Motor Mounts

We made some motor mounts over the weekend.  Thanks to a friend who helped me weld them together and even let me try a piece.  So I’ve now welded a total of about 4 inches!

I was surprised when I got home that after all the trial fittings I’d done, I ended up welding the mount together backwards.  I was even more surprised that when I went ahead and installed it backwards, it worked anyway.  That’s good design work from what I hear.

I’ve got a couple more holes to drill in the metal before it’s completed.  I’ve gotten lax about carrying the camera our to the garage everytime I do something but I’ll have to pull the mounts out probably one more time and will take a few pictures then.

Also of note, the right tools certainly help.  I needed 3/8″ and 1/2″ holes drilled into 1/8″ steel and the biggest drill bit I had was 1/4″.  So I drilled away and then used a punch to open it up a little more.  It took a long time and many whacks of the hammer.  Fortunately, for the 1/2″ hole I remembered my better set of drill bits that went up to 3/8″.  So I used those.  Then I used a jigsaw to run slots from the hole outward, expecting it to make the punching easier, but it didn’t.  So I bought a file tonight and worked at it for about 10 minutes until it was the right size.

Also, even if your drill only goes to 3/8″, they make 1/2″ and larger bits that have a reduced part to fit 3/8″ drive drills….  That would have worked too.

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