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Re: Usage of Motors and there crazy uses!
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Originally Posted by Richard McClellan View Post
Window motors with Dewalt gearboxes? That's a neat idea, I haven't heard of that being done before. Seems like you probably wouldn't need them since the window motors are already pretty slow, but if you were using them for a jointed arm, it would be very useful. Can you post more details on this?
There is a whitepaper called Nothing But Dewalts that shows in detail how to couple the DeWalt XRP 3 speed transmission with a CIM, Globe, and Fisher Price motor. We have used all three of these including the window motor on at least one of our robots from 2005 to 2008.