Thread: Coupling a Globe Motor
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Unread 29-01-2008, 08:26
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Re: Coupling a Globe Motor
The globe motor gearbox has a 3/8" diameter shaft, and is fairly long. We have coupled to it two ways.

1) Find a gear with a 3/8" bore, drill and pin the gear to the shaft.

2) The shaft is supported by a single bronze bushing, so it doesn't like large cantilevered loads. We have used a shaft coupling to connect it to second, co-axial shaft, which was either keyed or had a gear pinned to it.

3) The AM adapter (linked to above) looks pretty nice as well.

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