[SGVHAK] Tux Cases

[Richard Scobey]

John,

I was happy to see your Tux cases under the New Arrivals on MakerShed.com.
Good for you!

Rick


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On Apr 23, 2013, at 3:57 PM, Matthew Campbell <dvdmatt at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dynaroll in Sylmar is a large domestic manufacturer of quality bearings.  I have included their chief engineer to hopefully steer us to one of their distributors.
> 
> Robi is involved with another local HAK group and is an all round nice guy.
> 
> Matt
> On Apr 23, 2013 2:36 PM, "David Flynn" <dflynn at oxfordvue.com> wrote:
> I've been going to Minarik for parts to fix old machines and build new ones for years.
> 
> http://store.minarik.com/cgi-bin/ECA_Software/ECA_Search/ECA_Search.pl?TID=browse&cat=MOTORS_STEPPER
> 
> Dave Flynn
> Oxford V.U.E., Inc.
> office (626) 256-6557
> cell (626) 893-6654
> dflynn at oxfordvue.com
> 
> 
> 
> On Apr 23, 2013, at 11:39 AM, Tux Lab <project.tuxlab at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Dave,
> >
> > you mentioned a few place for steppers in the last SGVHAK meeting.
> > Can you give them to me again?   For the stepper driver I'm thinking
> > of using pololu's stepper motor drive.
> >
> > I haven't heard back from open build regarding the country of origin
> > for their bearings.   Currently the least expensive "free" bearing
> > I've found are from McMaster R3s at ~$3 and R4 at ~$6, both are from
> > Japan.
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > John
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 3:35 PM, David Flynn <dflynn at oxfordvue.com> wrote:
> >> Look at the L6208N evaluation board (EVAL6208N) made in Italy.  Evaluation boards are a good source for projects.
> >>
> >> It doesn't take very powerful steppers to make a 3D printer move.  It only has to overcome inertia, it's not pushing a cutter through metal or whatever.
> >>
> >>
> >> Dave Flynn
> >> Oxford V.U.E., Inc.
> >> office (626) 256-6557
> >> cell (626) 893-6654
> >> dflynn at oxfordvue.com
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Apr 22, 2013, at 3:11 PM, Tux Lab <project.tuxlab at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I'm gathering parts to build a 3d printer and I am wondering if anyone
> >>> has leads on where to find steppers and power supplies that are  made
> >>> in "free" countries as oppose to "non-free" countries like China,
> >>> Saudi Arabia, and Russia.
> >>>
> >>> The recommended power supply has a 12V/30A rating.   The steppers are
> >>> nema17s.   Gecko has the nema17  88oz-in  stepper at ~$45ea. while the
> >>> nema23 280 oz-in are $55ea for 4.
> >>>
> >>> thanks,
> >>>
> >>> John
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >
> 
> 
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