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Re: pulling gear on Keyang motor??

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Originally Posted by Jeff Waegelin View Post
You could always try using a pulley large enough to machine a coupler out of the center. It's not the easiest thing to do, but you could make a hole the same size and shape as the output gear, and just press the pulley on to the gear.
This works really well; last year 228 machined a custom aluminum coupler for the window motor (as seen in the photo below). It took a long time to machine it manually, but I wouldn't hesitate doing it with access to CNC milling (which I have here at WPI ).

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