Urgent Request- HELP for Banebot gearbox
 

Our team, like many have problems getting our gearboxes shipped in time for our competition. We are in need of 2- 64 to 1 banebot gearboxes. Will pay top dollar and overnight FedEx charges. If you can help, please contact me at:

dskuruls@waukesha.k12.wi.us

We are in a panic, our competition starts Thursday.

Re: Urgent Request- HELP for Banebot gearbox
 

I am so tempted to quote a line from "Hitchhiker's guide to the Universe". :yikes:

We were in a similar place a few weeks ago, except we didn't have comp. in three days.

Here is what we did:
In the KOP is a FP motor and transmission. They have an incredible amount of torque and power if you implement them ptoperly.
Read through this thread and see our solution. This thread has links in it to where the details on who to build the hub are posted, so read the entire thread.

Re: Urgent Request- HELP for Banebot gearbox
 

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe.

Re: Urgent Request- HELP for Banebot gearbox
 

Another option is to find a drill that uses a similarly sized motor (you didn't say what size you are looking for) and replace the included motor with a BaneBots motor. Drill transmissions, in my experience, tend to have around 40:1 or 45:1 reduction in low gear which could easily be reduced further via sprockets. when looking at drills, take the motor that you are going to use with you so that you can hold it up against the back end of the drill and look through the vents to compare the size. We used an old Milwaukee drill for our RS775 motor. The shaft of the original motor was bigger than that of the 775 so we had to machine an adapter that we pressed the original pinion onto which we then pressed onto the 775.

Re: Urgent Request- HELP for Banebot gearbox
 

For clarification, we are looking for 2 gearboxes, part number P60K-444-0004.

Thank You

Re: Urgent Request- HELP for Banebot gearbox
 

I stand corrected. Ether, you must have a quarky sense of humor as well.
Specifically I was refering to the line "Don't panic".

Re: Urgent Request- HELP for Banebot gearbox
 

I read the first three books in the series back in the late 70s and earlier 80s when they first came out. Fond memories.

Re: Urgent Request- HELP for Banebot gearbox
 

Thank You to team 2046 for their Gracious Professionalism.

We are in your debt.

We appear to be set to go.

Thank You