11/13/2020 0 Comments Week 9: Finally ProgressThis week I began work on the final build phase of this project. Also this week I made a mental blueprint for myself. On top of this I finalized making some pieces that I would need to assemble the build. I still need a piece that I can’t get quite yet.
I started with finishing up setting up everything that I needed to build the board. I started with making the motor how I needed it. I had to take this really annoying plastic piece off of the rod and it turned out to be a pain in my butt. I then had to get the wheels how I needed it. I needed to get the bearings out of the wheels. This is because with the bearings in the wheels I would lose efficiency. The issue with doing this is that when moving while the motor is not spinning then the wheels would essentially melt because they would not be moving. I also had to make sure that I had everything that I needed to build the board so that I could go get it soon. I did realize 1 piece that I still need. The motor has a rod at the end that I am going to tap so that I can put a nut on it to attach it to the wheel. I then figured out how to make the actual electric part of the board and attach it to the board. I figured that I had to make a handle to be able to get around the non-bearing wheel problem by lifting the wheel up and down. To do this I needed to make a box with a PVC pipe and dowel rod going through it and attaching to the motor and wheel. Overall I finally have a grip on what I’m doing for this project. The only thing I am still not sure about is if the wires and stuff will handle the strain of the battery and voltage. But that's for next week.
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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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