[TheForge] Parts search, 1818 parts on Goog?

[Bruce .]

Pete,

Measure the sides of the brushes, and estimate the original length.
Is it an assembly (usually with a wire and spring connecting the
carbon brush to a copper contact plate of some sort) or a free carbon
brush?  Then search "carbon brushes" or "motor brushes" in Grainger or
some such catalog:
http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/motor-brushes/motor-supplies/motors/ecatalog/N-9yt

If you still find nothing that fits, you can carve your own either
from larger brushes that ARE available or from carbon battery rods
(scavenged from D- or larger zinc-acid dry cells).

On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 8:43 PM, Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer
<artgawk at thegrid.net> wrote:
> I was trying to find replacement brushes for my obsolete Foredom flex shaft and the company says, "we can't remember that far back".
> "Wanna buy a new one, or 2, or 2 crates? ? "
> Shiiiiiip!
> Now, back when the promise of search engines was being touted about..I thought...Hah!
> It'll be easy from now on!!!
> Wrong.
> Why can't i enter a part name, manufacturer, model number, etc...and get the usual 10 pages of links?
> WTF?
> We know damn well that the brass gear in a  1903 Champion forge blower has about  the same spec
> as some gear offered by International Gear Anon Corp in Hong Kong.
> Why won't Google admit it?
> Their web spiders were there and scanned all those parts spec lists.
> This aspect has been a real disappointment for me in the modern era.
>
> Yaaaa...OK, there's no money in dealing with fools like me, but...
>
> Any suggestions as to a technically/industrially oriented search service?
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-- 
Bruce
NJ