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1a.

roto-caster: trying to get my bearings...

Posted by: "DOC" doc@sympatico.ca   torobots

Mon Feb 11, 2008 5:59 pm (PST)

Last week I did my usual tour of the junk shops in Toronto
looking for roto-caster parts.

Not too much success so far.

Found some microwave turntable motors for $4.00 each. Might work
but they don't look very solid to me.

Got some roller-blade bearings on ebay. Should work well. Cost
about 50 cents each and I expect to use about 10. Couple more
than the design. Just waiting for them to arrive.

McMaster Carr has some bevel gears at a few bucks each. But,
for some reason, these days they don't ship to Canada. So I will
probably have to rely on the good graces of somebody I know in the US.

So far, the real shocker has been the pulleys. A place called Toronto
Bearing and Belting wants about $65.00 for two pulleys and a belt!

I need to check a few more places. I think I can get 220 belts for
a buck as opposed to the $6.00 I was quoted.

And if you know of any places where we can get this stuff
at reasonable prices please let me know.

Roto-casting or bust.
DOC

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1b.

Re: roto-caster: trying to get my bearings...

Posted by: "Ray K" kleenax@gmail.com   kleenax

Mon Feb 11, 2008 6:18 pm (PST)

My local university has a HUGE salvage/surplus store that I get almost all
of my parts & supplies at. I have gotten vacuum pumps, vacuum chambers,
electric motors, a whole 4'x4' tote FULL of new v-belts, etc. They always
have
4 or 5 centrifuges of various sizes there for sale.

Don't know if you have anything like that around Toronto, but you must have
some kind of surplus outlet up there. If it weren't SO COLD, you might just
try
a salvage yard. The place that you take old machinery when it dies.

On 2/11/08, DOC <doc@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
> Last week I did my usual tour of the junk shops in Toronto
> looking for roto-caster parts.
>
> Not too much success so far.
>
> Found some microwave turntable motors for $4.00 each. Might work
> but they don't look very solid to me.
>
> Got some roller-blade bearings on ebay. Should work well. Cost
> about 50 cents each and I expect to use about 10. Couple more
> than the design. Just waiting for them to arrive.
>
> McMaster Carr has some bevel gears at a few bucks each. But,
> for some reason, these days they don't ship to Canada. So I will
> probably have to rely on the good graces of somebody I know in the US.
>
> So far, the real shocker has been the pulleys. A place called Toronto
> Bearing and Belting wants about $65.00 for two pulleys and a belt!
>
> I need to check a few more places. I think I can get 220 belts for
> a buck as opposed to the $6.00 I was quoted.
>
> And if you know of any places where we can get this stuff
> at reasonable prices please let me know.
>
> Roto-casting or bust.
> DOC
>
> Buy my junk! http://www3.sympatico.ca/doc/robotone/for-sale.html
>
>

--
Ray Kotke
www.telephonecreations.com

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1c.

Re: roto-caster: trying to get my bearings...

Posted by: "ahz" ahz@insightbb.com   stormcrow_40291

Mon Feb 11, 2008 6:19 pm (PST)

McMaster-Carr (www.mcmaster.com) has all manner of inexpensive bearings.

