Replacing all the stepper motors

I thought that all this information was under the Solidoodle stickers and I wasn't really keen on taking those off. :-/

Oh, it's below. OK.. I can't see that small usually so I'll break out the magnifiers

I hate the idea of having to order them from China... but I'd like to have some spares to build out my Lawsy bearing carriage.

Oh, I know they do.. but i don't want to get the wrong ones. and the nema 17 seems somewhat hard to find.

I don't know why you have a preference for that site but if you are flexible on the store, here are some that I have ordered.  Disclaimer is that I have yet to fire them up and test it but all the specs line up and they are higher torque than the stock motors.

http://www.omc-stepperonline.com/3d-pri … -p-18.html

http://www.omc-stepperonline.com/nema-1 … -p-59.html

You can also order them with custom length cables and connectors, but I didn't realize that until after so I got bare wire leads.  I think epacket is not available on packages as big as 4 motors so I had to go with DHL.  It was about $43 for all the motors, but another $30 in shipping.  But I did get it VERY quickly, I think it was 3 or 4 days from china to east coast USA.

I've got probably 50+ small part orders from Chinese ebay sellers without issues.  Epacket shipping is great when you know that you need some small part for a build, but you plan it out far enough that you don't mind waiting 7- 15 days, although it usually comes towards the short end of that time.  Give it a try on a less than $5 order and I bet you won't be disappointed.  Nearly everything on your printer started its life in China anyway, so why not just cut out the middle man?

Sounds heavy sanguish. Do what you need to do!

Looks like you've got what you need.

Also sorry about the ebay plug, totally unnecessary. I keep ending up there because of the dearth of good alternatives in Australia:
* Local suppliers have a limited range and/or are expensive (I do find some things, bilbycnc.com.au and modfab.com.au I have bought from)
* US / US-centric suppliers don't ship here or charge a lot to do so
Overall my experience has been similarly positive to VBR's.

I have found decent success getting small motors from Automation Technology, something like this: http://www.automationtechnologiesinc.co … 3d-printer

I am not by my 'doodle so I can't tell you what the stepper values should be, and their selection isn't the best, but they are chicagoland local (I could pick my stuff up there if it wasn't for my work schedule). Same with Inventables, though their selection for NEMA 17s is even more lackluster than ATs.

I try to shop local whenever I can just because I am compulsive about working on stuff so if I don't get it in the 3-5 day window when I actually want to work on the project it ends up waiting another month.

I have a RUMBA and unfortunately I don't know the name of the 4 wire connectors that fits that board or the stock board.  I ordered a rumba from reprapdiscount and it came with a lot of connectors.  If you got it from there, you could crimp it yourself.  Maybe ward or someone will chime in and tell you what connectors you should order if you do not want to use the screw terminals.

I ended up ordering a new Y motor from the place TheBaron suggested.

They didn't have a great selection.

I'd order from Solidoodle. But they've taken 15 days to try and ship me 1 Y motor. And I know it'll be the same crap.

Wish I could find the right motors easily. I'm out of my depth on these though.