Low cost components

[lemiant]

High Guys,

I'm on a pre-rookie team and me and my teacher advisor are looking to get training underway. We plan to break students into groups of 5 and guide them in producing a rolling chassis. This will result in us building 6 chassis's and a single drag and drop control system. This will however get very expensive. We are looking for ways to decrease the costs. We live in Canada and unfortunately the closest thing we have to McMaster is Princess Auto. So I'm wondering if you people know of good places to get bearings for plaction wheels and cheaper steel versions of AM sprockets (mounting holes and all).

Also, many teams have accumulate extra KOP parts over the years and if they would be willling to sell them to us on the cheap we would be very greatful. We are looking for:

• Toughboxes
• CIMs
• Plaction-ey Wheels (for example IFI wheels are good too).
• Contol system parts, especially victors (but also the old cRIO or any othe parts))

PS do plaction wheels only take flanged bearings or can we put the bearings that come in the kit for the sky way wheels in?