Unipolar Nema 17 steppers?

[David Knaack]

I'm looking for 3 *unipolar* (6 wire) Nema 17 steppers.

I can ebay them for about $40 including shipping, anybody know of a better deal?

[David Knaack]

Oops, $50, I miscalculated shipping.

$16 each isn't bad, but I thought I'd check around.

[Eric Kaplan]

Is there any sort of industrial surplus supply around the metro area?

On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 10:54 AM, David Knaack <david...@gmail.com> wrote:

I'm looking for 3 *unipolar* (6 wire) Nema 17 steppers.

I can ebay them for about $40 including shipping, anybody know of a better deal?

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Eric J. Kaplan                                       

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[David Knaack]

The only one I know of is Surplus Center, and they don't carry stuff that small.

[Kevin Fusselman]

Based on their website or past experience?

My experience with SC is that they have whatever they've got...

[David Knaack]

<Sheldon>That's a semantically null sentence.</Sheldon>

[Tyler Swain]

I would check www.electronicsurplus.com, it’s kind of the same boat, they have what they have, but what they have is constantly changing, and I have found some amazing deals and always been treated very well when ordering from them.

[Eric Kaplan]

Haha!

[David Knaack]

They have a nice collection of steppers, but most of them are priced far out of the realm of hobby use. Looks like they are aiming mostly at the 'old machine repair' market, where the product price is controlled by the limited availability of OEM parts and the replacement cost of the machines that use them.

[Tyler Swain]

I recently ordered 200 pager motors from them, picked them up for 68 cents per unit, by far the best price I’ve been able to find.  I’ve also used them in the past for things like 3v hobby motors.

[Kevin Fusselman]

Bristle bots?

[Tyler Swain]

Bristle bots and scribble machines,  although after tinkering with the pager motors with the scribble machines I prefer using a hobby motor with a chunk of glue stick to off set it.