That’s the thickest area by far, but yea, it is pretty heavy.
The gasket material was a poor choice too, if I was worried about weight.
I always preferred my surfboards on the heavy/durable side too.
I’ll see if I can weigh it somehow later.
It should not max out my 3000 gram epoxy scale
Oh that’s not too bad!
I made the vertical sides a lot thicker than everywhere else.
After adhering the 0.5mm G10 strips to widen the flange, there was a fairly big lip on the interior underside, which i filled in , in 4 stages , with unidirectional fiberglass tow/roving/fin rope.
I knew I’d have to recess the power button and charge ports, and the swiss cheese nature of such an area would benefit from the added strength.
Also, I didn’t find any XT30 panel mounts, or Anderson Powerpole panel mounts I like,so figured that thickness could allow me to drill dremel and file to precise size, without having to add support later…
Hoping to maximum ease of future adaptability at a later date, and I have a tendency to overbuild everything anyway, whether I intend to, or not.
I’ve got to give a shout out to Evwan.
He has sent me a MESC6, and tracking says it will be here tomorrow, 3 days later.
So stoked with this community. Thanks for allowing me in.
Misanthropic tendencies…lessening…
I’ll not be ready to employ it immediately.
The 99$ mini 7s1p single hub motor skate I first bought, with 7s2p and a second hub motor on front truck, proving to be a capable kayak tow vehicle, has me rethinking everything, as does my long cruiser skate on 10s with 8" pneumatics on front.
The mini could get 10 p42a’s, and likely go faster with far more range than i need it to tow the kayak on the new asphalt. Its smaller and lighter, and so easy to take into beer store. Respectable range with 104watt hour and 10s1p of p42a is 151.2wH.
It almost makes the midsize 700 watt hub motor board, redundant. The 10s enclosure I made for this board is likely to spend more time strapped to my long cruiser, until I make a dedicated enclosure for Mesc6 12s unknown#p for the cruiser.
I want the cruiser to have 4 pneumatics, nkt just 2 with 2 80mm urethane hubs pusbing, but am still enamored with the quiet hub motors and the long free roll, and can’t budget cells for 3 operational boards at this point.
22mph only seems fast, sometimes.
Definitely would enjoy more acceleration and stronger brakes.
I added more weight to my enclosure today.
Surfboards, have either leash cup, which are resined into a recessed hole drilled through the fiberglass, or they have fiberglass ‘leash loops’ made with unjdirectional roving/tow/finrope, laid atop the fiberglassed shell.
The latter can be far stronger, but is not as accepted a method by stupid sheep surfers who cant determine quality on their own and need a logo to do that for them.
The glass houses also prefer to drill a hole and insert a leash cup, and let the sander deal with the rest. The leash loops.require.more skill to do cleanly and are harder to sand around, in a.production setting.
I added 3 fiberglass leash loops on each side of my enclosure, to make it easy to cinch velcro strap to my long cruiser skate.
The old waist belt, is wrapped with polyethylene plastic. Epoxy will not stick to it, the saturated roving laid across.
When epoxy has had some time to thicken and harden, there is a time window where it can be molded like a hard clay, aopens uo ootions and can reduce sanding requirements.
These leash loops will not reduce ground clearance, and will contain the velcro cinch straps, and add some strength.
I love having attachment points, without having to drill holes for fasteners.
I’m loving your DIY spirit dude. It’s great to see this project as it develops 
Love the DIY nature of Esk8, and the skill and ability of the members of this Forum.
I just pulled the polyethylene’d belts.
Not my best work, but function before fashion.
I’ve nearly run out of roving,
Wish i knew where to buy some locally, that is not both folded, and far over priced.
It’s a sin to fold fiberglass.
Definitely the best thread on the forum atm!
@SternWake have you thought about h7b motors like these
Bookmarked.
Interesting 9 pin connector.
