NST

[sam_smith]

Might as well get right upto date....

some more machining to fit the motor and planetary gear assy's
Will ditch the first stage of gearing which is used with the 1st gear on the drill to save space, weight and give a more suitable output speed. Luckily the second stage has the same size and pitch teeth (with just a wider face width) so the motor sun gear is compatible into stage 2 which is handy.

Something annoying I found out after buying these drills is that they have advanced timing so unless i can get into the brushes to amend (which isn't gonna happen cos the motors swaged together) looks like will have to add an idler gear to one of the gearboxes, or each side will always have different power and speeds.

ali housing down to 110 grams now from 250 ish as a solid block, will turn the middle portion down next to save some more weight.