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Originally Posted by jwancura
ok, so I've been looking at these West Coast drives forever, but I still can't figure out where the bearing blocks for the wheels come from. Are they an off the shelf part you can get from mcmaster by any chance? My team has no milling whatsoever so I'm stuck with finding parts from a store.
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If your team has no machining resources a West Coast Drive is not a good option. If you have even basic manual mills available, it can be done very easily and simply; but if you don't have that, it will be much more difficult than other possible base designs.
I'd suggest looking into using the KOP frame (it really is awesome) if you have no resources, or try finding some resources. Opening a phonebook/google maps and calling machine shops will surprise you with the results. You'll see that there are both more local shops than you probably think, and more are more willing to help than you probably think.