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Re: Handheld Motor Tester

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Originally Posted by Billfred View Post
No -ish. I bought just the drill (about $15, without coupon because I couldn't wait) to power my Fight Night robot this summer. I then plopped a NeveRest motor (which is definitely a 550-sized motor) right in, with just a slight flat ground on the output shaft of the motor, one washer to take some room up inside, and a dab of CA glue to retain the drill gearbox pinion.
Between this and the comment on the recent rep you posted for me, it sounds like you like your new job.

Hmmm.. sounds like we should get a couple of cheap drills to use as "joysticks" to power our air cannon chassis by direct wiring when we're having controls issues. Last time we used starter switches -- worked OK, but we could only go forward, and only at fully on or off.
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