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Originally Posted by ebarker
Since we are talking about planetaries that mate to 550s, does anyone have a list of suppliers that provide high quality planetaries that can mate to the 300/500/700 series motors. We need a list, for other reasons.
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Originally Posted by Gdeaver
The BB planetary gear boxes are designed to come in at a price we can afford. Precision planetary gear boxes in the size to match the 5oo series motors are very expensive. Our team has not been able to find anything that we could afford that is better than the Banes Bot solution. So we love them and hate them.
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A cordless drill. Most cordless drill motors are over 300W (anyone remember the drill motor we used to get in the KOP? 450W IIRC) so the transmissions are designed to take a serious beating (as long as it's not a Harbor Freight or similar brand). Nearly all have 2 or more speeds and the nicer ones have anti-backdrive (although that's usually pretty easy to disable if necessary).
Go to a pawn shop or used tool dealer and you can find them cheap. Many use motors that are larger than 700 series. Look through the vents to match the motor size to what you want to use or just just the motor that comes with the drill if it's an off season project.