Not necessarily. Button head would be tough because you can’t use the flat top of the head of the screw to stabilize the motor while pressing. Hex head would likely work fine.
As mentioned the distance from the back housing of the motor to the end of the shaft is <3/16in (~0.17in) so anything less than that (i.e. 1/8in) is fine to leave in the hole as a plug.
The same applies to a pneumatic fitting: as long as the threaded portion is short enough that it doesn’t contact the shaft, it won’t cause any interference issues.
Well, yes, but would a 1/4" bolt be sufficient to press pinions? What about 5/16"? Seems pedantic, but 3/8" is double the length of the supposed clearance.
I don’t have a particular reason why I want to know, I just want to know lmao
Most screws don’t have fully formed threads all the way up to the head so 1/4in screws run the risk of bottoming out on the threads rather than the shaft and not performing their job correctly.
3/8in is the next size that teams commonly keep on hand so it’s the ideal size for this task.
not quite… we went with 7, so that the original 4 mounting holes on the NEO were still in the exact same relative location related to the wires, the 3 additional holes give you extra granularity for where the wires go, but the 1.1 is a drop in replacement for the 1.0
Technically, this is an 8 hole pattern but the 8th hole would be where the wires are.
These changes although seem small at first, but personally these are going to be a game changer in some of our teams designs. Awesome Job REV! You’ve done it again!
Would be nice if we could get something similar on the NEO550s too, the current screw arrangement makes using them with VersaPlanetaries difficult to access the corner screws because of where the wires always sit (maybe they’ll surprise us later though, who knows?).
