Goal is under $300 for a full 2WD setup made in China.
The enclosure is designed to be 3d printed to accomplish this goal.
Be easy to have manufactured
Most parts can be made by JLCPCB or PCBWAY.
For the wheel gears, just send the drawing to a gear shop like this one (minimum order is 10pcs).
For the motor gears you can use off the shelf ones from eBay; Or ask the wheel gear maker to make you some.
Be reliable enough for high performance esk8s
This is why this drive will only be available as a straight cut system. Testing will prove all else. More info to come
I’ve got a test batch of 10 wheel gears on the way.
Still deciding on a shop for the motor mounts and hanger adapters—looking at JLCPCB, PCBWAY, SendCutSend (CNC beta), and open to other suggestions.
Looking good! Craftcloud is a potential source for CNC parts. It’s the same site I used to produce the SLM drives. They’ll source it out to a large pool of manufacturers and send you a list of pricing. In my experience customer service has been great too.
The wheel gear is 96T. So you could go as low as maybe 15T? On the motor gear. I am open to making a larger higher ratio version if this one gains traction.
It’s all open source, for an aluminum housing all you would need to do is submit the 3D print file to one of the CNC providers listed in the main post.
For motor gears. These will need to be trimmed and given a keyway. This is not too hard to do with common shop tools and a 3 mm broaching tool for a 8 mm bore
