Where to purchase Flexible Shaft Couplings

[AdamHeard]

Originally Posted by ferrari77

This is actually for another project I am working on in college
I have access to a machine shop to drill them out but our long term plan is having something easily available to the public that wouldnt require them to machine anything.

If the McMaster price is normal then we are just going to go with the extra long shipping from China and deal with it.

I will be going to Lonestar though, I look forward to seeing 57 there, Kevin

Thanks for your help guys

Mcmaster prices for such things are a little high, but closer enough to normal to know you're not getting a quality made in america coupler for $10.

The cheaper couplers are made with lower tolerances and worse materials, which will show up as a problem in high speed and/or high torque applications. This may be a nonissue for your application though. My hunch is you're linking an encoder to a CIM shaft, so the speed might be a tad high for a poor quality coupler.