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Re: Need Help Finding a Small Gear

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Originally Posted by Socoj2 View Post
I have that exact gear and its not even close to fitting on a 2mm shaft.
Then you need to make it fit on a 2mm shaft. If it needs to be a press fit, you need to make sure exactly what size the shaft is, then figure out exactly what size the hole in the gear needs to be, and drill it. It might be wise to practice drilling and measuring small holes in something else of the same material first, so you can make sure that you'll get it right.

Usually a press fit has a few thousandths of an inch interference (that's about 0.1mm) so you need to drill out the hole in the gear that much smaller than the shaft.