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Knife-edge cam follower, 8 × 6 mm, 60 long

Name: Knife-edge cam follower, 8 × 6 mm, 60 long dimension sheet
Creator: Xem Studio
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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

Also called: knife edge follower, point follower, seguidor de filo, Schneidenstößel

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

length: 8.0 mm
width: 60.0 mm
height: 6.0 mm

Notes

8 × 6 mm follower rod with a 100° knife-edge point: the simplest follower, exact contact on any convex profile, but it wears fast.
Xem Studio design following Brown's figure; true size, no printing allowance (apply your own to the mating features).

Knife-edge cam follower, 8 × 6 mm, 60 long size chart

dimension	value
section	8 × 6 mm
length	60 mm
point	100° included

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. 136: 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. Generated by Xem Studio from the standard; threads are plain cylinders at major diameter. CC BY 4.0. index.json

knife-edge-follower-8

follower, edge at y = 0

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Plain text: sheet.txt · JSON: /api/geometry?object=knife-edge-follower-8

Knife-edge cam follower, 8 × 6 mm, 60 long, isometric render of a generated part — Render of knife-edge-follower-8 from the free STEP; not to scale.

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Questions

What is a knife-edge follower?

8 × 6 mm follower rod with a 100° knife-edge point: the simplest follower, exact contact on any convex profile, but it wears fast.