Robotics & CNC / CNC

You have a stepper motor, but you need to attach it to your CNC project, eh? Not so easy if you don't have a stepper motor mount just like this fine one here! This mount will fit any NEMA-17 motor (with 31mm hole spacing) with four screws. There are two 30mm long slots, 30mm apart so you can easily attach it. Made of steel with welded 90-degree support triangles, its got a solid construction Comes with one mount and a bag of hardware...

Timing belts are a fantastic way to transfer rotational motion (from a stepper motor) into linear motion (along a rail) and these GT2 belts are excellent for the task. They have a special profile with rounded teeth which reduces backlash. Often used for precision 3D printers and CNC machines. This belt is 1164mm long (582 teeth on a 2mm tooth pitch) and is 6mm wide. It comes in a loop but you can of course cut it down if you need a shorter...

For precise motion control, GT2 belts and pulleys offer excellent precision at a great price. This pulley is meant for use with GT2 6mm wide belts only - MXL belts will slip due to the different tooth profile. This pulley has 20 teeth, and a 5mm inner bore. Two set screws can be used to attach it firmly to any 5mm diameter shaft such as one of our stepper motors. Full aluminum construction means these are very light and very durable. Aluminum...

For precise motion control, GT2 belts and pulleys offer excellent precision at a great price. This pulley is meant for use with GT2 6mm wide belts only - MXL belts will slip due to the different tooth profile. This pulley has 36 teeth, and a 5mm inner bore. Two set screws can be used to attach it firmly to any 5mm diameter shaft such as our stepper motors. Full aluminum construction means these are very light and very durable. Aluminum GT2...

Connect this to that with a set-screw coupler. These couplers are made of machined aluminum and have a spiral cut that makes them slightly flexible so they can be fit to two shafts even if they are not perfectly co-linear and will help reduce binding effects. The way they're cut, they're a little springy in the X Y & Z linear axis but not in the rotational axis. That means that you won't get increased backlash - so they're...

If you have an 8mm linear rail, you'll want to give it a bit of guidance and support to help it through the day. Sometimes a good word and a pat on the back is all you need, but when that's not enough, use a pair of these aluminum cast rail supports! Usable with any 8mm linear guide, you can simply slide the rail through, then tighten the clamp screw at the top to fix it in place. Then use up to 6mm diameter bolts to attach them. If you...

For precise motion control, GT2 belts and pulleys offer excellent precision at a great price. This pulley is meant for use with GT2 6mm wide belts only - MXL belts will slip due to the different tooth profile. This pulley has 20 teeth, and a 8mm inner bore. Two set screws can be used to attach it firmly to any 8mm diameter shaft. Full aluminum construction means these are very light and very durable. Aluminum GT2 Timing Pulley - 6mm Belt - 20...

Make your robot or CNC move on rails super fast with a linear bearing platform. The platform is 34mm x 30mm and has four holes tapped for M4 machine screws so you can attach pretty much anything you want. All you need to get started is two 8mm supports and a precision-ground 8mm rod. Often times, CNC projects will have two of these on opposite sides to support a larger platform. Comes as a single bearing. We have a bunch of bearings, supports...

Connect this to that with a set-screw coupler. These couplers are made of machined aluminum and have a spiral cut that makes them slightly flexible so they can be fit to two shafts even if they are not perfectly co-linear and will help reduce binding effects. The way they're cut, they're a little springy in the X Y & Z linear axis but not in the rotational axis. That means that you won't get increased backlash - so they're suitable for precision...

Do the CNC electric-slide! To the left, now to the right. Now you have no excuse for not building that CNC robot. This is a 'supported style' 15mm wide slide rail makes adding linear motion control easy. This product is the slide rail itself only, it works perfectly with our 15mm Diameter Rail Smaller Slider and the 15mm Diameter Rail Larger Slider. Made of a precision stainless-steel precision railing. It is possible to cut it down to...

Connect this to that with a set-screw coupler. These couplers are made of machined aluminum and have a spiral cut that makes them slightly flexible so they can be fit to two shafts even if they are not perfectly co-linear and will help reduce binding effects. The way they're cut, they're a little springy in the X Y & Z linear axis but not in the rotational axis. That means that you won't get increased backlash - so they're suitable for precision...

For precise motion control, GT2 belts and pulleys offer excellent precision at a great price. This pulley is meant for use with GT2 6mm wide belts only - MXL belts will slip due to the different tooth profile. This pulley has 36 teeth, and a 8mm inner bore. Two set screws can be used to attach it firmly to any 8mm diameter shaft. Full aluminum construction means these are very light and very durable. Aluminum GT2 Timing Pulley - 6mm Belt - 36...

Rollin' rollin' rollin', you can now roll around smooth as silk with these radial bearings. Often referred to as "skate bearings" They're good for supporting a rotating rod or as a wheel hub. However, these are higher quality, meant for continuous use so they'll last longer than cheap skateboard bearings. Ideal for use in your CNC project or robot. Standard 608ZZ sizing, which means they're 22mm outer diameter,...

Make your robot or CNC move on our 15mm Supported Slide Rail with this sliding ball-bearing platform. The slider is 60mm x 35mm and has four holes tapped for M4 machine screws so you can attach pretty much anything you want. This slider has a plastic interior with circulating ball bearings to make it slide smoothly along the railing. The platform won't come off the railing once attached. It's also fairly well supported due to the...

