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    Connecting motor shaft to thrust bearing

    Thanks again 256bits. I'll take a shot at it.
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    Connecting motor shaft to thrust bearing

    Thanks for the advice 256bits. I did some research after reading your reply for flexible couplings and ordered a helical beam coupler as well as an oldham coupler to try them out. I'll also put some rubber washers as you recommend. For flexible rubber tube connection, did you mean buy some...
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    Connecting motor shaft to thrust bearing

    Thanks Q_Goest for your answer! I had the pieces of acrylic laser cut so that the hub would be as concentric as possible to the thrust bearing. I did this by measuring the thrust bearing, hub, and then plotting them in inkscape so that the shaft is at the center of rotation. (I had previously...
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    Connecting motor shaft to thrust bearing

    Hi there - I built a small electronic turntable with the following components: 1- Arduino 2- Sparkfun easy stepper driver 3- Stepper motor 4- Servocity set screw hub. 5- Thrust bearing from mcmaster-carr (square turntable, found here http://www.mcmaster.com/#swivel-plates/=eltxix) 6-...