gears etc

leftcoastminis · Post by **leftcoastminis** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 8:31 am

Where do you get the gears, tiny screws, nuts and bolts etc that people use when building these tiny cars

like the gears on the tttt's?
I was looking @ the hardware store for bolts but the smallest they had was about 1/8" width
thanks

honda_s2000 · Post by **honda_s2000** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 2:55 pm

Most of the time you won't be needing bolts or screws, when building something like a TTTT, you'll use different types of glues, and maybe some foam tape, or even 'blu-tak to hold the body on.

As for the gears, they can be bought a few places on-line, for TTTT gears, hit www.tttt-parts.org the owner understands English well, though you are ordering from Germany. They accept paypal, too.

ibjamn · Post by **ibjamn** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 10:39 pm

If you really want to use screws, get an old portable electronic item (walkman, cd player, car radio, video cass. recorder, etc.), and disassemle it. Lots of small screws in them, and you might find some useful gears, Even worm gears. But most of the gears are fairly big for micro stuff.
Oh yeah. You'll need the micro drill set, like the RS one, to predrill holes.

steelwoolghandi · Post by **steelwoolghandi** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 10:46 pm

I get all my small screws and nuts and such at Fry's electronics. Most places that sell electronic items sell small screws and nuts. I even bought a small driver that will even take appart the cell phones with star drivers.

betty.k · Post by **betty.k** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 12:32 am

Where do you get the gears, tiny screws, nuts and bolts etc that people use when building these tiny cars Confused
like the gears on the tttt's?

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PUBE JOOLZ · Post by **PUBE JOOLZ** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 9:05 am

I usually get my small screws from busted hard disks. I have an occassional hobby of dissecting hard disks or motherboards.