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Source for pulleys?

Posted by peqo

peqo

Source for pulleys?
January 15, 2012 09:53PM

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Following this guide: [reprap.org]

I wanted to buy these pulleys, but they are out of stock. Anyone know of another source of good, inexpensive pulleys?

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Lanthan

Re: Source for pulleys?
January 16, 2012 06:06AM

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eBay is your friend. Mainly two sources, alminium sheet from HK and milled massive aluminium from Bulgaria
(for some unknown reason searches in the .com domain provide many more interesting hits than searches in the localized versions)

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nophead

Re: Source for pulleys?
January 16, 2012 08:29AM

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The aluminium ones fro HK don't fit T5 belt, the teeth are too thin so it gives loads of backlash.

[www.hydraraptor.blogspot.com]

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Lanthan

Re: Source for pulleys?
January 16, 2012 03:26PM

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nophead Wrote:
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> The aluminium ones fro HK don't fit T5 belt, the
> teeth are too thin so it gives loads of backlash.

This is important data. THX for the tip!
I am using the bulgarian ones, no problems so far (excepted an episode of loose X pullley because I hadn't secured the locking bolt with glue and the flat filed on the motor shaft was too small)

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DeuxVis

Re: Source for pulleys?
January 18, 2012 04:38AM

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Arrr ! Which I read this before mounting one of those HK pulley on my motor - especially since I had to glue it on the shaft as the locking bolt thread was dead. *facepalm*

If it actually have that default I'll probably have to dremel cut it off.

Thanks for the information.