Hacked-Together Mad Max Ebike Contraption

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By Sean Michael Ragan
Posted 2011/04/29 @ 9:00 am
Category General

Nathaniel spotted this fantastic post-apocalyptic EV machine parked by the side of the road and stopped to grab some pictures. He writes:

[W]hat makes this thing move is two car batteries running through a power inverter to produce 120v wall current which then runs an electric drill which turns the geared assembly to move the wheel.

And it comes with an integral beer cooler. [Thanks, TechEnvy!]

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4 Responses to Hacked-Together Mad Max Ebike Contraption

Timothy Gray on April 29th, 2011 at 4:54 pm said:

Brilliant!

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Raul Castro on April 29th, 2011 at 5:24 pm said:

Wow! Beer included!

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Anonymous on April 29th, 2011 at 6:02 pm said:

That’s no Drill, that’s a HOLE HAWG!!! [Edit: hmm, not so sure on second look, maybe it's a smaller knockoff hole hawg like animal, but in any case still awesome!]

(See the book “In the beginning there was the command line…” for the reference, much more entertaining than I).

The Hole Hawg, originated by Milwaukee tools, is now becoming *Illegal* for contractors to use, at least here in CA, because it is just too dangerous/powerful and slightly unwieldy. On the low speed/high torque setting, it’s only a matter of time before it throws you off a ladder(and possibly across the room). There are newer angle drills to do the same job with a bit more control now. But I’ll always have a warm spot in my heart for that monster.

I only escaped it’s wrath mostly unscathed because I:
A) treated it with extreme respect and
B) only used it for a week to drill cable pathways in a zillion wood beams in my house, on the high speed/lower torque setting, which is ironically less likely to kill you. (Low torque is a relative thing here, it still damn near tossed me a few times, and I’m not small).

All that to say, an *awesome* source of motive power. I suspect the inverter and/or batteries are unable to keep up with it’s potential!

Totally awesome build!

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AndrewS on April 30th, 2011 at 6:38 am said:

disgusting
no way this should be allowed on any roads anywhere
clearly a danger to humanity

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