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Pivot post 16 × 20 × 30 with a 12.1 mm fork and Ø5 pin hole

Name: Pivot post 16 × 20 × 30 with a 12.1 mm fork and Ø5 pin hole dimension sheet
Creator: Xem Studio
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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

Also called: pivot post, lever post, soporte de pivote, Lagerbock

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

length: 16.0 mm
width: 20.0 mm
height: 30.0 mm

Notes

16 × 20 × 30 post whose top 12 mm is a fork 12.1 mm wide (the 12 mm helve swings in it) with a Ø5 pin hole 24 mm up; the helve's pivot.
Xem Studio design following Brown's figure; true size, no printing allowance (apply your own to the mating features).

Pivot post 16 × 20 × 30 with a 12.1 mm fork and Ø5 pin hole size chart

dimension	value
post	16 × 20 × 30 mm
fork	12.1 mm wide, 12 deep
pin hole	Ø5 at z 24

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. 353: 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

pivot-post-16x20x30-fork

post, z 0..30, pin along Y

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Plain text: sheet.txt · JSON: /api/geometry?object=pivot-post-16x20x30-fork

Pivot post 16 × 20 × 30 with a 12.1 mm fork and Ø5 pin hole, isometric render of a generated part — Render of pivot-post-16x20x30-fork from the free STEP; not to scale.

Fits with

Free

Trip hammer: wiper cam pressing the tail of a first-order helve, isometric render of a generated part

Trip hammer: wiper cam pressing the tail of a first-order helve4 sizes★ 1 file

Questions

What is this pivot post?

16 × 20 × 30 post whose top 12 mm is a fork 12.1 mm wide (the 12 mm helve swings in it) with a Ø5 pin hole 24 mm up; the helve's pivot.