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| gokartmaniac |
Posted - Dec 19 2003 : 7:27:20 PM
hey guys i was at a store the other day and there was this electric scooter and it was really cool but it had a 200 dollar price tag so i wan to make my own like with either a vacuum motor a fan motor dose anybody know of some plans on the internet or something like that thanks
Seth A. Meredith |
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| gokartmaniac |
Posted - Jan 02 2004 : 8:12:29 PM
i saw somebody on the internet who made a electric scooter using a drill he used a chain drive and a 12 volt japanese drill running on 24 volts it went 8 mph for 1 mile not very good but it worked i think if he used a smaller scooter it would have worked better
Seth A. Meredith |
| cirvin |
Posted - Dec 28 2003 : 2:00:08 PM
you could try www.harborfreight.com
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| Aaron Cake |
Posted - Dec 28 2003 : 1:45:09 PM
Most onlines suppliers are just distributers and won't sell to the public. Also, shipping overseas could be expensive. Just grab a phone book and check the yellow pages for "bearings". Should be many local suppliers.
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| gokartmaniac |
Posted - Dec 28 2003 : 01:27:43 AM
ok thankyou is there any online supplier that you would recomend the project will have to wait a litle while i finish my boat k hopefully it will be a successful project it would be cool if you could make an electric go kart and use like a computer joy stick to control it
Seth A. Meredith |
| Aaron Cake |
Posted - Dec 27 2003 : 11:22:57 AM
Any bearing supplier will have pullies in any size you need.
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| gokartmaniac |
Posted - Dec 26 2003 : 8:45:24 PM
thank you for the info korean hardware stores dont cary pullies they are usually like the size of a walkl in closet anyways than you god bless peace out
Seth A. Meredith |
| Aaron Cake |
Posted - Dec 26 2003 : 4:18:19 PM
Interesting....You don't mention anything about bearings. You will need two bearings to support your axel. I am also unclear about how you are going to bolt your wheel to the "screw". Stock scooter wheels don't provide any mechanism to do this, and I cannot think of a way to do this in a satisfactory way other then the system that I used.
Also, wooden pullies = bad idea. Too much friction. Just go to a hardware store and buy two pullies.
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| gokartmaniac |
Posted - Dec 25 2003 : 8:03:14 PM
heres a rough description of my rig first i will replace the rear axle withe a long screw and the i will use two bolts to fasten the wheel onto the screw ok now we have a new axle with a non free wheeling wheel and a long peace of it hanging out the left or right side then i will either take some pullys out of vacuums or i will build my own out of wood either way we have a pully now i will take two more bolts and bolt one of the pullys on to the protruding part of the new rear axle. after that i will take another screw and use two bolts to fasten the pully on and tighten the screw withe the pully onto the part of the drill where the drill bit gos the i will use straps or the special white slip thingies that can only go one way i believ there is one in the picture of your rig the n once evry thing is ready to be tide down i will use a vacuum belt and place it on the pullys and then i will tighten the drill down and zip off.
Seth A. Meredith |
| cirvin |
Posted - Dec 24 2003 : 12:30:06 PM
I would build an electric scooter with a drill, but if I buy even a cheep drill, I will want to use it!
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| Aaron Cake |
Posted - Dec 24 2003 : 09:20:48 AM
Belt drive should work fine if done properly, but finding belts that small and thin might be an issue.
I like the cordless drill idea, as many of the good 18V models run at around 2500 RPM with huge torque. Right where you want to be. They also have very good speed controllers (at least mine does) that goes from 1RPM all the way up to maximum speed.
Do you have any drawings of your "system" or can you write a description? There are many common mistakes, and I believe you are about to make one of them.  I want to save you some time and wasted effort. 
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| cirvin |
Posted - Dec 24 2003 : 12:19:31 AM
I was thinkin' like a direct drive with the drill.
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| da-g-dog |
Posted - Dec 23 2003 : 9:16:26 PM
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the seams like a good rig but my rig is going to be very simple it will take 10 minutes not including atachin the motor i am going to use a belt drive i will use a vacuum belt and i think i will use a cordless drill good idea
Seth A. Meredith
Well, you have been told that the belt drive won't work well, neither will the drill. You will likely be able to go faster by man power than by using the drill/belt drive combo. But as my old science teacher used to say, "whatever bouyances your watercraft."
hike master kyle |
| gokartmaniac |
Posted - Dec 23 2003 : 7:18:45 PM
the seams like a good rig but my rig is going to be very simple it will take 10 minutes not including atachin the motor i am going to use a belt drive i will use a vacuum belt and i think i will use a cordless drill good idea
Seth A. Meredith |
| cirvin |
Posted - Dec 23 2003 : 12:24:03 PM
Cool. I woud have just put a bigger wheel on so the gear doesn't scrape the ground on turns. It would need a bigger motor but I don't care. you could do this with a cordless drill.
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| Aaron Cake |
Posted - Dec 23 2003 : 10:05:48 AM
Sounds like you have the same plan that I did. Here is how I modified my Razor rear wheel (warning, HUGE picture ahead):
The description of this arrangement can be found in the Electric Scooter thread.
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