I drew up a design for the adapter plate in SolidWorks. I think it is pretty much done. I will have to verify the thickness before I cut it out. I will put the coupler on the motor and measure how much it is sticking out from the face of the motor. I may make the tapered hole in the back of the coupler a little deeper to allow the bushing to seat in a little further to get the whole assembly a 1/4″ or so shorter.
This was my first foray into using SolidWorks and I have to say that it’s a pleasure to use. If only it was a Mac OS application and not so ridiculously expensive.
In the past I have used Rhino for things like but it makes it much more difficult to go back and change things. With this drawing could modify things like the thickness of the ribs by just changing one number.