This linear ball bearing is sort of the opposite of the radial ball bearings you may be familiar with. Its intended to slide along an 8mm linear shaft, rather than rotate around it. These are very slim, and good for when you want to attach a motion carriage onto a railing without adding a lot of weight. These are very basic bearings, they're meant for a stepper-motion controlled setup so they're not ultra-smooth. They're best used...

Make your robot or CNC move on our 15mm Supported Slide Rail with this sliding ball-bearing platform. The slider is a bit larger than the other slider we carry for the 15mm wide supported slide rail. This slider platform is 60mm x 47mm and has four holes on the outside tapped for M4 machine screws so you can attach pretty much anything you want. This slider has a plastic interior with circulating ball bearings to make it slide smoothly along the...

Make your robot or CNC move on our Aluminum Slide Rail with this sliding linear ball-bearing platform AKA pillow block. The slider is 39mm x 36mm and has four holes tapped for M5 machine screws so you can attach pretty much anything you want. This slider has a plastic interior with small metal ball bearings to make it slide easily and smoothly. The platform won't come off the railing but it does rotate a bit around so for best stability, use...

Whaddya got a screw loose or something? This 3/8" to 1/4" Adapter Screw is super handy if you're building projects that connect to a tripod or a camera. It's a simple fix for getting a tripod with a 1/4" machine screw fastened onto a camera with a 3/8" thread nut. It's also very handy when 3D printing an enclosure that will connect to a camera/tripod because you can make a 3/8" hole and then glue this in....

This small and useful Shoe Mount / Bracket lets you take something with a 1/4" machine screw (standard in video/photo work) and turn it into a 'shoe mount'! It's very handy for mounting LED photo lights (as seen in our example), flash adapters, video displays, radio slaves or virtually any type of shoe-mounted device. Great for use with our adjustable shoe-mounted pan tilt. Most photo equipment you'll find these days is...

This  Swivel-Head Pan-Tilt (PTZ) Shoe Mount Adapter  allows you to attach something with standard 1/4" machine screw mount to a camera's shoe mount,  with free range of motion! Loosen the side screw and the ball-joint is free to move all around, then tighten it back up to keep your gear in place! Great for camera, video or robotics projects where you want a basic adjustable pan-tilt.

Whaddya got a screw loose or something? This is an industry standard 1/4" Photo Screw with a handy D-ring for tightening purposes. This will fit standard tripods, cameras, photo lights and more. The D-ring flips up to make it very easy to adjust by hand

"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication" - Leonardo da Vinci This 1/4" screw to 1/4" screw is very simple but you'll find it an essential adapter for video/photo contstruction projects. This little screw connector is the glue, bringing together products that are meant for each other. Like a Shoe Mount / Bracket to it's LED photo lights or a Swivel-Head PTZ Mount Adapter to the top of a camera! The...

A stepper motor to satisfy all your robotics needs! This 4-wire bipolar stepper has 1.8° per step for smooth motion and a nice holding torque. The motor was specified to have a max current of 350mA so that it could be driven easily with an Adafruit motor shield for Arduino (or other motor driver) and a wall adapter or lead-acid battery. Some nice details include a ready-to-go cable and a machined drive shaft (so you can easily attach stuff)....

This tiny stepper motor is the same quality and step-size as the big NEMA-17's we stock, but so cute so it will work with compact CNC builds. This 4-wire bipolar stepper has 1.8° per step for smooth motion and a nice holding torque. The motor was specified to have a max current of 600mA so that it could be driven easily with an Adafruit motor shield for Arduino, Motor Bonnet for Raspberry Pi or our Feather Motor controller & and a...

These  NEMA-23 Size Stepper Motors come to us from X-Carve, they're used by folks to make CNC machines so they're very strong, fast and reliable. In the X-Carve, these run the three axes on their routing machine and have pulleys pre-attached (see datasheet for the pulley specification). For wiring, there's a snap-in wiring harness This 4-wire bipolar stepper has 1.8° per step for smooth motion and nice holding torque. The...

The TinyG project is a high performance, USB based CNC 6-axis controller that supports XYZ linear and ABC rotary axes with 4 motor outputs. It is designed for small CNC applications and other applications that require highly controllable motion control. TinyG is meant to be a complete embedded solution for small or medium motor control. Main Features: Full, integrated motion control system with embedded microcontroller (Atmel ATxmega192) and 4...

Create your very own Arduino-controlled 3-axis CNC machine with the gShield. The gShield for Arduino (formerly known as grblShield) is a complete hardware solution for Dank’s CNC motion control system called grbl. The gShield is compatible with the Uno and other 328p versions of the Arduino development platform. Version 5 is now compatible with running TinyG on the Arduino Due. The v5 power jumper simply allows the gShield to be run as a...

Make your robot or CNC move on rails super fast with a linear bearing platform. The platform is 34mm x 58mm and has four holes tapped for M4 machine screws so you can attach pretty much anything you want. All you need to get started is two 8mm supports and a precision-ground 8mm rod. Often times, CNC projects will have two of these on opposite sides to support a larger platform. Comes as a single bearing. We have a bunch of bearings, supports...

Do the CNC electric-slide! To the left, now to the right. Now you have no excuse for not building that CNC robot. This supported 12mm diameter slide rail makes adding linear motion control easy. This product is the slide rail itself that works perfectly with our 12mm Diameter Rail Slider. Made of an aluminum base and a stainless-steel precision railing bonded/welded on permanently, its exactly 30mm x 28mm and 600mm long. It is possible to cut it...