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- From: nagle@netcom.com (John Nagle)
- Subject: Re: Inexpensive modeling kit
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.030448.2373@netcom.com>
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- References: <1993Jan19.174435.27423@ringer.cs.utsa.edu> <1993Jan20.011939.26636@Princeton.EDU>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 03:04:48 GMT
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- ajackson@ernie.Princeton.EDU (Andrew William Jackson) writes:
- >In article <1993Jan19.174435.27423@ringer.cs.utsa.edu> johnny@ennex5.eng.utsa.edu (Johnny Roberts) writes:
- >> Hello all
- >>
- >> I am wondering if anyone can point me towards an inexpensive way
- >>to construct mechanism models for study purposes? I am an M.E. student
- >>currently taking some mech design classes, and am beginning to think how
- >>handy an "expert" version of something like an erector set would be.
-
- There's Erector and Lego, of course, which you get at the local
- Toys-R-Us. Beyond that, there are precision mechanical breadboarding
- kits from Berg (516-599-5010), consisting of slotted breadboards,
- gears, mounting brackets, shafts, hangars, etc, packaged in a nice
- leather carrying case with felt-lined slots for the parts.
- Not cheap; prices start around $1000 and go to $3000, but you get
- 500 to 2000 precision parts in the kit. These are serious machined
- parts, not stampings. You can also order
- parts as needed from the Berg catalog, of course. Other useful
- suppliers include Stock Drive Products (516-328-3300) and Small Parts, Inc.
- Get the catalogs; they're free. Gives you a good sense of what's available
- off-the-shelf.
-
- Comparable kits for optical prototyping exist, from Edmund
- Scientific and Oriel. Not cheap either, but again, you can order what
- you need if you don't need a whole kit.
-
- John Nagle
-
- John Nagle
-