Ahhhh sugar, looks like a new pair of motors, I stripped my completely down, where can I find cheap cordless drills to stripe down? And looking at my prototype I think its on the large side lol
Argos/B&Q are the most popular. I'm told Argos are the better because they have metal gears in them (though I can't verify that) and they're usually only about £15 each.
Here's a simple guide from Youtube on how to hack the gearbox and attach a wheel too, you might find it handy.
Looks like a trip to Argos tomorrow lol, and yea the b&q ones have plastic gears in them, I think I took them apart because I seen pics of them with out the gear boxes on
See, I have the B&Q ones because they're slightly cheaper, but by happy coincidence I actually had the right sized metal gears for them so I just swapped them over. I've heard a few times the Argos ones have metal gears in them - make sure you go for the 12v ones if that's the route you're taking for the drive, they shouldn't be much over £15.
Would it be safe to use the battery out the drills to power the bot?
I used them at a point, they seem safe enough but they're not very good, low quality as you'd expect for that sort of price - for a competitive machine you're much better off going for proper model RC batteries.
The shopping list is getting bigger lol, matt I see ur from Sheffield, I'm only from worksop :-)
If you're willing to travel, the House of Chaos is a welcome haven for roboteers. A workshop, raw materials combined with good food and drinks...
Where is the Maddox?
WP_20140106_005.jpgWP_20140106_002.jpgOk so this what my prototype looks like at the moment I know its not much, but I'm taking it steady and doing research at the same time, I know the motor I have mounted is wrong but that's a easy fix and I think I over sized the total size a little but I guess that's the point of prototypes to learn before u go big scale, and yes I am building it in my kitchen its to cold in the shed at the moment lol,
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