Mounting / Connecting The Fisher Price Motor

[Joe Johnson]

Originally Posted by dtengineering

There is another thread around here somewhere describing the planetary gearbox from Banebots. It is probably the quickest and simplest way to mount the FP motors. Order on-line and for less than $50 and about an hour to adapt the motor to the gearbox, you'll have a compact, lightweight transmission with your choice of gear reduction, a variety of mounting points and, I believe, a keyed 3/8" shaft.

We're using a couple on our robot.... maybe three if we need to mount the Mabuchi as well.

Either that, or check out the white paper on "Nothing but Dewalts" that shows how to adapt a DeWalt drill to an FP.

Jason

Yes I agree. I assumed that you wanted to use the stock FP transmission for some reason. If you are open to changing the gearbox, I whole heartedly recommend using the low cost gearbox discussed here or using a Dewalt XRP transmission modified to accept a FP motor.

The first is cheap and easy. The second is more involved but gives a better result for some applications.

Joe J.