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[MetalMan]

My kb-45 10XL has pretty much been sitting around since I got it. Still trying to figure out how to turn the shaft down to 5mm... I tried using a rubber strap wrench (apparently called grip wrench) and a plate that mounts to all four screw holes on the motor to see if I could unscrew the front endbell. I heard from a guy that it would be easy to do, but I couldn't get the endbell to unscrew (if I had forced it much harder the grip wrench probably would have snapped).

Then I soldered the motor up to my HV-110 that will run it, and plugged everything in including 10s2p A123. Revved it a bit. Now I'm thinking of just taking a file to the shaft. That is, unless anybody has any better ideas...

[lincpimp]

What size pinion do you need metalman? I just bought the ones from sdp-si, they are nice, but only useable with a plastic spur. The file method will work, I have doe it myself. i was thinking that a grinding stone would be better than a file. Like one you would use in an angle grinder. Just hold it against the shaft and keep the motor rpm down. The file has to be held just right to keep the shaft even.