OT: cordless drill to drive a skateboard or scooter?

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Michael A. Terrell Central Florida

Seems there is a nice solution to that. A direct drive wheel that allows coasting, found on at least one trike/tricycle.

HOW much ?!

Go to Harbor Freight and get an 18V cordless drill for 1/10 of that cost.

I got mine to help me install new car speakers; still working great, on its first charge.

Michael

That one will last you a few years. The $250 one will be useful to your grandchildren. I still have tools that belonged to my grandfather, but these days that level of durability is simply not necessary for most people.

I'd rather have several cordless drills with different bits so I just pick up and use the tool, rather than have pain shooting from my fingertips to my shoulder when I have to open or close the chuck. * Some days the carpal tunnel is so bad I can't even hold the drill, let alone use it. I bought two 14.4 Volt cordless drills for $24, because they wanted $18 for a spare battery pack. I've also noticed that no one has stolen any of them, since i quite buying the expensive ones.

• No, not a woodchuck! ;-)

Cordless? I don't think the drill's NiCd batteries would be useful to my grandchildren...

;-)

Michael

All I can see when I look at that is some 3-year old kid trundling down the neighborhood street, drill chucked into the drive wheel, "Rrrr-Rrrrr-Rrrrr..." at about 2 mph.

Thanks! Rich

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I just read the latest Popular Mechanics magazine,which had a short bit about a 18V cordless drill-powered bike(DeWalt drill),it had a proprietary torque multiplier said to be critical to the application.

Run time was not so good,IIRC. There's limited power in the 3 AH battery pack. (although it's easy enough to swap out quickly.)

Maybe you use Pee-wee Herman drills.

No one has questioned the power that is scheduled to arrive today.

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According to the PDF file, Panasonic drills locate the FET right next to the fan. I suppose that's where most are.

Some decent technical information in that owner's manual.