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

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

Other hardware

• Threaded rod
• Nut strips