Where is a good place to source gears from?

[Dingo]

Does anyonw know of a good place to get small hobby sized gears from?

Dick Smith and similar want like 20 for 6 little gears that don't do much and look pretty weak.

Ebay and google haven't divulged a multitude.

So does anyone know of a shop here or elsewhere that sells small plastic of steel gears at a reasonable price?

[Bones]

A good place would be the photo copier repair places. Those things are full of gears and usually they throw the whole thing.
Or even some printer repair places. Heaps of gears, shafts, belts and pulleys.

Bones

[Dingo]

hmm, your right!

And think of the fun getting the gears out, smash! smash! smash!


...........I'm off to the local repairers' dumpbin tomorrow then

[Dingo]

I found an old laser printer and yep, it had a motherload of really cool gears in it.

I also scored 2 stepper motors (one really big) and a nice 24V fan for my trouble.

Now I'm addicted to scanning the local classifieds for giveaway printers..........

I'll post some shots of the gears some time