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Testing new motor mounts

I needed to re-design the motor mounts on the robot base, they didn’t hold the motors securely enough and tended to shift around.

The new mounts are better fitting and include a small wedge that fits between one of the gearbox plates where there are no cogs.

Two small motors with in-built gearboxes in motor mounts

You can see the small gearboxes built in to the motors

Two motors fully encased in the motor mounts

The new motor mounts are a snug fit

One of the great things about 3d printing is being able to pull out part of a design and iterate over in isolation, then when you’re done incorporate it back into your main design.