NameThatPart

Knowing the name of things is part of the challenge of building things; it's difficult to do internet searches if you don't know the name of the thing you're looking for, even harder if you don't know it even exists. This page contains some things useful for building robots that you might not know the name of, so you can get a start.

Materials

Plastics

• Polycarbonate
• PLA
• ABS
• Nylon
• Delrin / Acetal
• HDPE / UHMW

Composites

• FR4 / GRP - Glass reinforced polymer type materials (similar to circuit boards material)

Fasteners

List of common types and what they do

• Nuts, bolts screws
  • Shoulder bolt
  • Locking nut / Nyloc nut
  • Threaded inserts aka "Insert nuts" - an internally threaded part which can be pushed or screwed into a softer material to allow a machine screw / bolt to be attached strongly and repeatedly. Some types

• Rivets and other one-time fasteners
  • Rivnuts / rivet nuts

Other hardware

• Threaded rod
• Nut strips