Who Sells Toy Gearboxes?

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troyalec Associate Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 36	Who Sells Toy Gearboxes? 05/01/2009 3:53 PM
	You know those toys you sometimes get in Happy Meals (I have kids) that you roll backwards for a short distance and when you let them go, they travel a long distance? Where can I get just the gearboxes that can do this neat trick? I am also interested in similar gearboxes that have a pull string. Either way, I have something I want to build that will take advantage of the short pull input with a long haul output. I seem to only be able to find these on a website in China. I send emails but they are never returned. Thanks.
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Bondy111 Guru Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Gloucestershire, England Posts: 962	#1 Re: Who sells toy gearboxes? 05/01/2009 4:02 PM
	If you need them in small quantites, salvage from toys (im sure your kids won't notice) + There may be some branding on the actual pull back motor itself. __________________ bondy111
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JohnDG Guru Join Date: May 2006 Location: Reading, Berkshire, UK. Going under cover. Posts: 9684 Good Answers: 468	#2 Re: Who Sells Toy Gearboxes? 05/01/2009 6:32 PM
	Got a nasty feeling you won't get a reply - unless you say you're after 250,000 as a first run, and flash some cash. Also doubt whether anyone in the western world still makes these things. Maybe there's a market for someone a bit run-down & scratching for work. Put a decent proposal together & find a small precision engineering company kicking it's heels (designers champing at the bit, but only managing to chew the ends off their pencils, and machinists killing time turning left-hand thread screws to mix in the box as "jokes"). You never know. __________________ "Love justice, you who rule the world" - Dante Alighieri
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duikerbok Power-User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: spain N38 39' E 00 3' and uk N52 14' W 00 54' Posts: 274 Good Answers: 3	#7 In reply to #2 Re: Who Sells Toy Gearboxes? 05/03/2009 6:16 AM
	You're probably correct about not still making them in the western world, or middle world as it is on my atlas. My first job as a student was assembling these using a fly press, in Northampton UK. It quickly taught you how to duck fast as the weight came swinging round. __________________ duikerbok
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RVZ717 Guru Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: City of Roses. Posts: 2056 Good Answers: 101	#3 Re: Who Sells Toy Gearboxes? 05/01/2009 6:38 PM
	I Agree with both previous posts. Your best option (unless running production) is most likely sitting in the bellies of the oh so many discarded toys in the bin at the local goodwill/secondhand store. __________________ Don't believe everything you read on the Internet!
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babybear Guru Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: USA/Europe Posts: 4547 Good Answers: 68	#4 Re: Who Sells Toy Gearboxes? 05/01/2009 11:34 PM
	Hello troyalec, try these:http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=safari&rls=en-us&ei=BL77SYyDK4e5jAed8ZSlAw&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=1&ct=result&cd=1&q=pull+back+wind-up+mechanism&spell=1 Have not checked the prices but these are just the mechanisms only as it is what I searched for . Take care and good luck. __________________ Take it easy, bb. >"HEAR & you FORGET<>SEE & you REMEMBER<>DO & you UNDERSTAND"<=$=\|O\|=$=>"Common Sense is Genius dressed in its Working Clothes"<>[Ralph Waldo Emerson]
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Anonymous Poster	#6 Re: Who Sells Toy Gearboxes? 05/02/2009 8:33 PM
	look for spring motors.As in key caddies,etc.Hook this to a gear train, and you have it.
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bob_ee_2003 Participant Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 1	#9 Re: Who Sells Toy Gearboxes? 05/04/2009 10:29 AM
	Try http://www.tamiya.com/english/kousaku/k_item/robocon.htm Also check out the ads in Servo Magazine.
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babybear Guru Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: USA/Europe Posts: 4547 Good Answers: 68	#10 In reply to #9 Re: Who Sells Toy Gearboxes? 05/04/2009 6:43 PM
	Hello bob__ee__2003, Just a note to say welcome, if this is your first visit? There is some very clever people here and they are a friendly bunch, all willing to help! Take care.......................And good luck. __________________ Take it easy, bb. >"HEAR & you FORGET<>SEE & you REMEMBER<>DO & you UNDERSTAND"<=$=\|O\|=$=>"Common Sense is Genius dressed in its Working Clothes"<>[Ralph Waldo Emerson]
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bob c Guru Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Fort Lauderdale Florida Posts: 5708 Good Answers: 123	#12 In reply to #9 Re: Who Sells Toy Gearboxes? 05/05/2009 9:01 AM
	Welcom. Nice site __________________ Bob
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PWSlack Guru Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: In the bothy, 7 chains down the line from Dodman's Lane level crossing, in the nation formerly known as Great Britain. Kettle's on. Posts: 32175 Good Answers: 839	#11 Re: Who Sells Toy Gearboxes? 05/05/2009 3:44 AM
	How about a Toy Fair? Simply select a suitable toy, buy it, and remove the outer stuff from the mechanism, perhaps? __________________ "Did you get my e-mail?" - "The biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place" - George Bernard Shaw, 1856
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