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Re: What COTS parts would you like to see?

Mostly spacers, standoffs, and more shaft selection.

Spacers
  • 1/4 Threaded spacer for 1/8" and 1/16" 1x1 and 2x1 Al tube
  • Delrin spacers for 3/8" hex and 1/2" and 3/8" round

Standoffs
  • Common standoffs availble through Vex/AM/WCP to save on McMaster orders
  • Round and hex variants

Shafts
  • Thunderhex-style 3/8" hex with bore and similar variants for 1/2" and 3/8" round
  • Some grinding on the thunderhex to improve fit with hex bearings
  • Perhaps some steel variants of the current thunderhex/bored round shaft

Also, a more robust option for VP encoders. As mentioned above, plastic would be nice, but the boards and wires themselves need some sort of reinforcement.
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