Re: Flexible Couplers on Retrofit?

Hi,
It sound like you are talking about "oldham" couplings. Here in
the states you can get the center replacement disk (coupling too if
you don't want to make your own) from McMaster-Carr.

Jeff

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, Robin Szemeti <list@r...>
wrote:

> On Thursday 08 January 2004 19:26, Peter Renolds wrote:
> My 3 helical zero-backlash couplers for a
> > Bridgeport sized mill set me back over a hundred each!
>
> I bought a bunch of those replacement discs for whatever those

couplings are

> .. the slots at 90 degrees on each side that mount on a spigot on

the

> coupling? .. whatver, they are about 2 dollars for the spare discs,

and I

> milled the coupling pieces up from scrap bar lieing about the

shop ... added

> soem setscrews, job done .. less than 10 dollars a pop. (well, less

than 5

> pounds a pop as im In the UK and you divide by two to get dollars ;)
>
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