Looking for some toothed pulleys and belts to motorise an N gauge turntable and finding compatible parts on Amazon is hard with their search engine.
Where is the best place to buy robot parts?
Sep 14, 2016
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Don't know if they are the best but Expo supply things like that amongst other useful parts, can often be found in Model shops or you can buy online.
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G.Harman
Anything useful from these people?
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Get a VHS, as old as possible, from freecycle etc. The later ones had a lot less mechanical bits.
NT
CPC used to sell toothed aluminium wheels and belts.
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(I've not yet bought anything from them, but it is likely that I will.)
Quite a selection here, minimum orders may apply
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Richard
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I just bought a robot window cleaner from them - excellent customer service.
Neat idea! :)
Old printers also a good source with belts
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used to be MUTR, part of Middlesex University
I finally found what i think is a compatible set on amazon. A 10T 5mm bore pulley, a 50T 10mm bore pulley and a 11mm wide belt. Less than the price of the 10T pulley on most of the sites.
I would have liked a smaller bore on the big pulley but they don't seem to do them in metal.
It should be OTT for the job.
The real question is do I need to gear it up or gear it down? The stepper has 4k steps per rev so it could be quite slow but the final speed is quite low too. I might even try it without the gears first.
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