Stockpile

[ChuckDickerson]

Hardware:
6-32, 8-32, 10-32, ¼-20, 3/8-16 Nuts/Bolts (Hex Cap Screws (G8), SHCS, BHCS, FHCS) (3/8” to ~3” long) – Hex Nuts, Nylocks, Wing Nuts, Coupling Nuts, Aluminum ¼-20 stuff, etc.

Spacers – Mostly #10 & ¼” ID (1/16”, 1/8”, 3/16”, ¼”, 5/16”, 3/8”, ½”, 5/8”, ¾”, 1”) – Some #4, #6, #8, 3/8”, ½” ID, lots of VexPro ½” Hex in all lengths

Rivets (up to ¼” diameter)
Wood/deck screws
Velcro
Zip Ties
Duct Tape (lots of colors)
Electrical Tape
VHB Tape
Hose Clamps
All Thread (mostly ¼-20, some 10-24 & 3/8-16)
Grippy Stuff (drawer liner, vet wrap, stick tape stuff)
Stretchy Stuff (latex tubing, tarp straps, bungee cords, etc.)
Hinges (various)
Clips
Pins
Cable/Wire Rope
Pulleys
Springs
Generally a hardware store…


Raw Materials:
Aluminum (6061):
Flat Bar(1/8” thick x .5, .625, .75, 1, 1.25, 1.5, 1.75, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 6 wide)
Angle (1/8” x .75, 1, 1.25, 1.5, 1.75, 2 wide)
Channel (various - usually 6063)
Box Tube (1/16 & 1/8 wall x 1x1, 1x2, 1.5x3, etc.)
Round Bar (.25, .375, .5, .625, .75, 1, 1.125, 1.25, 1.5) (some in 7075 as well)
Hex Bar (.375, .5, .625, .75, 1)
Round Tube (1/4, 3/8, and ½ ID thin wall stuff to make spacers, etc.)

Plastics:
Polycarbonate/Lexan Sheets (0.030”, 0.040”, 1/16”, 1/8”, ¼”) in 2’x’4 panels and some 4’x8’ sheets
Some UHMW, Delrin, HDPE in bars and rounds, etc.
PVC Pipe (various sizes)

Wood:
Plywood & Dimensional Lumber (2x4’s, etc.)

80/20 10 Series:
1010 T-slot extrusion
T-Nuts (single, double, triple)
Plates, angles, linear slides, hinges, etc.

80/20 QuickFrame Series:
9000 Tube
Lots of the plastic connectors in all varieties


Electrical/Electronics:
Wire – Red/Black, Zip Wire – 10, 12, 14, 16, 18 AWG, #6 Red/Black
Yellow/Green Twisted CAN Bus Wire
PWM Cables (various lengths)
Wire Loom, Spiral Wrap, Panduit Type Plastic Wire Channel
Anderson PowerPoles by the truck load (15A, 30A, 45A, Red/Black Housings)
Ferrules
CAN Bus connectors
Wire Terminals (male/female quick disconnect, ring, etc., red/blue/yellow wire gauges)
Ethernet cables (short ones like 6”, 12”, 18” for the robot)
Circuit Breakers (120A Main, 20A, 30A, 40A)
Anderson SB50 Battery connectors & associated bits and pieces (lugs for PD board, etc.)
Heat shrink – Red and Black – tiny to ~1” on spools
Speed Controllers (Talons, etc.)
PD Boards
VRMs
PCMs
RoboRIO (at least one spare)
Radios (a spare or two)
USB & Ethernet Cameras
Switches (various – toggle, button, lever, magnet, etc.)
Sensors (encoders, sonar/maxbotics, IR, etc.)
Batteries


Pneumatics:
Compressors
Air Tanks
Solenoids
Regulators
Pressure Relief Valves
Pressure Gauges
Nason Switches
Dump Valves
Air Line/Tubing
Endless Brass and Push-In Fittings (in every possible configuration)
Pneumatic Cylinders (as many sizes as we can – ¾”, 1-1/16”, 1-1/5” bore mostly – various lengths)


Mechanical:
Motors (CIM, Mini-CIM, BAG, 775Pro, BB550, AM 9015, AM PG, Window Motors, Snow Blower, Van-Door, etc.)
Gearboxes (as many as we can, ToughBoxes, ToughBox Nanos, ToughBox Minis, CIMPle Boxes, VersaPlanetaries (lots), Vex Ball Shifters, etc.)
Wheels – (4”/6”/8” – AM & VEX, traction, pneumatic, mecanum, Colsen, Banebots, etc.)
Hubs (AM & Vex, round bore, hex bore, bearing bore, etc.)
Bearings & Bushings (Radial, Thrust, Flanged, ¼”, 3/8”, ½”, 5/8” ID, hex bore, roller/ball bearing & bronze bushings, etc.)
Shaft collars and couplings (3/8” & ½” ID mostly, round and hex bore)
Acme lead screws & matching nuts – fast lead/multi-start
Lots of various 20DP gears in steel and aluminum to prototype with
#25 & #35 roller chain and sprockets (lots of various sizes)
HTD type belts and pulleys (lots of various sizes)
Lazy Suzans/Turn Tables (I’m not sure why)


Pretty much everything AndyMark and Vex Pro sell plus seemingly half of what McMaster-Carr sells at some point or other.