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10-21-2009, 07:58 AM
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| Suck it up!   Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Arkansas
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I live in BFE, so no plastic supply shop. There are a few plastic component mfg's, but trying to talk to someone there about thier scraps is nearly impossible (I've tried).
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10-21-2009, 10:24 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: four o six
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thanks Eritex and Duuuuuude... your guys Fastenal must be way bigger than our POS store here...its in a hole in the wall that is maybe 80 x 80 room with like 5 shelves in it and the people that work there are COMPLETE morons..went in the other day (cause it was close to the job site) as asked for white flag markers...she had no idea what I wanted....I pointed to the crap load hanging on the wall and she just giggled and wanted to know what I was using them for...our store sucks.... |
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10-21-2009, 10:51 PM
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Mine has a fair amount of stuff, though I can't say I was blown away when I first went in there. Doesn't sound like its much bigger than yours though. The people that work there seem to be on the ball, which makes a world of difference.
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10-22-2009, 08:44 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Central KY
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10-22-2009, 12:39 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Cary, NC
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There are a couple of fastenals that are near me and they have no idea what Delrin or acetal are. They ask me if I have a part# for the rod and maybe they can help me. Does anyone have the fastenal part# for 5/16,3/8, or1/4 inch rod? Thanks, Neil |
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10-22-2009, 01:18 PM
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| Pebble Pounder  Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: tulsa oklahoma
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The 1/4" is 0955850. I just went by my fastenal today, they didn't know what it was but took the time to look it up for me, said they would have to order it... So I just ordered it from McMasterCarr |
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10-22-2009, 03:11 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Over a rock and under a bridge
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Why buy and use acetal when seaboard is just as good if not better. It's 1/3 of the cost and does not absorb moisture and is just as slippy. The only draw back is that it's only comes in white. This stuff is cheap: http://www.tapplastics.com/shop/product.php?pid=344& my two pieces of 3"x12"x3/8" was only $5. compare the prices of acetal: http://www.tapplastics.com/shop/product.php?pid=337& to the above link, more for less. |
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10-22-2009, 04:39 PM
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10-22-2009, 04:57 PM
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10-22-2009, 07:18 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Rancho Relaxo. California. USA. Earth.
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Polyethylene also seems to gouge easier than acetal in skid duties
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10-22-2009, 08:07 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Earth
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FYI guys, if you had prices from say...another supplier that is perhaps not local to you, you can take that to fastenal and if they are anything like my local store they will try their best to beat the price. They have taken all of the business I was sending to McMaster along with a few bulk vendors.
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10-23-2009, 09:19 AM
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Hmm, good idea, thanks Don!
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10-26-2009, 06:56 AM
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i get all the delrin i want from my wifes dad. its all scrap to his company, ive gotten pieces as big as 1 in thick by 6 feet long. it takes a while to cut it all down but hey its free!
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10-26-2009, 07:01 PM
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well fastenal called to come pick up my delrin today and they cant get any acetol, my 3/8 x 48" rod was shipped uh 3/8 x 12 inches. all totaled was 27.00 and change when I ordered it and 36.89 when i picked it up today without my 3/8 x 48" . so all I can say is small buyers beware the handling and shipping was expensive on something they should have in stock. just another scammin type deal i guess, never never never again...
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10-26-2009, 08:58 PM
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Fastenal is WAY overpriced! On everything. Try RTL fasteners. Your welcome.  |
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10-26-2009, 09:58 PM
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10-29-2009, 09:30 AM
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Online Metals carries several different kinds of acetal, the delrin (black) stuff is 44 cents a foot for 1/4" and 76 cents a foot for 3/8" with no minimum order. The 1/4" X 12" X 12" plate is about $22. I also get tool steel, aluminum, titainium, brass etc from them because it you need 1" of 3/4" stainless steel rod they'll sell it to you for 76 cents, instead of making you buy 3 feet of it for $20. They do a have minimums on some things (like acetal plate is 12" x 12" minimum size) but most of what us crawlers normally use you get get by the inch. The service is great and the shipping is fast and reasonable. Thier web site also has tons of information about the types of materials. They sell tons of stuff I had never heard of, including 3 crazy expensive composite forms of acetal. Here's the site. http://www.onlinemetals.com/merchant...=2&top_cat=181 |
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10-29-2009, 09:43 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Canada, eh.
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I'll second the plastics suppliers, if you have one in your area. I get all my Delrin/acetal pretty much for free, as I'm usually picking up other items (like 4'x8' sheets of lexan for cheap!) and they just throw in the scraps. Saves them having to haul them to the dump  !
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10-29-2009, 11:56 AM
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Tried your RTL recommendation,and came up with nothing. There is always www.smallparts.com also...Good selection of metals and plastics in sheets or rods...Good prices too! I have just been dealing with Fastenal though since I have a store in my town. Last edited by Jeepial; 10-29-2009 at 12:03 PM. | |
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11-03-2009, 08:33 AM
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great thread- My old housemate was a plastics salesman and brought home tons of samples & scrap (urethane, acrylics, nylon, etc in all shapes & sizes). He left most of it when he moved. I've been using it now and again, and used some unknown black plastic sheet for the skidplate on my buggy. I had heard folks talking about Delrin, but this stuff was what I had on hand. It was hard, ridgid, slippery, & machined well, so I figured it was almost as good as Delrin. The other day, I was cutting a piece out of a sheet of it, that had been buried in the scrap bin, when I noticed a small sticker with 'acetal' hand writen on it. I thought nothing of it, but figured that was the type of plasic it is. thanks to this thread for the education!  |
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