Robo-One Parts

I could not find the patterns, but I made some of my own, bought some large avery labels, printed them out, stuck them on some aluminum stock and made my cuts. The idea is good, but the reality of implementation is difficult. Even using a center punch for the drill holes and a vice mount metal break for the bends, I found it almost impossible to get accurate spacing and bends. I ended up taking my home made parts to a local sheet metal fab shop and having them make them for me. Things improved greatly my home versions when I bought a Roland MDX-15 desktop mill. (read as $$$) You still have to make the bends though. In order to get very accurate bends, I used the mill to etch a .001 inch groove to guide the bend. I now have VERY accurate parts. Still they are labor intensive and if I can get the fab shop to do it real cheap like then that is still a better way for me to go.

--Steve

Here's another supplier for the HiTech and other Servos. Looks like they give a discount for purchases of 4 or more servos. Prices look pretty good but they don't have a price listed yet for the HS-5995TG.

Forget about emachineshop.com, they are total idiots.

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Thanks for the info + links, Bob!