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ZoomZoom
21-11-2016, 20:27
I can't find a cad for a hex .375" sprocket. I don't even know if one exists. Can you help me find one?
Cothron Theiss
21-11-2016, 20:42
ANSI 25 (http://www.vexrobotics.com/vexpro/motion/25-sprockets.html) and 35 (http://www.vexrobotics.com/vexpro/motion/35-sprockets.html).
EDIT - Woops. Just saw the .375" bit. Your best bet is to take a 3/8" round hole and broach it to hex, or take a sprocket with the 6 hole mounting pattern and use this hub (http://www.andymark.com/Hub-p/am-2231a.htm).
I've never seen a 3/8" hex bore sprocket, nor did I find one in a dozen web searches. I'm not really surprised, as the only 3/8" hex shafts I have seen have been on tools (e.g. drill bits) and intermediate gears in gearboxes, not on the output shafts. Most of the sprockets I have seen with less than 1/2" bore have been designed to fit directly on motor output shafts, and I have never noted a motor with a hex shaft.
If you want a 3/8" hex bore sprocket, the easiest route I can see is:
Purchase an AM-0278 (http://www.andymark.com/Sprocket-p/am-0278.htm) or AM-0281 (http://www.andymark.com/Sprocket-p/am-0281.htm), bore the hole out to 3/8", then use a 3/8" hex broach in an arbor press.
Edit: Sniped - and Cothron's second solution is simpler than mine.
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