How to tighten motor screws?

[EricH]

Use Loctite, particularly red or blue. The idea is NOT to have the screws unremovable, for the reason you mentioned--red and blue do not make the screws unremovable. They do, however, make it difficult for anybody without the proper screw removal tool to remove them, which is exactly what you want. Don't go overboard--one drop should be enough.

[swwrobotics]

Originally Posted by EricH

Use Loctite, particularly red or blue. The idea is NOT to have the screws unremovable, for the reason you mentioned--red and blue do not make the screws unremovable. They do, however, make it difficult for anybody without the proper screw removal tool to remove them, which is exactly what you want. Don't go overboard--one drop should be enough.

Alright, thanks! We'll definitely try this!

[Tristan Lall]

One other thing. If you're using really strong threadlocker, you'll need screws whose heads aren't going to strip out when you try to remove them. And remember that you can heat most threadlockers to remove them, if it comes to that.

[Gdeaver]

A better method to hold the motor is a belly band mount. We modified a PVC toilet flange to mount the motor.

[IndySam]

Originally Posted by Gdeaver

A better method to hold the motor is a belly band mount. We modified a PVC toilet flange to mount the motor.

I love this kinds of engineering, please post picks.