I'm not entirely sure, but I've been using MXL belt size pulleys (google or mcmaster for more info)
the Z pulley size doesnt matter much so long as they are all the same size, but the X and Y need to be small (basically just a bit bigger than the 8mm rod they fit on.) i'm using this pulley from mcmaster on the X and Y: 1375K29
it needs to be drilled out a bit, but it definitely works. there are also what appear to be gear blanks in the sourceforge download of the cartesian bot under the 'gear molds', already in STL format.