"Ned Simmons" wrote in message
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On Sun, 26 Mar 2017 18:29:54 -0400, "Jim Wilkins"
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"Cydrome Leader" wrote in message
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What's the name for installing a roll pin in the direction of a
shaft,
sort of like how a square key sits? That might be the lazy next
option.

Dutchman or Scotch key.
http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb...62/index2.html

Good luck drilling straight along the seam between different
materials.

-jsw


Around here a Dutchman is an inlaid patch, most often a repair to a
defect in a wooden piece. I know the device under discussion as a
Dutch pin.

The problem drilling the joint between different materials can be
minimized by starting the hole with an end mill as close as possible
to the desired size, then enlarging, if necessary, with a drill.
Still
can be pucker-inducing.

My preference is for a tapped hole and set screw instead of a pin.
Easier to disassemble, less fussy than fitting a pin, and also
retains
the mounted component in the axial direction.

--
Ned Simmons

I second that for a steel hub on a steel shaft. Otherwise tapping
along the joint bertween dissimilar materials is worse than drilling.

If the hub is softer than the shaft I broach a keyway in it. The
necessary guide is easy to turn to whatever size the hub bore may be.
You can set the broach cutting depth to not weaken the hub too much,
and adjust the cutting depth with shims sheared from hobby store brass
or tin cans.

I mill a key slot in the shaft and then make a key that's a snug fit
in the shaft and perhaps a looser one in the hub if there's space for
a setscrew. The width of the key is easier to adjust than the slots'
because you can use a larger, stiffer endmill.

The key can be stepped without much trouble if the slots are different
widths, for example if a 1/8" shaft slot needs extra cleanup passes.

-jsw