Wonder how those tires feel compared to pneumatic
I see this ebay option too
just read the entire thread, because jet lag, cool, bravo ! AND dam I miss being able to kayak.I started doing it after my divorce at 38. the first time I took my kayak across the Sf bay from Richmond to Sf(3-4 miles of open water, spray skirt a MUST) I was sure id die ,but it demanded all my attention and it would look like an accident,so win/win 12 years later I only stoped because I need a new shoulder . Im jealous of the dog too, mine has stilts, but it took years to get her on a paddle board. she still isnt keen on swimming thanks for the entertainment
Fiona is a ball chasing lunatic.
When I lived in San Diego, and I’d break the law taking her to the beach at sunset, she was afraid of the water.
One time, the ball took a bounce off of a cobblestome, and she chased it into the Pacific, and it was on.
A week later she was charging after the ball into 3 foot shorepound, entertaining the whole beach with her goofy antics…
First time she had an opportunity to climb on a stand up paddleboard, no hesitation.
Same with the sit on top kayak, which I later bought from my cousin, when I realized paddling it does not aggravate my rotator cuffs like surfing/stand up paddleboarding can.
Now I just want to get her to the water as much as I can, when I can, while I can.
The Mesc6 aluminum casing is pretty impressive.
I love that it has 8awg to the battery.
I could certainly make it work in this enclosure, as is.
I think I will build segmented enclosure for the flexi long cruiser, around it, and 12s perhaps 4p p42a battery.
It’s so excessive and it’s mostly cosmetic. It’s also almost impossible to desolder… Dont get me started 
I was thinking a small 20amp dumb BMS might fit where the LED driver once resided, if the 8awg was angled a bit different.
I like fat copper. One less source of heating in a tight enclosure where everything is making heat.
Says the guy with 10awg, and XT90s, on a 30 amp 10s2p
Tried a different method with the final layers of epoxy.
I saw this large ziplock bag, that has a pattern designed to stretch.
I did not sand my enclosure perfectly flat. I applied 45 grams of epoxy filling the sanded weave, which was about 10 too many.
This layer thick layer fisheyed, some areas just repelling the epoxy, as expected.
I mixed 20 more grams about 40minutes after the first layer tacked off, and applied another layer.
This one was not fisheyeing but i laid the patterened ziplock freezer bag tightly across, and cut reliefs at the corners, and squeegeed from middle to edges, made sure the recesses for truss head screw heads did not fill up.
Babysitting it as epoxy thickened, and once it laughed at gravity,
The diagonal drive mini towed us to the kayak launch.
Just peeled off the ziplock baggie.
I’m kind of digging the texture.
Upto 932 grams
Helplessly making Bamboo smoke.
My uncle is dying. Prostate, bladder, lung, brain cancer. Seizing daily.
He wanted to be dead a week ago, after his eldest brother, at 91, flew in with my cousin, to say good bye.
Eldest Unc insisted his littllest bro be be allowed to die somewhere dignified no matter the cost, Offered to cover it all.
My dad sits at his side a few hours each day.
He comes home crushed.
Alzheimered mom can’t understand anything.
She Thinks he is upset at her.
Obsesses over it, can’t understand the words.
“your brother in law ‘xxxxxxx’ is dying”
He is not mad, at you, he is upset over that"
Define an isosoles triangle, quick!
Same blank look.
State basically says:
" Nope, we got to keep you alive, so you have to starve yourself in order to to die, we arent sure you qualify for hospice…"
So three weeks later, his remaining breaths are labored and miserable, despite the morphine they claim to be giving him.
Good Egad, feed me an OD of heroin and play mies davis and or chopin dill I Am good and.gone, blue and cold.
Forcing a terminal patient , to die in the most prolonged and miserable way possible, is fucking disgusting.
I’m sorry Uncle, I dont know what I Can do without winding up in court.
I Hope your next breathe is your last
Man that is really fucked up. I have a pact with the missus that if we’re ever in such a state, the other will do what they can to end it.
Hot shot of heroin would probably be a pretty easy out, when i get old i’ma keep that shit on standby 
Sorry to hear about your uncle dude, fingers crossed it ends soon.
