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Posted by speckx 4 days ago

I electrified my push scooter with a power drill(eddieabbondanz.io)
95 points | 39 comments
robgough 4 hours ago|
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 1 hour ago||
Not enough gaffer/duct tape! But the inability to bank to the right side is perfect. Just do a 270 to the left.
dotancohen 1 hour ago|||

  > 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 1 hour ago|||
It's the Zoolander feature.
blitzar 1 hour ago||
Its got the blue steel paint job
Aurornis 2 hours ago|||
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 3 hours ago|||
This is exactly what I wanted even though it was not at all what I expected.
madaxe_again 3 hours ago||
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.
dotancohen 1 hour ago|||
What is that one-way bearing TFA mentions. I understand its purpose, but where does one acquire such a bearing?
ano-ther 28 minutes ago||
Had the same question. The article has an Amazon link to the bearings.
Gee101 1 hour ago|||
This absolutely deserves to be documented
kleiba2 23 minutes ago||
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

Doohickey-d 2 hours ago||
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...

lisp2240 1 hour ago|
Drills are used sporadically. If a drill was used intermittently it would be on most of the time and occasionally off.
Daneel_ 9 minutes ago|||
I’m fairly sure ‘sporadic’ indicates random/unpredictable timing while ‘intermittent’ has a predictable pattern.
toast0 1 hour ago|||
> 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.

MezzoDelCammin 13 minutes ago||
and as a bonus, now you know how it feels to ride a BMW boxer motorbike in a turn ;-)
sandeepkd 4 hours ago||
Feels good to see some one is enjoying and having fun with the tech
kphorn 4 hours ago||
We are in the days of building the things we dreamed about as kids. Looks great for right turns!
jeffreygoesto 2 hours ago||
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 3 hours ago||
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 1 hour ago|
Squel the tires every few meters? Like an AC Cobra.
ielillo 3 hours ago||
Reminds me of the red green show sans duct tape
dylan604 30 minutes ago||
I remember watching this show as a teen while thinking I had to be the only person watching it.
ksenzee 1 hour ago|||
It's only temporary, unless it works.
aaronbrethorst 3 hours ago||
When all else fails, play dead

https://www.youtube.com/@RedGreenTV

delichon 4 hours ago|
What is that 3D printed wheel made of that it can support over half of your weight while bumping along a road?
bruckie 3 hours ago|
ASA, per the post

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

jacquesm 2 hours ago||
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.
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