I electrified my push scooter with a power drill

▲ I electrified my push scooter with a power drill(eddieabbondanz.io)

95 points by speckx 4 days ago | 39 comments

▲ robgough 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

My first thought after reading this title: Oh cool, they've taken part in a drill and used the motor. I don't really know what that looks like inside a power drill. This will be an interesting post.

Immediately opened it and laughed out loud. Perfect execution, no notes.

▲ shermantanktop 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Not enough gaffer/duct tape! But the inability to bank to the right side is perfect. Just do a 270 to the left.

▲ dotancohen an hour ago | parent | next [-]

  > inability to bank to the right side is perfect.

That disadvantage is balanced by the advantage of not having to open the kickstand at every frequent stop.

▲ oniony an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

It's the Zoolander feature.

	▲	blitzar an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Its got the blue steel paint job

▲ Aurornis 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Same thought here. Did not expect this level of jank but I loved every photo and word.

The contrast between the 3D scanning and bolting a power drill to the side was fun.

▲ bombcar 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

This is exactly what I wanted even though it was not at all what I expected.

▲ madaxe_again 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

You’d love how I’m starting my generator. Same drill. Hodgepodge of springs and string to manage the choke. ESP32 committing obscenities in the middle of all of it.

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dotancohen an hour ago | parent | next [-]

What is that one-way bearing TFA mentions. I understand its purpose, but where does one acquire such a bearing?

	▲	ano-ther 25 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Had the same question. The article has an Amazon link to the bearings.

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Gee101 an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

This absolutely deserves to be documented

▲ kleiba2 20 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

That's all nice and well -- but Matthias Wandel built a wooden scaffolding on wheels 12 years ago that was drill powered. That's _really_ crazy...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBmnQN78aZU

▲ MezzoDelCammin 10 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

and as a bonus, now you know how it feels to ride a BMW boxer motorbike in a turn ;-)

▲ Doohickey-d 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I do wonder how long the electronics, motor and little (plastic) gears in the drill would last with this. Especially since I'd suspect that it's designed for intermittent use, where it has time to cool down between each screw / hole drilling that you'd do normally. If you drive 2 miles in one go, that'll be a lot of heat that doesn't have time go anywhere.

Somehow I'd suspect that it won't last all that long...

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lisp2240 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Drills are used sporadically. If a drill was used intermittently it would be on most of the time and occasionally off.

	▲	Daneel_ 7 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I’m fairly sure ‘sporadic’ indicates random/unpredictable timing while ‘intermittent’ has a predictable pattern.
	▲	toast0 an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		> If a drill was used intermittently it would be on most of the time and occasionally off. But when the wipers in my car are set to intermittent, they are off most of time and ocassionally off.

▲ sandeepkd 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Feels good to see some one is enjoying and having fun with the tech

▲ kphorn 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

We are in the days of building the things we dreamed about as kids. Looks great for right turns!

▲ jeffreygoesto 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Where have I seen something like this before. Right HAWK Hildesheim organized (locally) famous "Akkuschrauberrennen" https://m.youtube.com/results?sp=mAEA&search_query=akkuschra...

▲ willy_k 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Wonder how this would work with an impact? Also, since it already uses one-way bearings, could another drill/impact be fitted to the other side so that there are two “gears” available?

	▲	dotancohen an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Squel the tires every few meters? Like an AC Cobra.

▲ ielillo 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Reminds me of the red green show sans duct tape

	▲	dylan604 27 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I remember watching this show as a teen while thinking I had to be the only person watching it.
	▲	ksenzee 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		It's only temporary, unless it works.
	▲	aaronbrethorst 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		When all else fails, play dead https://www.youtube.com/@RedGreenTV

▲ delichon 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

What is that 3D printed wheel made of that it can support over half of your weight while bumping along a road?

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bruckie 4 hours ago | parent [-]

ASA, per the post

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acrylonitrile_styrene_acrylate

	▲	jacquesm 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Yes, but you could have made it out of PETG just the same. I have some PETG parts here that we have tried to break but couldn't, that stuff is ridiculously strong for its weight if you use the right infill and you take the layer direction into account when designing the part.

▲ echelon_musk 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

A good friend of mine told me he would frequently come across a guy who had modified his bicycle with an electric drill.

He would see him leaning over and pulling the trigger get an electric assist on the uphill section of the commute.

▲ _joel 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Direct drive, yes, also direct drill.

Watch out for the gear change, may end up in hammer action.

▲ bzmrgonz 20 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

You know you could have used a 90 degree chuck buddy. Or better yet, an angle grinder to make it a friction drive from above.

	▲	jacquesm 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It's got 2 miles of range, adding those complications would likely eat up a lot of the range.

▲ gniv 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Turning right seems hard.

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dotancohen an hour ago | parent [-]

Is that why all politicians are suddenly turning to the left?

	▲	BLKNSLVR 15 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		If that's what you're seeing then my guess is that, like this scooter, they'll be turning left three times so they end up going right. I'm not sure where you are if you're seeing politicians turning left though.

▲ nchmy 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

video or it didnt happen!

▲ tamimio 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Missed the opportunity to add vacuums and blowers and go upside down plus lateral and rotational movement, with fancy dark themed site and buzz words all over :)

▲ erelong 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

add another wheel on the other side of the drill for a kind of sidecar-like stability? (tricycle style?)