Greetings all; The shaft extension I made in order to drive the omron encoder from the rear of spindle motor, is made out of brass, and the elastomer coupling has now worn the top of the shaft a we bit sloppy, so that when the 2 retainer setscrews located at 0 and 90 degrees, are now pulling the encoder in about a 1/4" diameter circle if the top plate is loosened to allow it to move. This IMO is not good on the bearings in the encoder. So my thoughts are to pitch this overly stiff coupling in favor of some quite soft clear plastic hose with a rubber band rolled over each end to act as a clamp, and which would transfer 10x the torque needed to drive the encoder, while doing things in a much closer to a straight line.
Comments, better ideas? Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
