Mount for Toy Motor

Some motors have the mounting holes already tapped.  I have some 550s
that have #4-40.  2.3mm is pretty close to  that.

JM

OK so I opened the motor up, tapped from the inside out to minimize
chips, shortened some 4-40 screws with a file. What a mess. There
must be a better way. What are 550s?

Brad

550 refers to motor size.

If you don't need the absolute mounting strength, for smaller motors
things like pipe hangers work very well. Get 'em at the home improvement
store in the electrical department. You can often bend it in our out to
adjust the size.

What also works is large cable ties and stick-on mounting base.
Obviously not suitable for alignment accuracy but pulled tight a small
motor won't go anywhere.

For neatness etc. drilling and tapping is indeed the way to go. At a
minimum you could get some shorty 4-40s. You can routinely get them down
to 3/16", though 1/4" or 5/16" might be better, depending on the
thickness of the bulkhead you're mounting to.

-- Gordon

Hi,
I'm considering experiments with self-learning mobile robot;
my background includes mechanical engineering and programming,
but not electronics design, so I'm looking for kit or
detail description for set of main controller, actuator
controller and data acquisition subsystem which provides
*AT LEAST* 32 Kb RAM *OR* includes wireless communication
channel to PC (in this case main data processing will be
performed on PC).
I can assembly such system from separated units, but I
don't have knowledges about compatibility of components.
Any suggestions welcomed.

Thanks,
Nick

Perhaps forget about the screws and epoxy the motor to the mount?

Or buy motors already mounted in something, and adapt that.

 Gordon McComb's own site has a few priced in the $4 to $9 range...
http://www.budgetrobotics.com/shop/?shop=1&cat 6  I've also seen
other sites that had other arrangements of motors in a similar price
range... here, I just found some, http://www.pololu.com/products/gearbox.html

Joe Dunfee