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Electric Car Build Sunday 2/7/2010
Status:
Chirs's Bike: Got the bike rolling with a controller from E-bay, but on the 2nd run the controller crapped out.
Motor Controller Test stand: Worked on wiring the lights and building a controller test stand.
Ben's Controller: Trouble shot the controller
Plans:
Neon: Install the temperature sensors and update the software on the monitor system
Chirs's Bike: Wire Lights
Ben: Work on assembling Open Source motor controllers.
Electric
Snow Thrower - I have some different pulleys I want to try.
Brian: Bringing a home made solar panel
Big FUN! I want to spend the first hour or so cleaning up the garage and putting things where they belong. I have some tubs that we can sort material into and I want to get the tools and welder squared away.
Meeting Info:
Where:
Tom Gralewicz's house
6630 W. Coldspring Rd.
Greenfield, WI 53220
(414) 380-1716
When:
10 am till about 4pm or when we run out of steam
What:
Working on cars, talking about cars, dreaming about cars.
We usually send someone out for a lunch run.
Events
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Grave Digger Disassembly
Wed, 2010-04-14 11:08 — Royce
Here the fella's are trying to get at the steering mechanism.
Ben N's Drive system in-progress
Tue, 2010-05-25 21:29 — Royce
This system was later determined to go about 4mph. Probably going to need some upgrades.
Pink Trike Madness 1
Tue, 2010-05-25 21:29 — Royce
Tom poses with his new improved steering system for the pink trike. (Seen left of Tom)
Pink Trike Madness 3
Tue, 2010-05-25 21:30 — Royce
Tom's is reeling in the ladies on his new pink trike!
Grave Digger Frame
Tue, 2010-05-25 21:30 — Royce
You can see the internals of the Grave Digger vehicle. We are just about recovered from the rule change for wheels.
Grave Digger Drive
Tue, 2010-05-25 21:30 — Royce
These are the electric jack motors. 0.6 Ohms, so we should get some decent output. Only time will tell of course.
Steer Angle Determination
Tue, 2010-06-01 20:31 — Royce
Here I'm working on figuring out at what angle my steering column needs to be welded to the frame.
June 5th Build - Pink Trike, Welding The Forks
Sun, 2010-06-06 09:45 — BrantH
Tom and Chris weld some forks for Tom's Barbie Chopper.
June 5th Build - Pink Trike, Almost Ready To Test
Sun, 2010-06-06 09:46 — BrantH
Tom and Chris surveying the Barbie Chopper before its test run.
June 5th Build - Grave Digger, Gearing Up To Test
Sun, 2010-06-06 09:46 — BrantH
Royce taking the Grave Digger chassis out for a spin.
June 5th Build - Pink Trike, Motor and Wiring
Sun, 2010-06-06 09:46 — BrantH
Temporary wiring rig to test the Barbie car.
June 5th Build - Grave Digger, Test Chassis
Sun, 2010-06-06 09:46 — BrantH
The chassis of the Grave Digger car. Unfortunately the motors just weren't enough to power it so we couldn't submit a video of it for the judge's consideration by June 5th.
June 5th Build - Pink Trike, Success
Sun, 2010-06-06 09:46 — BrantH
Tom after his successful run on the Barbie Chopper.
June 5th Build - Pink Trike, Test Run
Sun, 2010-06-06 09:46 — BrantH
Tom takes off in first gear with Royce and Chris filming his attempt at 500 feet in a straight line.
Milwaukee Makerspace at Maker Faire Detroit 2010
Thu, 2010-08-12 20:48 — Royce
Photo credit: Alex V. Hernandez
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