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Re: US Digital Shaft Encoder and VersaChassis Hex Shaft

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Originally Posted by R.C. View Post
We've reamed some of our own shafts and they've came out a little big, we just put some hot glue in there and were g2g. You can do other tricks to make the hole in the shaft work.
I would like to add a warning about hot glue. Only use it on encoders used for speed sensing, if you need to sense position please use a set screw, press fitting or some other method that assures the shafts is locked down. I realize that the OP has specifically said it is for the drive train and thus we can concluded that these are for speed sensing. That said I personally made the mistake of applying that to a hall-effect pot which has lead to some unpleasant failures this year. I hope that no one ever makes the mistake I did.
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