Hi hoping someone can help me! I have been following Angus's Robo Wars Youtube videos "How to build a Combat Robot - Episode 1 Cordless Drill Hacking" and have done all that he has said but my 18v Ozito drills (both) will not turn freely (even before I have screwed in the grub screws). Have I done something wrong? Is there a way to fix this?
Thanks Steve for your response. I have tried to post a photo but with no success (I have two jpeg files or pdf files - cannot seem to upload either (?)). This is my first experience with this forum. To answer your question the wires have been disconnected from the main assembly but they still protrude from the drill motor - would this cause the resistance? If yes, how do I remove them? Thanks
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Have you tried actually running power through the motors and seeing what happens? I just took apart a drill where the shaft wasn't turning by hand even before putting in the grub screws, but it seems to run fine (I was a bit worried at first, given that I had to get a bit, ah,
forceful
to get the reverse threaded screw out).
If you're worried about smoking electronics with a stuffed motor/gearbox, you could make up a motor "tester" using the remains of a gutter drill. Here's one I prepared earlier:
Also, once you've uploaded the pics to imgur you can then imbed them in the chat here using the provided BBCode link - just change the size to "huge thumbnail" or something first, otherwise it'll show up bloody huge.
Cheers I will try running power through the motor and let you know what happens.
Mon Jul 25, 2016 7:12 pm
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