Hiya,
Building a feather for someone , thinking about buying some Gimson motors for it.
Any good? People had good experiences, who's using them?
Before I buy them.
Cheers
John
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Hiya,
Building a feather for someone , thinking about buying some Gimson motors for it.
Any good? People had good experiences, who's using them?
Before I buy them.
Cheers
John
i use em, pretty good motors, fairly tough. its nice not having to make a seperate mount for motors.
Pound for pound I would say they are excellent.
I think they are good and have the edge over drill motors but if it is a first robot and you want to keep it cheap your better going with drill motors- in my opinion drill motors are better value for money.
its not my first robot .. LOL :rofl: But see your point!
i wish these newbees would read other topics both posting stupid threads pffffft :proud: :rofl:
The Gimson units do use drill motors (if you class a mass produce 550 size motor as a drill motor).... Just have a custom gearbox housing and mounting options.
They're identical in power to drills, I believe. Never used them before, but I can see their mountability (that needs to be a word) makes them attractive. Don't want to lose Ewan money but would a drill mount really cost the £10+ of difference?
Then again actually, they get rid of the grubscrew process, they have all metal gears guaranteed, and you'll be helping a fellow roboteer out by buying them!
From purely a design standpoint the 'benefits' over shop-bought drills are intended to be:
-All-metal gears
-No need to modify/lock out the clutch on a drill
-Genuine shaft support from the dual 12mm ball-bearings
-A 550 type motor from a factory line usually responsible for ~$40 US-sold drills, more specifically the motors have larger fan blades and vents than most cheap drills. Can't really do specification comparisons though because cheap drill motors vary so much.
-Easy mounting in a solid profile which can itself lend to the structure of many designs
It's up to anyone to decide whether that's worth an extra tenner!
I meant if its the first robot for the guy your making it for!Quote:
Originally Posted by roamingrobots