1/16" shaft and coupling

[Rogue Sub]

Hey
Im trying to attatch a motor to a shatf that are both 1/16' dia. It also needs to me flexible. Ive tried a few things ive been able to find made of rubber and plastic and so on but the torque of the motor and heat from bending causes them to melt and twist in two. Any ideads how to attatch these 2?

[ramius-ii]

You might try

You might try drilling a hole towards the end of on shaft and inserting a piece of piano wire (steel) or the tang of an old drill bit. Now you have a "t" shape at the end. Slot a larger piece of metal tubing attached to the second shaft. Now the small wire on one shaft will slide into the tubing slot on the second shaft. The shaft with the wire will turn the tubing shaft. The wire will change angle inside the tubing shaft as necessary. Just an idea.

Ed

[JWLaRue]

Hmmm....I'm not sure I understand

Hmmm....I'm not sure I understand exactly what you need to do....but the most common method of connecting a motor to a prop shaft is to use some form of a universal joint.

The distance between the two halves of the universal joint depends on the offset between shaft centers.....



Or....there is also the possibility of a flexible shaft coupling, though these tend to only work best in one direction][/url]

-Jeff