote:
On 6/11/06, Chuck Guzis <cclist at sydex.com>
wrote:
I subscribe to a bunch of yahoo lists that deal with mechanical and CNC
interests as well as the more techncial stuff...
Try "Boston Gear". Also "Small Parts, Inc." (I think?). And MSC, if
I'm
remembering right. There's also some others, that sell all sorts of small
parts and hardware items and such.
I also have scrapped a lot of gear over the years and don't throw *anything*
out that might be useful, so there's a box here with assorted gears and
other bits in it, if it comes to that...
--
Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting -- and
ablest -- form of life in this section of space, a critter that can
be killed but can't be tamed. --Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet Masters"
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Information is more dangerous than cannon to a society ruled by lies. --James
M Dakin
You can just throw your bad one away and get a
new one. There's a guy
selling 825 printers for $10 the each, NOS on Yahoo!:
That's one of the reasons I bought a handful of printer mechs from
Alltronics or Electronic Goldmine or one of those guys... spare gears.
The problem is that what I got was about 90% defective.
It's really a design flaw, I think, where the depth of the teeth in
the gear doesn't leave much material to be sturdy. Add a little
thermal expansion/contraction and *pop* one less gear.
That's why I'd like to find a source of gears - one replacement per
motor isn't going to be enough.