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[DPRG] I need help finding robot parts please!!

Subject: [DPRG] I need help finding robot parts please!!
From: RoboVac robovac at mninter.net
Date: Mon Sep 24 09:07:59 CDT 2001

W.M. Berg makes them this small and smaller.
www.wmberg.com

William Crolley


----- Original Message -----
>From: Rodent <daweasel at swbell.net>
To: <dprglist at dprg.org>
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 6:34 PM
Subject: Re: [DPRG] I need help finding robot parts please!!


> Tom, I've not seen pulleys this small except in a dot-matrix printer or
> typewriter. The carriage / head assembly is typically moved with a small
> stainless cable -- there is a pulley on one or both ends of the carriage
> rails. Sometimes you can find pulleys like this in copiers, but usually
they
> are bigger. We dumpster-dive for printers and stuff to use for parts.
>
> Other than that, it might be a good time to learn how to make pulleys.
Buddy
> up with some of the students who have access to the machine shop.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
>     I am Tom from Michigan, and I have a question to ask.  For my senior
> project at WMU, my group of 3 people is working on building a 6-legged
> walking robot.  Some basic details on my web page
http://my.voyager.net/tomk
> (if it is working now), and click the senior projects link.  Anyway, my
> actual question is do you or anyone in your group know of any sources for
> small pulleys such as .75" dia. x 3/32" thick appriximately?  We have
looked
> many places and cannot seem to find anything.  Any help would be greatly
> appreciated.
>
>
>
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