Due to popular request here is a list of suppliers of parts to start building your robot. A word of advice is don't buy anything if you can get it cheap. Write loads of letters to companies asking for bits as numerous competitors did it this year and succeeded (Loctite, Bosch, Hitachi for example).
If your company sells bits of any relevance to Robot Wars let me know and I'll add you somewhere.
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Everything you could possibly want |
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Almost everything you could think of |
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Cheap surplus motors/batteries |
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S.M. Services |
UK (01234) 751095 |
Mixers |
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UK (01638) 741930 |
Speed controllers |
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UK (0181) 8048272 |
Batteries, radio gear, servos, motors, and generally everything RC related. |
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SCL Mobility |
UK (01622) 752839 |
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Very powerful industrial motors |
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Adam Harper |
UK (01322) 441420 |
Sinclair C5 motors |
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GBL Wheelchair services |
UK (0181) 5698955 |
Wheelchair motors |
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Oatmain |
UK (01533) 830376 |
Batteries |
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Yuasa |
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Sealed lead acid batteries |
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Display Developments |
0181-311-4184 |
Macralon (Plastic) 3mm*1m2=£31.75, 5mm=£52.95 |
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Elgee Plastics Ltd. |
(0118) 957 5430 |
Lexan (Plastic) 3mm*1m2=£85, 5mm=£141 |
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HPC Gears |
(01246) 268080 |
Gears, chains, pulleys, sprockets. Expensive but nice catalogue |
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Fenner gears |
Nice gears with lots of branches. |