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Fusing a nut to a lever (need ideas)
Hi everyone,
I'm new here so sorry if this breaks any rules or causes any trouble. I hope this is the right forum to ask mechanical design questions while prototyping because I constantly running into issues that I'm sure there's a part for but never know what exactly I'm looking for.
But I was hoping to get some ideas for a prototype I'm helping build. We'd like to fuse a square nut to a small lever arm from a linear potentiometer, so my first thought was simply some JB weld and call it a day, but my partner would like to look at more robust solutions.
So here's what the system might look like if we went with the glue:
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But then I thought, maybe we could drill holes through the lever and semi-circle holes through the square nut like so:
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And then simply add nuts and bolts:
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And looking at it now, it seems I might need a top plate that can clamp the whole system together.
My question for you all, is there a simpler way of achieving this? Perhaps a different type of nut that could make this setup easier? We're going for quick assembly here, and both of my solutions would be time-consuming (especially aligning and milling those holes). So any ideas?
Thanks in advance :D