Tips - Technical

We are suppliers of parts not engineers. We provide some technical information on these pages but for more indepth technical, engineering or design assistance you should contact an engineer.

If you require technical data on our products please try the links below first and if you still can’t find the information you need please contact us by e-mail.

Engineering Assistance

• Brisbane Machine Shop Ph: 07 3890 8288 Fax: 07 3890 8299

Adhesives

• Working with CA's

Authenticity - Collections

• Authenticity: Know Your Legal Rights

Autographs

• Spot a Fake Autograph

Ball Transfer

• What is a Ball Transfer Unit

Bearings

• How a bearing is made
• Changing Wheel Bearings
• Changing Front Wheel Bearings - Scotty Kilmer
• Installing Skateboard Bearings
• Removing Skateboard Bearings
• Cleaning Skateboard Bearings
• NSK Tolerances
• Timken Bearings Manual
• Replacing Bearings in Front Loader Washing machines.
• Replacing Bearings and Spindles in Dental Handpiece
• Push Bike Bearing Forum - Ceramic Vs Steel Bearings
• Push Bike Bearings

Belts

• Gates Belt Theory
• Sizing Charts and Basic Information
• Design Hints
• Vee Belt Drive Information
• Vee Belt Design Manual - Gates
• Vee Belt Design Manual - Baldor

Carbon Fibre

• How to Cut Carbon Fibre Safely.
• How to make Carbon Fibre - Video
• How to Cut Carbon Fibre Safely - Video
• How to Join Carbon Fibre
• Joining Carbon Fibre tubes

Carbon Steel

• Properties of Different Carbon Steels

Cleaning

• Tips for Cleaning Your Collection

Couplings

• Couplings Information Site

Engineering

• Different Modules on engineering degrees.
• Engineering Tips

Gears

• Gears
• Gear Selection
• Gear Reference Guide
• Basic Guide to Gears
• Engineers Edge Gear Menu
• Roymech - Gear Table
• How Gears are made

General

• How Stuff Works

Linear Systems

• Linear Actuators
• Thompson Linear Bearings and Guides
• Thompson Guides, Lead and Ball Screws
• Thompson Actuators
• Thompson Gearheads
• Thompson Clutches and Brakes
• KSS Leadscrews
• Ball Screw Vs Acme Thread
• Acme, Ball, and Roller Screws for Linear Motion
• What is a Ball Screw
• American Standard Acme Screw Thread Dimension chart
• Starrett Acme Thread Data Sheet.

Magnets

• Basics to Magnets

Materials

• Goodfellow Material Information

Model Flying Rules

• CASA Rules

Motors

• Brushless Vs Brushed Motors

Paints

• Polycarbonite Paints

Plastics

• Plastic Properties
• Plastics Properties Table
• Plastics selection guide

Price Calculator

• Market Price Calculator

Protection

• Protect Your Hobby

RC Car

• Cleaning RC Cars that get water logged
• Nitro Break In
• Dealing with flooded Engine
• Basic Nitro Issues and Solutions
• How to tune RC Cars
• How to tutorials
• How to Glue Tires to Rims - Video

RC Helicopters

• Basic RC Heli Part 1 - General
• Basic RC Heli Part 2 - Control and Setup
• Basic RC Heli Part 3 - Blade Grip Torque
• Basic RC Heli Part 4 - Spool Up & Blade Tracking
• Basic RC Heli Part 5 - Ground Exercises
• Basic RC Heli Part 6 - Learning to Hover
• Basic RC Heli Part 7 - Hover Figure 8s
• Basic RC Heli Part 8 - Nose Forward flying
• Basic RC Heli Part 9 - Circle Circuit .
• Basic RC Heli Part 10 - Fast Forward Flight
• Basic RC Heli Part 11 - Large Figure-8
• Basic RC Heli Part 12 - The Nose In Hover .
• Basic RC Heli Part 13 - Intro To Aerobatics .

RC Planes

• WikiHowTo Flying RC Planes
• RC flying Lesson 1
• RC flying Lesson 2
• RC flying Lesson 3
• Beginners Guide to RC Planes

Screws

• Fastener Types

Shafting

• Shafting Information Website

Springs

• How Springs are made

Stainless Steel

• Properties of Different Stainless Steels
• Ferritic Stainless Steels
• Martensitic Stainless Steels
• Austenitic Stainless Steels
• Precipitation Hardening Stainless Steels
• Duplex Alloy Stainless Steels

Static Model

• Painting tips
• General tips on Making and Painting
• General tips on Making and Painting

Storage

• Small Parts Boxes
• At-Home Hobby Storage & Organization

Styrene

• Styrene Book Information

Tolerance

• Engineering Tolerance Definition
• Bearing Tolerances
• NSK Tolerances

Transmitter

• Binding Surface (2-3 Channel)
• Binding 4+ Channels

Transporting Hobbies

• Moving with Your Hobby

The Small Parts and Bearings has a much larger range of engineering supplies.

Hobby and Engineering Supplies lists a smaller range of products and only the most popular items in each range. They also list many additional hobby specific categories.

For the best range of miniature and small bearings please try the Miniature Bearings Australia website. Miniature Bearings Australia also list a large variety of miniature engineering products.