Gotama Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 Well, I'm considering Ramos and I want to be able to make modular spiders by gluing the spiders to a cog or gear and the drilling a magnet into them. I'm having a hard time locating good clock parts or RC car that would be suitable in size. Has anyone ordered any from online? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imperial Arm Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 Not sure if this will help but I found it awhile ago and just order the grab bag off here. I'll let you know if its worth buying when it arrives but they also have single gears and stuff to buy. http://www.eebeads.com/_watchparts.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theHman Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 Did something very similar to what you are planning. Go to ebay and search for watch parts. Also, you might have more success gluing the magnet to the bottom of the spider and then gluing the watch part to your base. That's what I did and it works great. Got 9 of 'em like that so I can switch between swarms and single spiders without a hitch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenabrae Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 (edited) Another option depending on how cheaply you can source them is pulling apart wind up toys or those pull back/push cars from discount stores... usually the motors in those things contain a couple springs, 3-5 cogs, and some interesting gubbins. For my spiders I mounted them on the little metal disc that holds the wick inside a tea candle (perfect size and already a magnetic alloy so I only needed one magnet on the base) Edited June 9, 2011 by tenabrae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMac Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 Did something very similar to what you are planning. Go to ebay and search for watch parts. Also, you might have more success gluing the magnet to the bottom of the spider and then gluing the watch part to your base. That's what I did and it works great. Got 9 of 'em like that so I can switch between swarms and single spiders without a hitch. Just did a search for "gears" on eBay earlier today. It returned a few lots of various size watch parts for around $12 iirc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derv Posted June 9, 2011 Report Share Posted June 9, 2011 Hasslefree Miniatures sells bags (2g and 4g in weight) of various watch cogs/gears, or as they call them, Steampunk Parts They are a UK based company, http://www.hasslefreeminiatures.co.uk/pack.php?pack=2255 Their webstore is down at the moment, but hopefully back up soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeB Posted June 11, 2011 Report Share Posted June 11, 2011 Another inexpensive solution is to buy wire nuts from the hardware store and cut them into thin slices. The edges look like gear teeth when sliced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvatarForm Posted June 11, 2011 Report Share Posted June 11, 2011 Another option depending on how cheaply you can source them is pulling apart wind up toys or those pull back/push cars from discount stores... usually the motors in those things contain a couple springs, 3-5 cogs, and some interesting gubbins. For my spiders I mounted them on the little metal disc that holds the wick inside a tea candle (perfect size and already a magnetic alloy so I only needed one magnet on the base) This^^ You can also go into a Camera Shop/Photo processor and ask for the used dispposable cameras. They contain all sorts of funky gidgets ans gadgets... springs, cogs, wheels, circuitry... I have a heap of them which I hoped to use in an expanded Ramos crew and diorama, but I never got the time and ended up selling my Ramos crew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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