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Re: Motor advice: what to get?

I would think about hacking a 12V cordless drill motor and gearbox from a Harbor Freight or Homier 12V cordless drill. You can get the whole drill from either place for $10 and it is pretty much ready to use and you have a battery pack as well. Take a look at the second link in sanddrag's post.

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=47155
http://www.homier.com/detail.asp?dpt=1&cat=12&sku=02642

If you have the $ and want to just buy a mount instead of making one:
http://www.cncbotparts.com/handiworks_mount.htm

You could always just cut up the drill case and use it as a mount as well.

Search on Google and you will turn up a ton of links to Battlebot robots that use cheap drill motors and gearboxes.