Any ideas?
 

I'm working on a project were i need to mount a DeWALT 2-speed drill. The application of this drill is for a drive train direct driving a wheel so secure mounting is needed. I took off the case to take a look inside and the case seems to be needed to hold the gearbox together but i will cut the handle off. I have a couple of solutions but I am wondering if anyone else has a better one before I start cause funding is very much limited so I wanted the best and simplest method possible. So anyone with any idea of mounting this it would be much appreciated.

This is the link to the Drill:

http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/brows...4V%2BDrill.jsp

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If you have not read the Nothing But Dewalts white paper, I highly recommend that you do so. While the model you are looking at is slightly different, it should give you a good leg up to start with (including holding the gearbox).

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Team 975's first year robot used the Bosch drill motor/tranny with the case. I think that was the last time the drill case was included. We sawed off the handle, then carefully aligned the case and used heavy-duty expanding polyurethane construction adhesive to bed it to a base plate. The plate had waxed paper on it so it wouldn't stick. That provided us with a flat on one half the case. It was then held down with two large hose clamps.

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Read the nothing but Dewalts paper to understand what parts you need/should leave intact. At the end of the paper it shows a welded aluminum clamp to hold the nose. For OCCRA, a lot of teams use an U-bolt exhaust clamp. You can then block in or strap down the handle to act as a torque reaction/anti-rotation feature. This is quick and easy, but not terribly attractive.
http://www.mufflermall.com/index.php...roducts_id=734
These style of clamps can be purchased at any auto shop for a few dollars.

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"Gluing" down the casings wasn't exactly elegant, but it did not distort them or damage them, as could happen with an ill-fitted muffler clamp with too much torque. I prefer to think of it as a high-tech polymer bedding process. :D