Electric Lawn mower build
 

I'm finally started my lawn mower build! For all those that don't know, I'm converting my grandfathers petrol Webb lawn mower to electric! I plan to use a MASSIVE rc plane motor.

Here's some starting photos from todays work.

Here's me building a table for the mower, so I don't have to bend over so much.

http://imageshack.us/a/img836/4610/photovwl.jpg


Here it is! Complete with cobwebs!

http://imageshack.us/a/img703/5396/photocopy13.jpg

I opened the gearbox! Yuck! It's full of muck and oil!

http://imageshack.us/a/img24/7400/photocopy3z.jpg

Ahh! That's much better! All clean!

http://imageshack.us/a/img9/8343/photocopy5.jpg

Time to remove the motor! Tadaa!

http://imageshack.us/a/img823/8594/photocopy7.jpg

Here's the motor!

http://imageshack.us/a/img15/7708/photocopy9.jpg


Updates coming soon!

Re: Electric Lawn mower build
 

props to you for trying this! my only thought is that is going to have to be a massive electric motor to run that thing

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Cool project "thumbsup" Looking forward to seeing the electronics setup.

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Can't wait to see what you do with this. "thumbsup"

That's an awesome yard too by the way. :ror:

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Yep...very jealous of the yard...:shock:

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Yup! Some of us have to drive many mile to see crawling areas like that:cry:

Used to have a mower just like that a while ago. Slow but made for neat work. Look forward to seeing your finished results"thumbsup"

Can't wait to see how it turns out

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Yeah! I'm pretty dang happy! And that's just 1/4 of the yard! One of the other 1/4's is devoted to my crawler corse I'll post some pics some time! :)

Lets see some pics when u get a chance... Jealous!! I jut have small rocks in my yard lol... I gotta pile them to make a decent place to play...

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Well... What look I got in the mail a while ago.


http://imageshack.us/a/img541/1273/0klx.jpg


http://imageshack.us/a/img844/2529/fs99.jpg


:ror:

Re: Electric Lawn mower build
 

Need big batteries for some big power,cool project keep us posted.

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Yet another quickie update:

Finally got my massive battery. It took a while.

http://imageshack.us/a/img839/2718/tgbr.jpg

Yep... That sure is a big one lol....
Need to compare it to my 850mah 3s I use
In my crawler lol
Good luck with the build, ill keep an eye on this! Looks fun & interesting!

Re: Electric Lawn mower build
 

Well, the project is finally "over"! The project is complete and I'll be posting photos later today! Even though it's "done", I still plan on taking the mower entirely apart, re-painting, cleaning, re-greasing, ect.

Thanks for the support guys! :)

Re: Electric Lawn mower build
 

Soldered everything together.

http://imageshack.us/a/img198/7982/e2m3.JPG

Got the converter custom machined

http://imageshack.us/a/img41/1488/26qv.jpg

Bought some steel and had it bent.

http://imageshack.us/a/img21/494/xbkc.jpg

Drilled the mounting holes

http://imageshack.us/a/img208/9752/ftx3.jpg

Started mounting

http://imageshack.us/a/img820/6234/atq9.jpg

DONE! :mrgreen:

http://imageshack.us/a/img716/4899/iqfz.jpg


http://imageshack.us/a/img842/5996/z8h2.jpg

Re: Electric Lawn mower build
 

Well how long will it take to charge the battery , Spring only 6 months away.:lmao:This is a neat conversion , I hope it works buddy."thumbsup"

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This thing is going to become self aware and start killing people for sure.

is that a 10s battery???

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Post some video with sound!

Cool project by the way "thumbsup"

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Could just run it in reverse and be a snow blower.

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Charging only takes 6 hours. ;-)

10s, yes. Killing people, no. "thumbsup" I won't let it. I've trained it well.

Thanks! Will do. Just waiting for the grass to grow!

In theory, yes, but it don't really snow here, and I don't want it to rust.