www.rcbearings.co.uk FR156zz 3/16 x 5/16 x 1/8 flanged bearing is what you want. £1.25 ea ordered 2pm yesterday here 9am this morning
Cynric,
They've been out of stock for a while so good to see they've got them back and yes I'm also a frequent user of the bearing/supplier you quote. Just a thunk, but in 1/32 the larger FR166zz may be a slightly better bet. I recently bought some from
Arc Euro Trade (actually SFR166zz - so stainless steel) and again they arrived a day or two after ordering. They were £2.50 each for a much larger, corrosion resistant, harder -wearing bearing.
In terms of ideals I'd be looking to source SFR156zz bearings for 0-gauge and although I've found some, the high unit cost (around £4.50 ea!) or high volume necessary to get the cost down (around 1000 units) means I'm only ordering the odd one or two for particular applications (gearboxes mainly)
Incidentally, in imperial/US bearing specs:
S = Stainless Steel
F = Flanged
R = Regular (standard Imperial/US size)
###= codified size of inner/outer/width
zz = metal shielded
Steph