11/18/2020 0 Comments Week 10: ANother StruggleThis week was productive to say the least. I have built the frame that I needed to make the electric portion of the longboard. I ran into some issues with the sizing of the pieces of the rod that I am attaching the motor to the board. This was just annoying because I was finally making some progress and then I just had to wait for the joinery of the glue that I used to dry. In the end this did not work and I had to figure out how to attach the pieces with no screws into the pvc and no glue because of the differences of material. I pondered for a bit then figured out that I could recess the holes in the wood deep enough that I could put the wood on top and below the pvc and squeeze the pvc into place. I just needed something from lowes to do it right. Which I went to and promptly got back to work. This ended up working out pretty well but not as good as I hoped.
I also had to attach the motor to the wheel which was really annoying as well. I had an amorphous shaped shaft on the motor that I had to attach to the wheel. I did this by using a dowel that I stuck the shaft into that I then stuck into the wheel with a little glue. Lastly I had to mount the motor to the up down device and this was also difficult because it's the equivalent of sticking a round peg through a square hole. I had a round surface with no attachment points that I needed to attach a board to. I ended up just botching it. You will have to wait and see if it holds up before I tell you what I did.
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AuthorI'm Alex and this is my progress for my Genius Hour project of making an electric longboard. Archives
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