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Bundyrumandcoke
Joined: 01 Dec 2016
Posts: 31
Location: Gladstone Qld
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Drills ran for an hour with no load till the batteries ran flat.
I have always been a bit of a rebel. Yes, this has all been done before, all the builds, motors, drives, ect, but I don't always like to follow the flock. I see the mower blade has been used as a weapon before. So be it. And yes, I did look at the tutorials on drill drives and Bunnings red wheels, but I still wasn't happy. I also wasn't too pleased about relying on one left handed screw to deliver that power to the wheels.
So, a bit of looking, and checking today, saw this plan come to fruition. I discovered, much to my surprise, that the thread on the drill motor shaft isn't metric, but is, in fact, 3/8 UNF. This actually opens more opportunities for me. I bought a set of connecting nuts, a little bit smaller than the 3/8 shaft, so I can drill the centre out, and retap a 3/8 UNF thread into this. This will then thread directly onto the motor shaft, after being press fitted into my wheels of choice, 6 inch white Bunnings wheels. I hope the press fit will hold against the torque, but just to make sure, I will be using the large washer idea either side of the wheel hub. I can then simply use a 3/8 UNF bolt into the connecting nut, from the outside, through a washer, to hold the wheel in place.
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