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Re: Globe Motor Durability Versus RS-545

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Originally Posted by squirrel View Post
We've never been able to find an application for the Globe motor, with our limited machining ability. Now that AndyMark sells shaft adapters, its more likely we could use it sometime...
Thanks to Jabba the Hutt, we didn't need to wait for AndyMark to offer a solution. However, the AM part is more versatile.

Seriously, I have never seen a Globe fail. Smoke, yes; fail, no. We've used them in stock condition, with threads cut on the shaft-stub, and with one gearing stage removed.

I even tried to get the team to use one for extreme torque by chaining it to a rachet, but they haven't found a mechanism that can use that solution (yet).
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