Electric Lawn mower build

[Bluebox]

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.




Here it is! Complete with cobwebs!



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



Ahh! That's much better! All clean!



Time to remove the motor! Tadaa!



Here's the motor!




Updates coming soon!

[fordsuperduty]

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

[Meatwad]

Cool project Looking forward to seeing the electronics setup.

[Highmark]

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

That's an awesome yard too by the way.

[ittybitty]

Originally Posted by Highmark

That's an awesome yard too by the way.

Yep...very jealous of the yard...

[TEDROCKZ]

Originally Posted by ittybitty

Yep...very jealous of the yard...

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

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

[Lilgreenjeep1]

Can't wait to see how it turns out

[Bluebox]

Originally Posted by TEDROCKZ

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

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

Originally Posted by ittybitty

Yep...very jealous of the yard...

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!

[1r3land]

Originally Posted by Bluebox

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...

[Bluebox]

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

[THUNDER PRO]

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

[Bluebox]

Yet another quickie update:

Finally got my massive battery. It took a while.

[1r3land]

Originally Posted by Bluebox

Yet another quickie update:

Finally got my massive battery. It took a while.

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!

[Bluebox]

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!

[Bluebox]

Soldered everything together.



Got the converter custom machined



Bought some steel and had it bent.



Drilled the mounting holes



Started mounting



DONE!

[old man 52]

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

[Arctic Fire]

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

is that a 10s battery???

[C*H*U*D]

Post some video with sound!

Cool project by the way

[Big Daddy]

Originally Posted by old man 52

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

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

[Bluebox]

Originally Posted by old man 52

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

Charging only takes 6 hours.

Originally Posted by Arctic Fire

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

is that a 10s battery???

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

Originally Posted by C*H*U*D

Post some video with sound!

Cool project by the way

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

Originally Posted by Big Daddy

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

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