Talk:Power Drill

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I was thinking, maybe it makes more sense to start small. If we could design a cordless power drill, it might be lucrative and fun to sell OSE power drills to bazillions of people. At first the quality may not compete with Commercially available power drills, but people would be purchasing the brand, not the product. It could also serve as a format for larger development projects. Anyway, I think it's very possible. 3D printed handle/chassis, sub-c battery cells, electric motor, AC adapter, 3d printed trigger mechanism, and a keyless-chuck.Chris DeAngelis (talk) 21:06, 19 March 2018 (CET)


Additionally, I would suggest making a low voltage drill, (5 sub C batteries) (1.2V x 5 = 6V drill). Again, the point of this project is to layout the groundwork for completing a project from beginning to end. Focus should be on Rapid "design-prototype-test" -> "design(v2)-prototype(v2)-test(v2)"Chris DeAngelis (talk) 21:11, 19 March 2018 (CET)


12 Volts is probably going to be the minimum voltage, so 10 sub C batteries. Perhaps a 3 x 3 stacked arangement in the handle, with the 10th next to the motor.Chris DeAngelis (talk) 21:21, 19 March 2018 (CET)


Granted this may take place in a later iteration, but wasn't a planned feature having various adapters to be able to use existing battery packs such as Ryobi's "18v One+"? Should we make the 10 Batteries in a 3D Printed (with some wires attaced etc) slide in cartridge? Then to use a Ryobi or other eqivalent battery pack, there would essentially be an extender that fills in that cavity to the base of the handle, with a slot to insert the battery pack. (That last bit was worded a bit weird so ask me to clarify if necissary).

--Eric (talk) 21:45, 19 March 2017 (UTC)