Ahh, sorry Wilfried, I thought you were thinking of keys in the sides. 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: Thursday, October 14, 2004 5:59 PM Subject: [modeleng] Re: Saddle keys and etc. Well I got the picture right not in the side but in the face I just used the ones in the side to express what I meant when I said I would go for the two at 120 degrees. Whilst mounting the screws in-between axle and wheel you are most likely to put some stress in which might upset the wheel alignment. Do not know what size would be the best. If they show up at the front I would go for a rather small one. Regards Wilfried Vermeiren http://users.skynet.be/modelbouw.wilfried -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: modeleng-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:modeleng-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Namens alanjstepney Verzonden: donderdag 14 oktober 2004 11:47 Aan: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Onderwerp: [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. ----------- 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. 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.