<div dir="auto"><div>Thank you for the offer Winston. At the weekend I ordered 2m of black GT2 belt, a tensioner, and three GT2 pulleys in different sizes. I'll use that for the next test.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I have 6 windows in one room, two of which are very wide. In total I need about 12m of white belt, so I was going to order 10m and 5m lengths from Banggood, and the appropriately-sized pulleys.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">The pulleys are usually bored to 5mm diameter but the motor I have has a 6mm diameter shaft. I can drill them out on a lathe no problem.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I should probably start a new thread, as this is now getting tangential to whatever Banggood is up to.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Thanks,</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Andrew<br><div class="gmail_extra" dir="auto"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sep 25, 2017 3:20 PM, "Winston Wealleans" <<a href="mailto:winstonhw@clear.net.nz">winstonhw@clear.net.nz</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">How much do you need?<br>
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I have some white 2.5 toothed belting, 6 or 8 strand stainless wire reinforced with matching toothed pulleys. Pulleys bored fit Nema 17 stepper motors.<br>
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At 10:00 AM 25-09-17, you wrote:<br>
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Thanks everyone. I'll start using them.<div class="quoted-text"><br>
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As I said, I have never had a problem with DX, it's just that they aren't stocking the esoteric items I'm looking for.<br>
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At the moment I am looking for GT2 belt (as used in 3D printers) in white, because I am going to use it for automatic curtains, and black would look bad.<br>
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DX has 10m in black (only) for $8, BG has it in white for $12. DX has no stock of the GT2 pulleys, BG has all the popular variants.<br>
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I have also noticed a few guys on TradeMe are reselling a lot of the cool modules, parts, and tools that you see on the Chinese sites. I ordered some black GT2 belt and some pulleys for more testing. I'll get them in a couple of days, but they're more expensive of course.<br>
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I tried using builder's line. It doesn't stretch but I can't get the tension I want. I tried fishing line, but it does stretch, and I found it snarling up on the drive pulley.<br>
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Thanks,<br>
<br>
Andrew<div class="quoted-text"><br>
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On Sep 24, 2017 10:46 PM, "Chris Hellyar" <<mailto:<a href="mailto:chris@trash.co.nz" target="_blank">chris@trash.co.nz</a>><a href="mailto:chris@trash.co.nz" target="_blank">chr<wbr>is@trash.co.nz</a>> wrote:<br>
Evening..<br>
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I've bought a few bits and bobs off Banggood. I'd rate they above<br>
DX.com for service/shipping by a country mile. They have also responded<div class="quoted-text"><br>
quite well the two times I've had a query, although it took a couple of<br>
days but I imagine their service/support folks are pretty busy.<br>
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Cheers, Chris H.<br>
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On 24/09/17 19:09, Andrew Errington wrote:<br>
> Hello everyone,<br>
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> Has anyone used banggood? I never have as I usually shop at<div class="quoted-text"><br>
> DealExtreme, but I am finding more often that they're out of stock<br>
> (generally permanently) or just don't have all the things, and that<br>
> banggood keeps popping up as an alternative when doing a wider search.<br>
><br>
> If you have used the site, what are your opinions?<br>
><br>
> Thanks,<br>
><br>
> Andrew<br>
><br>
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