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Originally posted by Lord Nerdlinger
Yay, we finished mounting the motors to the 5/8" coupling gear shaft and found that we could easily hold the shaft in place and trip the fuse, so we def need more torque. 1:20 sound excesive, I'll look into a 1:8 ~ 1:12 range.

Thanks
Rather than guess, use this White Paper as a starting point.

Then, take the information you learn about speed and apply it to torque and see where you end up.

Math is better than guessing. (Only marginally.)
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