Cheapest Best Micro Servo

[robotcoder]

I am looking for a place to buy the cheapest best quality micro servo, any suggestions.  I am thinking of creating a robotic hand, instead of a gripper for my robot and I will need small servos.

[Razor Concepts]

http://www.hobbycity.com/hobbycity/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=662

Those servos are of a great quality and they are the absolute cheapest you can find anywhere. I have a couple and they work great.

[robotcoder]

Thats exactly what I was looking for, thanks.  Does that servo have three pins, so that I can use it with the Axon

[Soeren]

Hi,

I am thinking of creating a robotic hand, instead of a gripper for my robot and I will need small servos.

Did you consider "Muscle Wire" (NiTiNol or similar)?
Would be much easier to fit.

[jka]

Thats exactly what I was looking for, thanks.  Does that servo have three pins, so that I can use it with the Axon

Yes, it has a standard hobby servo connector like most other servos. I also got them and they are great. I have one I use for testing my servo controller and by mistake I have pushed it beyond it's limits with grinding gears as a result, but it doesn't seem to have taken any damage. And if it breaks, they have replacement gears: http://www.hobbycity.com/hobbycity/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=4950&Product_Name=HXT900_Replacement_Gear_Set

[Soeren]

Hi,

And if it breaks, they have replacement gears:

Doesn't that tell you that it is a common problem with these servos and therefore not something to be used where they are hard to get at (like inside a hand)?

[airman00]

Hi,

And if it breaks, they have replacement gears:

Doesn't that tell you that it is a common problem with these servos and therefore not something to be used where they are hard to get at (like inside a hand)?

not necessarily true. Everything wears down eventually. Even the expensive metal gear servos have replacement gear sets.

[Soeren]

not necessarily true. Everything wears down eventually.

Sure, even NiTiNol wire does (used within specs they should last longer than any servo however), but plastic wheels doesn't strike me as my first choice in a robot hand and the wires makes for a much sleeker design.