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Total noob here (never touched Arduino before today), & have pretty much no hands-on technical experience (although with lack of experience, I make up in enthusiasm to learn!)

Question: How do you attach a plate (material of plate yet to be decided, likely stiff cardboard) to a stepper motor? See image demonstration below:

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Do I punch a hole in the middle of my plate and super glue the hole to the motor shaft?

The end goal is to have a rotating plate like a microwave (the plate will hold some items).

Summary; How do you securely attach a plate to a stepper motor without it collapsing from the weight of the plate? Should I even be putting a plate onto a stepper motor? Or should I use a servomotor?

Thank you!

Tee
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    Noting cross post from https://arduino.stackexchange.com/questions/85307/how-to-attach-plate-to-stepper-motor The advice Majenko gave about rollers to support the weight was good. The stepper and coupling can bear very little weight. – RowanP Jul 27 '21 at 10:46

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Have a Google at double flat drive couplers, sometimes called oval, or dual drive flat.

Something like this might do the trick: enter image description here

Also see How can I attach an arm to a double-flat drive stepper motor?

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