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PARTS IS PARTS
DeWalt Drill Motor Mounting Solution
● by Don Hebert
The 18 volt De Walt drill is used by many robots in the 30 pound and up category.
A popular mounting is Team
Delta's De Walt Powerdrive kit,
also available through
Robotmarketplace.com. One
difficulty with this mount is the
output shaft must be supported
externally with two bearings.
I made a mounting that uses
the spindle shaft from the drill. It
has the 1/2-20 threaded nose
where we attach a threaded
adapter to mount the drive
wheel. The spindle shaft has one
bearing and the motor mount has
an additional bushing near the
transmission. This supports the
wheel, transmits no side loads to
the transmission, and helps center
the floating final stage of the
transmission. (See Photo 1).
1.
www.servomagazine.com/index.php?/magazine/article/february2011_CombatZone
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