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Governor head: Ø16 × 14 collar with forked ears, pivots 28 mm apart

Name: Governor head: Ø16 × 14 collar with forked ears, pivots 28 mm apart dimension sheet
Creator: Xem Studio
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

What carries the governor arms? · Modern device · basis: Xem Studio design following Brown's figure (1868); true size, no printing allowance

Also called: governor head, spindle head, cabeza del regulador, Reglerkopf

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

length: 38.0 mm
width: 16.0 mm
height: 14.0 mm

Notes

Ø16 × 14 collar fixed to the Ø8 spindle with forked ears (two 5 mm cheeks each side) holding the arms' Ø3 pivot pins 14 mm from the axis.
Xem Studio design following Brown's figure; true size, no printing allowance (apply your own to the mating features).

Governor head: Ø16 × 14 collar with forked ears, pivots 28 mm apart size chart

dimension	value
collar	Ø16 × 14, Ø8 bore
pivots	2 × Ø3, 14 mm from the axis
ears	forked, 5 mm cheeks

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. 161: 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

governor-head-16-ears-14

head on the spindle axis, pivots at (±14, y, 135)

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Governor head: Ø16 × 14 collar with forked ears, pivots 28 mm apart, isometric render of a generated part — Render of governor-head-16-ears-14 from the free STEP; not to scale.

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Questions

What carries the governor arms?

Ø16 × 14 collar fixed to the Ø8 spindle with forked ears (two 5 mm cheeks each side) holding the arms' Ø3 pivot pins 14 mm from the axis.