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Old 10-04-2009, 08:05 AM   #1 (permalink)
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How to make an outboard motor with a cordless drill.



This video shows an easy way to make a outboard motor extension for your cordless drill.
The shaft is a wired rod of 10 mm in an aluminium square tube of 6 by 4cm by 90cm ending in a square drillhead. In the drillhead the 3 blade propeller of 24cm diameter. This part you can buy in a nautic shop for about 15 euro. All the other parts you can buy in the diy shop around the corner.
The left/right/tilt hinge is made from the same alu-tube and some alu strip. What you don't see is a long steering handle. The aluminium around the drill is a way to cool the machine. Don't forget to make some holes for the ventilation and the back/forward switch. The square drillhead has 2 holes on the side; easy for the connection to the alu tube. The total costs are about 40 euro / 45 dollar or 5200 jpy.


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Old 10-04-2009, 09:03 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Welcome to the site.

Haha that is pretty cool! Darin will appreciate this for sure.

Any concerns about water getting in that right angle drill head and messing up the bearings?
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Hi Daox,

Ecomodder is the site I was looking for. So I feel home here...
You got a point; the right angle drillhead can get in some water
after a while. But as I show you in the picture, there is an easy
solution for that. 1. a rubber ring around the spindle's 2. filling
the drillhead with grease . The thing is easy to open.
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Old 10-05-2009, 06:59 PM   #4 (permalink)
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