Ray K wrote:
>
> My local university has a HUGE salvage/surplus store that I get almost all
> of my parts & supplies at. I have gotten vacuum pumps, vacuum chambers,
> electric motors, a whole 4'x4' tote FULL of new v-belts, etc. They always
> have
> 4 or 5 centrifuges of various sizes there for sale.
>
> Don't know if you have anything like that around Toronto, but you must
> have
> some kind of surplus outlet up there. If it weren't SO COLD, you might
> just
> try
> a salvage yard. The place that you take old machinery when it dies.
>
> On 2/11/08, DOC <doc@sympatico.ca <mailto:doc%40sympatico.ca>> wrote:
> >
> > Last week I did my usual tour of the junk shops in Toronto
> > looking for roto-caster parts.
> >
> > Not too much success so far.
> >
> > Found some microwave turntable motors for $4.00 each. Might work
> > but they don't look very solid to me.
> >
> > Got some roller-blade bearings on ebay. Should work well. Cost
> > about 50 cents each and I expect to use about 10. Couple more
> > than the design. Just waiting for them to arrive.
> >
> > McMaster Carr has some bevel gears at a few bucks each. But,
> > for some reason, these days they don't ship to Canada. So I will
> > probably have to rely on the good graces of somebody I know in the US.
> >
> > So far, the real shocker has been the pulleys. A place called Toronto
> > Bearing and Belting wants about $65.00 for two pulleys and a belt!
> >
> > I need to check a few more places. I think I can get 220 belts for
> > a buck as opposed to the $6.00 I was quoted.
> >
> > And if you know of any places where we can get this stuff
> > at reasonable prices please let me know.
> >
> > Roto-casting or bust.
> > DOC
> >
> > Buy my junk! http://www3.sympatico.ca/doc/robotone/for-sale.html
> <http://www3.sympatico.ca/doc/robotone/for-sale.html>
> >
> >
>
> --
> Ray Kotke
> www.telephonecreations.com
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>

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1d.

Re: roto-caster: trying to get my bearings...

Posted by: "DOC" doc@sympatico.ca   torobots

Mon Feb 11, 2008 8:12 pm (PST)

At 09:18 PM 2/11/2008 -0500, you wrote:

>My local university has a HUGE salvage/surplus store that I get almost all
>of my parts & supplies at. I have gotten vacuum pumps, vacuum chambers,
>electric motors, a whole 4'x4' tote FULL of new v-belts, etc. They always
>have
>4 or 5 centrifuges of various sizes there for sale.
>
>Don't know if you have anything like that around Toronto, but you must have
>some kind of surplus outlet up there. If it weren't SO COLD, you might just
>try
>a salvage yard. The place that you take old machinery when it dies.

Lucky you!

I don't know what happens to university stuff in Toronto. But two of the
scrap yards I used to visit regularly have closed.

Must be more around somewhere.

I've picked up all sorts of good stuff at such places. It's just rare that
you can find exactly what you need when you need it!

Tanks,
DOC

Buy my junk! http://www3.sympatico.ca/doc/robotone/for-sale.html

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1e.

Re: roto-caster: trying to get my bearings...

Posted by: "DOC" doc@sympatico.ca   torobots

Mon Feb 11, 2008 8:13 pm (PST)

Currently the best shot at the pulleys.

DOC

At 09:20 PM 2/11/2008 -0500, you wrote:

>McMaster-Carr (www.mcmaster.com) has all manner of inexpensive bearings.
>
>Ray K wrote:
> >
> > My local university has a HUGE salvage/surplus store that I get almost all
> > of my parts & supplies at. I have gotten vacuum pumps, vacuum chambers,
> > electric motors, a whole 4'x4' tote FULL of new v-belts, etc. They always
> > have
> > 4 or 5 centrifuges of various sizes there for sale.
> >
> > Don't know if you have anything like that around Toronto, but you must
> > have
> > some kind of surplus outlet up there. If it weren't SO COLD, you might
> > just
> > try
> > a salvage yard. The place that you take old machinery when it dies.
> >
> > On 2/11/08, DOC <<mailto:doc%40sympatico.ca>doc@sympatico.ca
> <mailto:doc%40sympatico.ca>> wrote:
> > >
> > > Last week I did my usual tour of the junk shops in Toronto
> > > looking for roto-caster parts.
> > >
> > > Not too much success so far.
> > >
> > > Found some microwave turntable motors for $4.00 each. Might work
> > > but they don't look very solid to me.
> > >
> > > Got some roller-blade bearings on ebay. Should work well. Cost
> > > about 50 cents each and I expect to use about 10. Couple more
> > > than the design. Just waiting for them to arrive.
> > >
> > > McMaster Carr has some bevel gears at a few bucks each. But,
> > > for some reason, these days they don't ship to Canada. So I will
> > > probably have to rely on the good graces of somebody I know in the US.
> > >
> > > So far, the real shocker has been the pulleys. A place called Toronto
> > > Bearing and Belting wants about $65.00 for two pulleys and a belt!
> > >
> > > I need to check a few more places. I think I can get 220 belts for
> > > a buck as opposed to the $6.00 I was quoted.
> > >
> > > And if you know of any places where we can get this stuff
> > > at reasonable prices please let me know.
> > >
> > > Roto-casting or bust.
> > > DOC
> > >
> > > Buy my junk!
> <http://www3.sympatico.ca/doc/robotone/for-sale.html>http://www3.sympatico.ca/doc/robotone/for-sale.html
>
> > <http://www3.sympatico.ca/doc/robotone/for-sale.html>
> > >
> > >
> >
> > --
> > Ray Kotke
> > www.telephonecreations.com
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
> >
>
>[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>

