💩 Shitty DIY and nothing else!

[iNoLikeFlexyDecks]

I keep coming back to this old board. It was my analog longboard for years, guess I have the muscle memory for it.

[exx]

Hasn’t done anything yet but that’s a housefire waiting to happen
Quality comments, too.

[sevenfloorsdown]

Because we always get kids who insist on electrifying their Penny boards but refuse to listen to more experienced builders’ advice.

Then they end up butchering an off-brand Chinese eskate they got from Marketplace, drilling holes into their plastic decks and not having a rideable board. So, I tried building this as close as I can get to what those kids have as resources. Also, for the shiggles.

• Lingyi ESC and remote
• Generic hub drives
• 90 mm wheels
• old Riptide enclosure
• 97 WH battery 6S3P (circa 2019)
• Penny-sized and shaped deck. I couldn’t get a deck (or a used board) for dirt cheap so a wooden copy it is. This is the only thing I spent money on; everything else I put together. In a cave. With a box of scraps.

I haven’t had to properly test ride it yet because it’s raining but some observations:

• It is sketchy as shit to ride this even in my living room.
• I get wheel bite. On my heel.
• I can easily grab this with my hand. I’ve had university textbooks that were heavier.

More notes:

• I can probably get a 10S2P in there but I don’t want to go beyond the AU$25 I spent.
• This thing is a toy; I wouldn’t ride it to the train station like I usually do with my other boards.

[iNoLikeFlexyDecks]

[Dinnye]

Just found this in a battery building facebook group

[jack.luis]

Idk if we can call this shitty until we read the datasheet and assess

[sevenfloorsdown]

Did a stormtrooper spot weld that?!

[iNoLikeFlexyDecks]

He came off lucky though

[Pecos]

Kiddo finally started skating a bit. Bombing little hills and getting a feel for more than just loops in parking lots. He got wobble and bailed but the crappy 1/16” abs couldn’t take the abuse. Time to make him a good and correctly sized enclosure

[Ash]

idk, uhh does this count? wanted to drop my ride height some so had to get a shorter enclosure with some gaskets so the battery would fit. this was the result

[iNoLikeFlexyDecks]

OC

[iNoLikeFlexyDecks]

No not shitty enough…
Good job

[Ash]

lol thx

[AlexB]

How much shorter is it with the SS and mega gasket compared to just the DS?

[Ash]

i think around an inch shorter. it’s very noticeable when they’re side by side or if you have the deck flipped upside down

[exx]

Yes mate, you‘re the only one. Jeez.

[amanuelamanuel]

omg, is that enclosure made out of LEGO?

[exx]

Looks like it, I hope it’s at least glued.

[asmith285]

Although never on an ESK8, I do admit to making small enclosures for random electronics out of superglued Legos. Of course, that was also before 3D printing was a DIY affair…

[trancejunkie]

me love legosss…