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Jim Thompson 16 years ago

Join two 1/4" rods with a sleeve that has set screws?

And where do you get it?

Thanks! ...Jim Thompson

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Baron 16 years ago

Spindle coupler.

Best Regards: Baron.

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Martin Riddle 16 years ago

Will it float?

;D

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Jim Thompson 16 years ago

Where can I find such an item.

Last time I used them was for shaft extenders for potentiometers. ...Jim Thompson

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ehsjr 16 years ago

1/4" shaft coupling

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Watch the line wrap. Google "set screw coupling" or "shaft coupling" for more.

Ed

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Baron 16 years ago

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They sure know how to charge for them. Last plain one I bought cost 89p ($1.20) approx.

Best Regards: Baron.

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Martin Riddle 16 years ago

Rather have one of these...

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Jamie 16 years ago

IT's so nice to have a lathe around :-p

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Martin Riddle 16 years ago

I know about the larger Mills/lathes, its interesting that they are made in china by Seig ( something like that). Grizzley, Harbor Freight, and microlux all are made by the same mfg, with some minor differences. They all have good reviews for their price point.

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Jamie 16 years ago

How about that ?

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Ian Bell 16 years ago

hificollective.co.uk do them

Cheers

Ian

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Tim Wescott 16 years ago

I find stuff like that on my lathe all the time.

www.wescottdesign.com

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Paul Hovnanian P.E. 16 years ago

About 20 minutes on the lathe.

Any well stocked hardware store should have shaft coupling sleeves in their 'weird parts' bin. These are only good for low RPM, where allowances don't need to be made for machinery misalignments.

Paul Hovnanian mailto:Paul@Hovnanian.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Faust, die Jung.

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Spehro Pefhany 16 years ago

There's also a whole whack of different couplings that allow some axial misalignment without jamming... K-couplings, helical beam couplings, bellows couplings, Oldham couplings etc.

Best regards, Spehro Pefhany

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RFI-EMI-GUY 16 years ago

shaft coupler?

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Greegor 16 years ago

PH > About 20 minutes on the lathe.

20 minutes??

Can't you just drill and tap two holes in a chunk of thick wall metal tubing?

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Ian Bell 16 years ago

Which reminds me of the old joke: A man says to his girlfriend 'I'm going to Oldham' and she replies 'Keep your hands to yourself!!'

Cheers

Ian

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Carl Ijames 16 years ago

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put shaft coupling in the search box. Usually not the cheapest but one of the best stocked and great customer service and the best ecommerce web site I know of. Always our first place to look for a onesie or low qty where the time to find it cheaper would cost more than the savings.

----- Regards, Carl Ijames

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Jamie 16 years ago

If one wanted to cut corners due to lack of machine shop equipment.

Get a threaded rod coupling, drill out the hole and drill & tap the ends. This all can be gotten from a local hardware store..

hell, with the lengths of those couplings, you might be able to cut them in two via a cheap 4.5" portable disc grinder and get two..

I'm always stinking, I mean thinking!

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Fred Abse 16 years ago

Ok, you asked for it :-)

"Darling, will you still love me when I get old?"

"Get 'old and see"

"Electricity is of two kinds, positive and negative. The difference is, I presume, that one comes a little more expensive, but is more durable; the other is a cheaper thing, but the moths get into it." (Stephen Leacock)

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