what are some other companies similar to mcmaster carr

not grainger btw

1/21/2007 2:56:21 PM

msc

1/21/2007 2:58:02 PM

fastenal?

1/21/2007 3:08:36 PM

Depends on what you want.

I love how McMaster-Carr is so damn expensive. I ordered about 1500 dolla's worth of stuff from them Friday. Crazy, I tell ya.

1/21/2007 3:47:17 PM

im needing to make a cable operated, indexable, sliding actuator capable of exerting between 2 and 7 lbs of pressure, with between .25" and 1.5" of movement

so im looking for both raw materials or premade parts that i could use

mcmaster prob has everthing ill need but i just wanted to get some other ideas

thanks guys

1/21/2007 4:17:30 PM

the real question:

is the money coming out of your pocket?

1/21/2007 5:04:23 PM

the real answer:

yes

1/21/2007 5:18:39 PM

what you buildin?

1/21/2007 8:35:23 PM

Quote :

"im needing to make a cable operated, indexable, sliding actuator capable of exerting between 2 and 7 lbs of pressure, with between .25" and 1.5" of movement"

Indexable, as in with defined detents? Like Shimano's bicycle shifters?

What are you makin'...a remote trigger actuator for yer gun or something?

1/21/2007 10:47:51 PM

Quote :

"What are you makin'...a remote trigger actuator for yer gun or something?"

thats exactly what it sounds like

1/21/2007 11:06:20 PM

yall are both correct, im using some old bike parts to make a remote trigger release for the benchtop rifle

1/22/2007 8:51:21 AM

linear solenoid? definately cheap $60 for push pull type continous duty 6.5#

most true linear actuators are gonna run in the $200-$500 range no matter where you get them from

1/22/2007 9:41:40 AM

ohh yea, i think i know what you're talking about

i was just looking for the materials to build a small mechanical one myself

basically have it clamp on the trigger frame/ stock, with the cable pull coming from the rear, with tracks on either side to slide a trigger actuator (could be as simple as a bar resting on the trigger itself) and the spring(s) to return the mechanism to the rest position

well thats the simplified version of what im lookin to build anyways

1/22/2007 10:45:06 AM

http://www.mcmaster.com/

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1/22/2007 12:01:20 PM

^answer your pm's damn it.

1/22/2007 3:05:55 PM