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Feather key 2 × 2 × 30

Name: Feather key 2 × 2 × 30 dimension sheet
Creator: Xem Studio
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

What is a feather key? · Modern device · basis: Xem Studio design following Brown's figure (1868); true size, no printing allowance

Also called: feather key, sliding key, chaveta deslizante, Gleitfeder

Exact dimensions. True size, with no printing tolerance added.

length: 2.0 mm
width: 2.0 mm
height: 30.0 mm

Notes

2 × 2 × 30 mm key fixed in the shaft's keyway (1 mm deep) and standing 1 mm proud: the sliding part's keyway runs along it.
Xem Studio design following Brown's figure; true size, no printing allowance (apply your own to the mating features).

Feather key 2 × 2 × 30 size chart

dimension	value
key	2 × 2 × 30

Where the files are

Other publishers' files are linked, not hosted. "verify" = check the license at the link before commercial use.

Henry T. Brown (1868, public domain)	Five Hundred and Seven Mechanical Movements — scan on archive.org	web	Publisher's page; dimensions are facts
507movements.com	Brown's movement No. 47: figure, his text and an animation	web	Publisher's page; dimensions are facts
Xem Studio	drawing	web	Publisher's page; dimensions are facts

Free files

★ Free files 1 parts. Xem Studio design: free to use, print and sell things from; not to be republished as files. Xem Studio Design License. index.json

feather-key-2x2x30

key, in place for a Ø8 shaft on +Y, z 0..30

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Plain text: sheet.txt · JSON: /api/geometry?object=feather-key-2x2x30

Feather key 2 × 2 × 30, isometric render of a generated part — Render of feather-key-2x2x30 from the free STEP; not to scale.

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Questions

What is a feather key?

2 × 2 × 30 mm key fixed in the shaft's keyway (1 mm deep) and standing 1 mm proud: the sliding part's keyway runs along it.