25-06-2003 20:38

sanddrag

We haven't taken ours apart. We'll take the old ones apart any day but the new ones are just plain scary. We never touched ours and after 2 regionals, a pre-ship, and exhibition event they are still working great. The new ones are a bit too complex for me and they never work they same once you take them apart. If it ain't broke, do't fix it. That's our rule for the drills.

25-06-2003 20:39

rlowerr_1

Yup, those are the gears inside the drill . . .

So whats your point?

25-06-2003 21:59

pauluffel

Yeah, we"ve taken ours apart a few times, but unintentionally. Someone would be playing with the motor, then there would be much shouting of curses and the jingle of small pieces of metal hitting the floor. On one of the first days we had opened the kit we spent at least half an hour looking for one of the pins that had fallen out because we didn"t know we were going to end up taking them out anyways...boy we felt stupid when we realized that...

25-06-2003 22:16

Rob Colatutto

It would be nice if a day working on the robot went by without taking one of those appart.... I actually just had to work on one again monday repairing the arm that we broke at BC4. So familiar with them now.

25-06-2003 22:20

Adam Y.

All metal. I am quite surprised that Dewalt did not throw in some plastic piece like there usually is.

25-06-2003 22:24

Mike Schroeder

i spent 3 days at J&J taking apart broken transmissions, and using the working parts and making new ones, so that teams can use them, i can take them apart and put them together with my eyes closed,

25-06-2003 22:42

FotoPlasma

I'm nowhere near that proficient (I've never successfully put one back together), but at LA, I had to deal with so many broken transmissions, it made me never want to volunteer for the Spare Parts table ever again.

25-06-2003 22:53

Carlo

bosch

my dad picked up two of the motor-trans assemblies from a bosch vendor he knows, and i'll tell you they are tricky beasts. i played the "fix it till its broken" game, and came out a winner twice. eventually i figured out how to properly assemble them, and they are remarkably similar to the ones in the kit, however i do believe the ones i have are a new model, and have much heavier casings.

carlo

25-06-2003 23:27

Tytus Gerrish

You guys should try it its fun i have disasembled and reasembled this thing 30 or 40 times intresting little oribital geer setup i now know that is is a 3 ste orbital and shifting to second just locks two sets togeather so you dont get as much reduction, i have actualy now taken apart every motor gearbox and sensor i could find in the shop (And no! i didnt have trouble puting them back togeather)

26-06-2003 20:35

Dave_222

I don't recommend doing that with a globe. They don't go back together very well. Yes that is experience.

26-06-2003 20:44

Daniel Brim

You guys decided to take ours apart instead. I thought it was funny that our MCHS captain fixed it so fast. And I am taking apart a new one this summer (and attempting to put it back together)

26-06-2003 21:23

sanddrag

Well, it wasn't working before so what else was I supposed to do?

26-06-2003 21:27

scuba_sm

If you take a peek at my white paper (In the technical section), I show how to take it apart, and put it back together....

It's really just a matter of keeping track of pieces, and it was quite fun!

Well, Good Luck, and it's not all that scary.

-Steve

27-06-2003 12:56

Tytus Gerrish

Globe

I havent been able to take apart the globe, NO Screwes

27-06-2003 13:16

Matt Attallah

Re: Globe

Just get the plasma cutters...

Or just a really-really sharp hack saw and go to town!!

27-06-2003 13:26

team222badbrad

Nah not even a plasma cutter or hacksaw...

Just find a really small drill bit and a drill.....

Taking apart a Globe just requires some time.

Drill away all 3 of those roll pins that connect the Globe motor to the Globe gearbox.

(you wont get it back together....)

:-)

27-06-2003 15:39

Dave_222

As my little buddy brad pointed out yes it does take some time it took the two of us close to 30 minutes to drill out those 3 pins. They are really long. I dont recoment this if you plan on using the globe again. On a different note the globe is actually a really fast motor with out the gear box.

28-10-2003 08:52

Coco the Monkey

This picture was useful for me, I'm using it to make a Bosch motor in Inventor. I'm planning on animating each peice in 3DS Max by itself, and then combining them into one working motor.

28-10-2003 09:23

Tristan Lall

Coco: if you get a chance, would you mind e-mailling me a copy of that Bosch motor in Pro/E, STEP, IGES format? (Address in profile, or PM me.)
Thanks.