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title: Hobbyist Uses Right Angle Miter Gearbox to Build Drill Powered Bike
description: A Florida hobbyist used a Torque Transmission RAB-1 right angle miter gearbox to create a drill-powered bike.
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# [Hobbyist Uses Right Angle Miter Gearbox to Build Drill Powered Bike](https://www.torquetrans.com/blog/hobbyist-uses-right-angle-miter-gearbox-to-build-drill-powered-bike)

 Written by [Torque Transmission](https://www.torquetrans.com/blog/author/torque-transmission) | September 18, 2014

Torque Transmission is used to dealing with manufactures from all over the world, working with them to create custom solutions and providing cost-effective components. It's not often that we get to share a story from an individual customer using our components, and we've never had the opportunity to share a story quite like this before.

We recently ran across [this article from Make Magazine](http://makezine.com/projects/the-drill-rod/) about a Florida man who created his very own drill powered mini electric bike to help make ice and beer runs from his tugboat to the marina.

His search for a [right-angle gearbox](https://www.torquetrans.com/right-angle-gearboxes-and-worm-gear-speed-reducers) to allow the center-mounted drill to drive the rear wheel eventually led him to Torque Transmission. To read more about the drill-powered bike, and to [get the instructions for building your own, click here](http://makezine.com/projects/the-drill-rod/).

The right- angle gearbox used in the project was the [Torque Transmission RAB-1 right angle miter gearbox](https://www.torquetrans.com/right-angle-miter-gearbox). The RAB-1 offer customers a couple of great benefits. First, the RAB-1 has a longer service life with less wear. Second, the RAB-1 has greater tooth-to-tooth contact and quieter operation. Best of all, it has the most efficient power transfer design under rated load conditions.

Custom features include:

**Dimensions**: right angle miter gear drive is 3-21/32" x 3-15/16" x 1-1/4" deep

40% glass filled polypropylene

**Weight**: 10 ounces

**Shafts**: Ground high-tensile steel. Any shaft may be used as a drive.

**Gears**: Hardened coniflex straight miter gears

**Bearings**: Hardened steel ball bearings, permanent lubrication

**Mounting**: Three shaft mounting positions provide versatility in application

**Versaitle**: Three shaft connections are provided for versatility in application

RAB-1 may be operated CW, CCW or BACK driven

RAB-1 is rated at 1/3 HP at 1800 RPM. Maximum speed is 3000 RPM

Learn more by [clicking here.](https://www.torquetrans.com/right-angle-miter-gearbox)

 

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