Yeah, that's they way I read it as well. Personally, I'd bump the size up to 3/16" (2BA) and use only one ----- Original Message ----- From: "alanjstepney" <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2004 7:46 PM Subject: [modeleng] Re: Saddle keys and etc. > Wilfreid, I think Allen meant the key to go in to the face of the > wheel/axle, and not through the wheel into the axle. > > I reckon that procedure, screw half-and-half, is OK as it has been used for > many years without problems. > alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > www.alanstepney.info > Model Engineering, Steam Engine, and Railway technical pages. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Wilfried Vermeiren" <vermeiren.wilfried@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 8:13 PM > Subject: [modeleng] Re: Saddle keys and etc. > > > > > ----------- > Also, as to "round keys", would two 5-40 (5 BA) screws > installed 180 degrees apart be proper for a 1/2" shaft > with half the hole in the wheel and half in the shaft? > ----------- > Just an opinion but I think this is asking for some wobble afterwards.=20 > I was always told NEVER to fix a pulley, handwheel or whatever to a = > shaft > using one or two opposite positioned setscrews but instead to place = > always > two at 120=B0. The reason is that the direction of the pull is on the = > opposite > side from them nicely in-between the remaining 240=B0. Giving a sort of > fixture equal to the tree legged milk chair. > Since you fix the two screws in-between the axle and the wheel and = > probably > in doing so put some stress, drilling and tapping, in that place I would > rather like to seen then at 120=B0 > Don=92t know off hand the size of 5 Ba but one looks sufficient for a = > 12.7mm > axle.=20 > Regards > Wilfried Vermeiren > http://users.skynet.be/modelbouw.wilfried=20 > updated. > > > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. > > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, > modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line. > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.