Following in The Steps of Carvon

Kinda bummed… But it is what it is… I got the new motor bearings today and started work on the other motor…

The motor end can bearing seat is oblong and out of round by .1mm, my guess is that riding this with fucked bearings caused the bearing seat to oblong…

Considering options but I think at first I’ll just put the motor back together and see just how badly the motor rocks on that side…

Definitely not stoked!

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just ordered this board for this little grocery getter…

31" long, 8.5" wide hopefully it’s somewhat stiff, if not some glass on the bottom, and maybe the top… it ain’t going to be what you expect… it’s going to be somewhat kooky and have a 12s2p battery!

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Maybe big gap filling retaining fluid would make the bearing solid.

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That sucks big balls, hope you can find a solution to that, or if you can’t; hope it’s a minimal issue.

BTW that deck, you say it’s not what I expect, but I am expecting a schlongboard now!

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hmmmmmmmmmmmm ok!

Don’t for one moment think that you can’t put 110mm wheels and RKP trucks on a short deck, because you can :smiling_imp:

you most definitely can

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The Grocery Getter

I’ve looked longingly and a little jelly at the short deck urban assault esk8s like @b264 and the choochoo that @rey8801 and the little tank that @mmaner have built and really wanted to try my hand at a shortboard build… a light-weight, small, maneuverable, fun board…

So I got to thinking, what do I like in a board, split angle trucks for sure something 50-60 degree on the front truck and 35-ish degrees in the tail. The front truck must be right at the very front so wheeling it around holding the rear of the board the front wheels are unencumbered.

It HAS to have a usable kick-tail, and if I can fabricate a handhold in the kick tail to wheelbarrow the little girl around so much the better. I also have become quite fond of an angled rear foot stop that an MTB and a drop-down deck has for fast launches…

I love a medium to deep concave in the foot pockets, and the board should be stiff as f*$k so I don’t need a flexible battery or segmented enclosure.

I got to looking around and bought a cheap 31" long, 8.5" wide popsicle deck to mock up my thoughts and to see if I wanted to pursue this concept before I pressed a deck.

Front-truck mounted MTB style, rear truck moved aft and risers and wedges added, really liking the cool super usable kick!

and she should stand in the corner face down ass up like a good girl!

The wheelbase has been increased from 16 1/2" to 24" but she is still really small!

Mocked up on 97mm 'thane and so far I don’t think wheel bite will be an issue, but my plans are to ride her on 90mm wheels…

I found a super deal on @torqueboards site for an enclosure for bux 10, now if Dex and his customer service would get their shit together and tell me why my tracking number hasn’t moved from their warehouse in DAYs, I could show you that gem… but I digress… I’m really liking the way this is shaping up, and I’m going to kick-push her for a couple of days till the rest of the parts come in, and I finish up the motors…

I just wonder… is 110kv @ 12S2P too high of Kv… (maybe these are the wrong drives for this board… hmmmm… we’ll see…

EDIT: I just received the shipping info from @torqueboards, label created Sunday the 26th, received at shipper Wednesday the 29th… I get my shit Friday… Thanks Skaten…

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This is dope af. Digging the diy spirit . I see you

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@visnu777 also used a classic skate deck. Is gonna be fun :blush:

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No, Michael uses a hybrid if you mean the bustin :upside_down_face:
They are different to standard skateboard pop sickle decks…
Sorry I forgot the Santa cruz…my fault me idiot

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I refer to the red star one. I thought is a skate deck.

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Sure it is, too.
Its kinda confusing bc Michael does work on so many projects, thats insane ahhahaha. Sorry dude, i was a bit fast with my reply, was just triggered knowing it better this time hahahahah :man_facepalming: :man_shrugging: :man_facepalming:

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Man no problem at all​:grin: you can write as fast as you want :kissing_closed_eyes:

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Yes I can but i dont wanna be the fool at all by spreading wrong information, bc im not.
Im a professional :joy:

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Awesome board

Lowering the motor Kv will only help is the ESC is overheating or already at its maximum current, if the motor gets hot, changing the Kv won’t matter

If you have headroom on the ESC just crank up the amps

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It’s slowly coming together, today I received my 12S2P enclosure from TB, less than bux 10 for an enclosure, and comes with mounting hardware!!! :+1:t4:

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I push-sk8ed around for about an hour… this thing feels crazy fun! carvy but fun/stable and the back kick is awesome… I really can’t wait to ride wheelies with this little board powered… that reminds me, someone was making a rear skid for the kick somewhere on the site… I wanna make similar from nylon, and embed pieces of titanium, or just a titanium plate so I can make sparks when I ride awesome wheelies when powered…

the rest of this is just basic maintenance and bearing replacement… I found a great deal on some sealed ceramic motor bearings that I’m going to try out…



the process continues… be nice to each other please… except the buttholes… fcuk them!

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I’m really not liking the cracked magnet in one can…


I can get a fingernail in there and feel a ridge at the crack and just know the epoxy holding the magnets has been compromised… any one have source for motor magnets?

Preferably 9ish x 235ish x 2.5ish and curved… But I’ll take what I can get…

or does anyone have a damaged can that still has some usable magnets in it?

Yes these will be battle-hardened once I’m satisfied…

@hummieee ???

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Doubt you’ll find a match. I’ve heard of people gluing in the broken parts more so. Maybe sit the whole rotor in acetone and it likely will weaken the epoxy Snd u could put new square magnets in that u get off the shelf. While ur at it do it hallbach!
Any cheap ceramic bearings I’ve come across have broken. And loud. Maybe if the races are at least steel be ok. I’ve seen them explode.

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Follow on for @hummieee, what if u just epoxy over it? Is it just a performance hit or does this tend to degrade or damage the Esc or stator?

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