Greetings,
Im looking for some advice and resources regarding DC motors and the mechanics involved with connecting a motor shaft to a gear box and a wheel.
I am not familiar (at all) with dc motors and the mechanical pieces involved.
Some questions:
1)
What are some good places to purchase DC motors larger than the small desktop / Lego size hobby robots? I have a wooden base roughly 2 square and the weight involved will be 10s of pounds. While the physical size of a motor is not a direct indicator of the horsepower I envision a motor 3+ inches in diameter ~ meaning not an inch size that I am finding frequently. I have searched allelectronics and seems like they are not quite there.
2)
Regarding connecting the shaft to a gearbox and a wheel what are the pieces called what do I search for? Any good resources for buying these pieces? How do a specify a correct gearbox with a correct motor I assume I need to match something up?
3)
Are there drawings or how-tos involved in mounting and connecting motor, gearboxes and wheels you can point me to?
I believe I can get a good start with controlling the motor (electronically) and so forth I am very inexperienced with the mechanic side of this.
Thanks
Sparky
Im looking for some advice and resources regarding DC motors and the mechanics involved with connecting a motor shaft to a gear box and a wheel.
I am not familiar (at all) with dc motors and the mechanical pieces involved.
Some questions:
1)
What are some good places to purchase DC motors larger than the small desktop / Lego size hobby robots? I have a wooden base roughly 2 square and the weight involved will be 10s of pounds. While the physical size of a motor is not a direct indicator of the horsepower I envision a motor 3+ inches in diameter ~ meaning not an inch size that I am finding frequently. I have searched allelectronics and seems like they are not quite there.
2)
Regarding connecting the shaft to a gearbox and a wheel what are the pieces called what do I search for? Any good resources for buying these pieces? How do a specify a correct gearbox with a correct motor I assume I need to match something up?
3)
Are there drawings or how-tos involved in mounting and connecting motor, gearboxes and wheels you can point me to?
I believe I can get a good start with controlling the motor (electronically) and so forth I am very inexperienced with the mechanic side of this.
Thanks
Sparky