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The holes
for the front lights were cut out using a adjustable
hole cutter, yes I know, this would have been easier
if they had of been cut out before the wood work was
assembled. We then used a Router to add a nice curve
to the inside
edge.
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A second piece
of ply was cut out and screwed and glued in to place
behind the front grille to add depth to the lights. Small
aluminium tabs were then attached as a means of securing
the lamps. |
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Let there be light and there was
light! As the Geepstar will be running on 24 Volts, the
12 Volt electronic components will be wired in series.
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The motor mounting bracket is made
from 75mm angle & 5mm thick, a section was cut away for
shaft clearance and holes drilled for the motor bolts.
More holes will be added as a means of adjusting the
chain tension in the near future.
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The motors mounted and 24 tooth
sprockets fitted. The speed controller should fit nicely
in between the two motors giving clear access to the
centre tunnel.
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The wheelchair motors have a drive
disengage feature (Handy if you have to push the Geepstar
if you have a flat battery) by turning the respective
levers 90 degrees, these just poke through
the seat
base.
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I have tried a few versions of the
steering wheel, and have settled upon a twin layered birch
ply version as above.
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Layer one cut out, now for the base
layer. |
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The two layers were then glued together
using PVA and pressed together overnight to fix. The
centre hole was
drilled and using a 12mm bolt attached to a pillar drill,
this allowed the wheel to be planed to a perfect
circle, this then paved
the way for some quality routing.
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The picture above shows the routed
steering wheel. Fine sandpaper was used to get a smooth
finish and all it needs now is to be stained to
bring out the birch ply colour's. |
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THis shows the start of the windscreen
hinge assembly. 1 inch angle and flat bar was used.
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Triangular support mounts were made
as per the instructions and then clamps added to hold the
windscreen in the up position.
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Windscreen down. |
