looking where to get 80/20 metal

[Chuck Glick]

McMaster has a large assortment of parts to choose from as well. Just search 80/20 on McMaster

Fast shipping, usually within a day or two depending on your local warehouse.

[Alex.Norton]

If you can't find an easy local distributer or might rather just use the web you can also look at their ebay store:

http://stores.ebay.com/8020-Inc-Garage-Sale

Its stuff that they can't sell commercially for one reason or another but is still more than good enough for any FIRST bot. You have to get a little lucky to get exactly what your looking for on there but if you keep an eye on it you can ussually get pretty much what you want.

[David Brinza]

Originally Posted by Alex.Norton

If you can't find an easy local distributer or might rather just use the web you can also look at their ebay store:

http://stores.ebay.com/8020-Inc-Garage-Sale

Its stuff that they can't sell commercially for one reason or another but is still more than good enough for any FIRST bot. You have to get a little lucky to get exactly what your looking for on there but if you keep an eye on it you can ussually get pretty much what you want.

I buy 80/20 quite often from this ebay site. Sometimes it's slightly used or custom cut extrusion. It's substantially cheaper than buying from a distributor. However, as stated above, it's "hit-or-miss" with regards to having in stock what you want or need.

[JudyVandy]

There's a distributor in the Allentown/Philly area that gives FIRST teams a discount of around 40% on it. I got the place through the 80/20 website.