Thread: How do you mount the encoders to the Gear boxes?
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Re: How do you mount the encoders to the Gear boxes?
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Originally Posted by waialua359
I have not found any documentation about how to mount the encoders to the gear boxes. Does anyone have any suggestions or info about this?

Waialua Robotics
We use a hollow shaft encoder from US Digital. I make the output shaft of the transmission a bit longer and mount the body of the encoder to the side of the transmission. The encoder disk slips on the shaft and is held in place with a set screw.