I am looking to find the little plastic pulley wheels with bearings ( I think that is what they are ) such as the ones on the pac bay lathe. Has anyone found a source for these? I am trying to build a better mousetrap or rod lathe in this case and need to find these.
Thanks
Steve

Visit a hobby shop and look at the selection of model airplane wheels.

Steve-
Sponsor at left(SCHNEIDERS) has the support assemblies-wheels and all- if that helps. Chris

Steve,
Try shower door wheels at the hardware ?

They have a 2 different sizes at my local hardware store and a larger selection at the nearest Menards (big box home improvement store for those of you not in the upper midwest).

I was at Home Depot yesterday and they had nylon wheels with metal ball bearing hubs in the cabinet hardware section. These are used for replacements on sliding glass doors and are pretty heavy duty.
You would need to find some appropriate sized o-rings to fit in the grooves. They have a .25" hole and are ~1.25" in diameter.


Walt

Thanks for the ideas.... i never checked the cabinet section of home depot but I think that would work .

Steve

Steve; Your E-Mail is hidden so... Try here This is where I got the rollers I use. O-rings from the local auto parts or hardware

[www.smallparts.com]

or here

[www.savacable.com]



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/05/2008 07:38PM by Barry Thomas Sr.

Thanks again for all the help.