gerrymoore
CNC expert (well, getting there!)
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Presume this thread belongs as it's a type of 'bike'!!
Just cut out the chassis for my segway. The steel is a bit messy as it was left out and rusted very quickly:-((
I designed it in cad....and printed it out first to see if OK then, eventually, managed to cut it out with my CNC. I'm still having some hiccups with it and believe it's caused by the electronics 'freezing' for some reason. I'm going to fit a UPS to see if that helps but to get over it as best I can I have cut out the chassis in 6 separate 'chunks' of Gcode then I can just start again when it freezes.
After just buying a metal folder I managed to bend the 2mm chassis by hand easily as I had a;ready put perforated fold lines in the design...I'll mig them up later.
The segway will have two 350watt 24volt motors and two 7 or 12 amp batteries. Design speed is only 12mph. A friend is helping me with the coding and it seems to be OK ....but yet to be tried on the real thing!
The two bearings will hold the handle which is sprung to the centre and when moved left or right will steer the segway. This has to be coded carefully as the steering input has to be reduced, as speed rises, for safety.
If it all works, hoping to make a kit available..but that's a bit away at the moment!
Just cut out the chassis for my segway. The steel is a bit messy as it was left out and rusted very quickly:-((
I designed it in cad....and printed it out first to see if OK then, eventually, managed to cut it out with my CNC. I'm still having some hiccups with it and believe it's caused by the electronics 'freezing' for some reason. I'm going to fit a UPS to see if that helps but to get over it as best I can I have cut out the chassis in 6 separate 'chunks' of Gcode then I can just start again when it freezes.
After just buying a metal folder I managed to bend the 2mm chassis by hand easily as I had a;ready put perforated fold lines in the design...I'll mig them up later.
The segway will have two 350watt 24volt motors and two 7 or 12 amp batteries. Design speed is only 12mph. A friend is helping me with the coding and it seems to be OK ....but yet to be tried on the real thing!
The two bearings will hold the handle which is sprung to the centre and when moved left or right will steer the segway. This has to be coded carefully as the steering input has to be reduced, as speed rises, for safety.
If it all works, hoping to make a kit available..but that's a bit away at the moment!