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1f.

Re: roto-caster: trying to get my bearings...

Posted by: "Rexarino" rexarino@gmail.com   rexarino

Mon Feb 11, 2008 9:19 pm (PST)

Farm supply stores still understand that people build things, and often have
reasonable prices.

On Feb 11, 2008 6:02 PM, DOC <doc@sympatico.ca> wrote:

> Last week I did my usual tour of the junk shops in Toronto
> looking for roto-caster parts.
>
> Not too much success so far.
>
> Found some microwave turntable motors for $4.00 each. Might work
> but they don't look very solid to me.
>
> Got some roller-blade bearings on ebay. Should work well. Cost
> about 50 cents each and I expect to use about 10. Couple more
> than the design. Just waiting for them to arrive.
>
> McMaster Carr has some bevel gears at a few bucks each. But,
> for some reason, these days they don't ship to Canada. So I will
> probably have to rely on the good graces of somebody I know in the US.
>
> So far, the real shocker has been the pulleys. A place called Toronto
> Bearing and Belting wants about $65.00 for two pulleys and a belt!
>
> I need to check a few more places. I think I can get 220 belts for
> a buck as opposed to the $6.00 I was quoted.
>
> And if you know of any places where we can get this stuff
> at reasonable prices please let me know.
>
> Roto-casting or bust.
> DOC
>
>
> Buy my junk! http://www3.sympatico.ca/doc/robotone/for-sale.html
>
>

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1g.

Re: roto-caster: trying to get my bearings...

Posted by: "ahz" ahz@insightbb.com   stormcrow_40291

Mon Feb 11, 2008 9:22 pm (PST)

You can make pulleys out of good plywood if the RPMs aren't too high.

Rexarino wrote:
>
> Farm supply stores still understand that people build things, and
> often have
> reasonable prices.
>
> On Feb 11, 2008 6:02 PM, DOC <doc@sympatico.ca
> <mailto:doc%40sympatico.ca>> wrote:
>
> > Last week I did my usual tour of the junk shops in Toronto
> > looking for roto-caster parts.
> >
> > Not too much success so far.
> >
> > Found some microwave turntable motors for $4.00 each. Might work
> > but they don't look very solid to me.
> >
> > Got some roller-blade bearings on ebay. Should work well. Cost
> > about 50 cents each and I expect to use about 10. Couple more
> > than the design. Just waiting for them to arrive.
> >
> > McMaster Carr has some bevel gears at a few bucks each. But,
> > for some reason, these days they don't ship to Canada. So I will
> > probably have to rely on the good graces of somebody I know in the US.
> >
> > So far, the real shocker has been the pulleys. A place called Toronto
> > Bearing and Belting wants about $65.00 for two pulleys and a belt!
> >
> > I need to check a few more places. I think I can get 220 belts for
> > a buck as opposed to the $6.00 I was quoted.
> >
> > And if you know of any places where we can get this stuff
> > at reasonable prices please let me know.
> >
> > Roto-casting or bust.
> > DOC
> >
> >
> > Buy my junk! http://www3.sympatico.ca/doc/robotone/for-sale.html
> <http://www3.sympatico.ca/doc/robotone/for-sale.html>
> >
> >
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>

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