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Re: Custom Gearboxes

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Originally Posted by Tcrump47 View Post
Do you tap one plate or go all the way threw and secure it with a nut? Also for the standoffs, do you buy aluminum shafts and machine it or tubing?
Thanks for the reply!
On our gearboxes we generally speaking tap the standoffs on either end when they are anything more than about an 1.5in-2in. Shorter than that and we do a through and through on either plate and secure it with a nylock. I agree with Nick about the 10-32's for holding gearboxes together, depending on the application we will use 1/4-20's to secure it to whatever it is being fastened too for extra strength.
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