# Load bar 40 × 10 × 8 with 2 rope sockets and a weight stem

> What is a load bar for?

- Category: Hardware › Mechanism parts
- Kind: Modern device
- Basis: Xem Studio design following Brown's figure (1868); true size, no printing allowance
- Page: https://xemstudio.com/objects/load-bar-40-sockets-m20-p10/ · JSON: https://xemstudio.com/api/geometry?object=load-bar-40-sockets-m20-p10 · Plain text: https://xemstudio.com/objects/load-bar-40-sockets-m20-p10/sheet.txt
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## Overall (mm)

| length | width | height |
|---|---|---|
| 40.0 | 10.0 | 16.0 |

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

## Notes

- Bar with Ø3 × 5 rope-end sockets on top at x = -20, 10 and a Ø3 × 8 stem below at x = -10, the line of the ropes' resultant pull, so the weight hangs level.
- Xem Studio design following Brown's figure; true size, no printing allowance (apply your own to the mating features).

## Sizes

| dimension | value |
|---|---|
| bar | 40 × 10 × 8 mm |
| sockets | x = -20, x = 10 |
| stem | x = -10 |

## Where the files are

- Henry T. Brown (1868, public domain): [Five Hundred and Seven Mechanical Movements — scan on archive.org](https://archive.org/details/fivehundredseven00browiala) — web — Publisher's page; dimensions are facts
- 507movements.com: [Brown's movement No. 16: figure, his text and an animation](https://507movements.com/mm_016.html) — web — Publisher's page; dimensions are facts
- Xem Studio: [drawing](https://xemstudio.com/objects/spanish-burton-single-mechanism/) — web — Publisher's page; dimensions are facts

## Free STEP/STL (1 parts, Xem Studio Design License, Xem Studio)

Index: https://xemstudio.com/files/hardware/load-bar-40-sockets-m20-p10/index.json · license: https://xemstudio.com/files/hardware/load-bar-40-sockets-m20-p10/LICENSE.md

- load-bar-40-sockets-m20-p10: [STEP](https://xemstudio.com/files/hardware/load-bar-40-sockets-m20-p10/load-bar-40-sockets-m20-p10.step) · [STL](https://xemstudio.com/files/hardware/load-bar-40-sockets-m20-p10/load-bar-40-sockets-m20-p10.stl) — bar, top face at z = 0

## Questions

**What is a load bar for?**

Bar with Ø3 × 5 rope-end sockets on top at x = -20, 10 and a Ø3 × 8 stem below at x = -10, the line of the ropes' resultant pull, so the weight hangs level.

## Fits with

- [Single Spanish burton (3 : 1)](https://xemstudio.com/objects/spanish-burton-single-mechanism/)