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Old 10-05-2011, 03:39 PM
adman (Adam)
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Help!

well - this one has led me on a merry chase.

It looks like I can get another variety of Oldham coupler that will do the job. The trick is to buy two couplers - one 4mm metric bore and one 1/4" imperial bore, them mix and match the two ends. They come in either set-screw or allen-screw clamp.

Can somebody more engineering-ly oriented than me give the coupler specs the once over and make sure that the alternate coupler is suitable?

Here are the links:

1. The Ruland coupler that was supplied with the one-piece worm. Its part number is DCD10-3-4-A

2. The alternate Oldham coupler. They come in a variety of diameters and lengths that will be suitable.

From an installation point of view I would probably prefer the set-screw ones - is there any advantage to either the clamp or set screw that I need to know about?

Thanks,
Adam
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Last edited by adman; 10-05-2011 at 03:56 PM.
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