Re: [mowbot] Drivetrain for my mowbot

Paul Jurczak (pauljurczak nospam at yahoo.com)
Fri, 7 May 1999 15:54:26 -0700 (PDT)

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--- Dave Everett <deverett nospam at idx.com.au> wrote:
> First I'd try mounting the wheels directly to the motor shafts. If your
> wheel diameter is too small or you need to mount the motors away from the
> wheels then the belt would be the simplest method. You can get toothed
> belts and pulleys from Herbach & Rademan amongst others.
>
> I'll be interested in how you get on with the motors (which I assume are
> PowerWheels). Some time back there was interest in a series of posts that
> dealt with the construction of a base suitable for Mowboting and I was
> planning on using powerwheels for that.

Dave,

Your advice worked perfectly - thanks a lot! I discarded direct drive option early on because
rear wheels of my mower are 14" in diameter - slightly to big to be driven by 160 rpm motor. After
reading your e-mail yesterday, I started playing with 7" front wheels, which I cut out a few days
earlier and guess what?! These wheels interlock perfectly with slots on weird hub PowerWheels
motors have, moreover I was able to use height controlled mount for this powered wheel assembly.
I'm planning to conduct some driving tests soon. Thanks again.

Paul.
===

Paul Jurczak
<pauljurczak nospam at yahoo.com>

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