|
Re: Encoders for 1/2" Output Shaft
It may not be the neatest solution, but you could use a 1/2" to 1/4" shaft coupler and a short length of 1/4" shaft/bolt.
A bit neater would be to machine (mostly lathe work) a bit of 3/4" shaft to have a 1/2" hole with set screw on one side and a 1/4" (or other useful size) shaft on the other.
And unless you can find an encoder that will do this, the neatest of all is to machine the 1/2" shaft down to the appropriate size, though it would have to be done during build season assuming the fabrication schedule and rules are similar to recent years.
If you only need a few counts per revolution of the shaft, you could paint the shaft with black and white stripes and use a reflective counter.
__________________
If you can't find time to do it right, how are you going to find time to do it over?
If you don't pass it on, it never happened.
Robots are great, but inspiration is the reason we're here.
Friends don't let friends use master links.
|