XR10 motor skids courtesy of Walgreens...

[jwr]

and a couple minutes on the bandsaw:





1" diameter container snap fits into place although I might hit one end with a thin strip of servo tape.

[Norcal_GIT_r]

Nice, thanks for the tip.
I just went and made a set from similar material.

[ROWDY RACING]

I do the same thing on my motors.

[SACCO]

Couple of minutes on the bandsaw? You need to change your blade

Good job bro, I use 5hr energy bottles

[ittybitty]

Nice...just what I needed...a little more orange to replace the white skids I have now...THANKS!

[DickyT]

They look good, though you may want to extend it out a little further to protect the endbell

[TexasSP]

Awesome tip, thanks!

[jwr]

I'm glad some of you found the suggestion helpful!

Originally Posted by SACCO

Couple of minutes on the bandsaw? You need to change your blade

Truer than you know Okay, so it took about 30 seconds on the bandsaw and 90 seconds of pulling the melted plastic off the edges and cleaning them up a bit

Originally Posted by ittybitty

Nice...just what I needed...a little more orange to replace the white skids I have now...THANKS!

Everyone needs a little more orange...

Originally Posted by DickyT

They look good, though you may want to extend it out a little further to protect the endbell

That's a really good idea! I made the first one a little wider but on my current motors I have the motor wires coming off the tabs at 90 degrees so they hit cover. I have new motors coming and I'll solder the wires up a little better so I have more room and can protect the endbells next time.

[DickyT]

Originally Posted by jwr

That's a really good idea! I made the first one a little wider but on my current motors I have the motor wires coming off the tabs at 90 degrees so they hit cover. I have new motors coming and I'll solder the wires up a little better so I have more room and can protect the endbells next time.

Trim a little cut out where the wires are then you can solder the wires any way you want!

here is the endbell cap on my CO motor guard\battery mount as example

[jwr]

Originally Posted by DickyT

Trim a little cut out where the wires are then you can solder the wires any way you want!

here is the endbell cap on my CO motor guard\battery mount as example

Nice!! Good thing I have a few spare pill bottles laying around

[The Real Dogman]

Been using the meds bottles for a long while now(In fact I posted this tip in another thread several weeks ago), And I leave the bottoms on the bottle to protect the end bell and brush hood. The one thing I did find is that unless you cut open the vents in motor can, your motors life will be shortened by this method(I know, been there)

So the point is,,, If you run ANY motor skid be sure the motor vents are open and free to circulate air to allow cooling and evacuate metal/copper/carbon particles,,,,,,

[jwr]

Originally Posted by The Real Dogman

Been using the meds bottles for a long while now(In fact I posted this tip in another thread several weeks ago),

So the point is,,, If you run ANY motor skid be sure the motor vents are open and free to circulate air to allow cooling and evacuate metal/copper/carbon particles,,,,,,

Dang, I should have known I wouldn't come up with anything original. I was just walking around the house trying to find something the right diameter

Thanks for the tip on the venting!

[JimmyJam]

Originally Posted by SACCO

Couple of minutes on the bandsaw? You need to change your blade

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA lol

[pinckbrown]

Ditto on the vents for the motors!

[murderface]

i used a really cool plastic with an adhesive backing that you apply with a heat gun works great

[Jakerz]

good idea, you should stick a novak sticker on them and they would look factory! LMAO

Jake