<html><head></head><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>John,</div><div><br></div><div>I was happy to see your Tux cases under the New Arrivals on <a href="http://MakerShed.com">MakerShed.com</a>.</div><div>Good for you!</div><div><br></div><div>Rick</div><div><br><br>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On Apr 23, 2013, at 3:57 PM, Matthew Campbell <<a href="mailto:dvdmatt@gmail.com">dvdmatt@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><p>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.</p>
<p>Robi is involved with another local HAK group and is an all round nice guy.</p>
<p>Matt<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Apr 23, 2013 2:36 PM, "David Flynn" <<a href="mailto:dflynn@oxfordvue.com">dflynn@oxfordvue.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
I've been going to Minarik for parts to fix old machines and build new ones for years.<br>
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<a href="http://store.minarik.com/cgi-bin/ECA_Software/ECA_Search/ECA_Search.pl?TID=browse&cat=MOTORS_STEPPER" target="_blank">http://store.minarik.com/cgi-bin/ECA_Software/ECA_Search/ECA_Search.pl?TID=browse&cat=MOTORS_STEPPER</a><br>
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Dave Flynn<br>
Oxford V.U.E., Inc.<br>
office <a href="tel:%28626%29%20256-6557" value="+16262566557">(626) 256-6557</a><br>
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On Apr 23, 2013, at 11:39 AM, Tux Lab <<a href="mailto:project.tuxlab@gmail.com">project.tuxlab@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Dave,<br>
><br>
> you mentioned a few place for steppers in the last SGVHAK meeting.<br>
> Can you give them to me again? For the stepper driver I'm thinking<br>
> of using pololu's stepper motor drive.<br>
><br>
> I haven't heard back from open build regarding the country of origin<br>
> for their bearings. Currently the least expensive "free" bearing<br>
> I've found are from McMaster R3s at ~$3 and R4 at ~$6, both are from<br>
> Japan.<br>
><br>
> thanks,<br>
><br>
> John<br>
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> On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 3:35 PM, David Flynn <<a href="mailto:dflynn@oxfordvue.com">dflynn@oxfordvue.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> Look at the L6208N evaluation board (EVAL6208N) made in Italy. Evaluation boards are a good source for projects.<br>
>><br>
>> 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.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Dave Flynn<br>
>> Oxford V.U.E., Inc.<br>
>> office <a href="tel:%28626%29%20256-6557" value="+16262566557">(626) 256-6557</a><br>
>> cell <a href="tel:%28626%29%20893-6654" value="+16268936654">(626) 893-6654</a><br>
>> <a href="mailto:dflynn@oxfordvue.com">dflynn@oxfordvue.com</a><br>
>><br>
>><br>
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>> On Apr 22, 2013, at 3:11 PM, Tux Lab <<a href="mailto:project.tuxlab@gmail.com">project.tuxlab@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>>> I'm gathering parts to build a 3d printer and I am wondering if anyone<br>
>>> has leads on where to find steppers and power supplies that are made<br>
>>> in "free" countries as oppose to "non-free" countries like China,<br>
>>> Saudi Arabia, and Russia.<br>
>>><br>
>>> The recommended power supply has a 12V/30A rating. The steppers are<br>
>>> nema17s. Gecko has the nema17 88oz-in stepper at ~$45ea. while the<br>
>>> nema23 280 oz-in are $55ea for 4.<br>
>>><br>
>>> thanks,<br>
>>><br>
>>> John<br>
>>><br>
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