Re: [ATM] Linking motors to shafts

[Dale Eason <atmpob@yahoo.com>]

I use Mel Bartels recommendation of Fuel Line hose.

See my web site for more details
http://home.comcast.net/~doeason/Stepper_mounting.html

--- Ron Gafron <rgafron@comcast.net> wrote:

> Good Evening all,
> 
> Well, finally was able to break free some time to
> work on my scope again, and now I'm into the land of
> stepper motor drives.  I'd like to ask today if
> there is a "right" way to attach motor shafts to
> things like threaded rods to create a drive shaft? 
> I have a stepper motor that has a 3/16" shaft on it
> (with a flat spot on it, which think makes it
> "keyed"?), and I'd like to attach a length of 3/8"
> nylon threaded rod to it.  I can think of ways to do
> it, but I'm wondering if some ways are better than
> others.  I've checked in the McMaster-Carr catalog,
> for example, and it looks like they have couplings
> for that sort of connection, but I haven't look to
> see if they have one with the bore sizes that I need
> (I think those are the right terms, anyway; kind of
> new to a lot of this).  I've looked at some websites
> for other folks who have built drive systems using
> nylon threaded rods, but the pictures of the motor
> connections don't provide a lot of detail.  Any
> thoughts on this would be appreciated.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Ron
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