It was my first. One moment I’m on the board, cruising through the campus, the other moment I’m on the ground, the board is upside down, and someone brings my…
Continue ReadingDon’t you love discovering the bugs in the stuff you make? It reminds us the complexity and the challenge in product development, and the fact that perfect never exists. The…
Continue ReadingThis post is about doing the conversion – taking the mini and making it thumb controlled. The .stl files are available here. I introduced the idea last time.…
Continue ReadingThe mini was my first ever remote, for an esk8, right along with the first esk8 attempt. (That’s the mini right there in the picture) View this post on Instagram…
Continue ReadingIt went forward in “less than perfect way”, as some of the project often do. Puddles all around and the washer dancing on top of the bigger washer. Well, at…
Continue ReadingWhen you make something, there’s a point in time when everything comes together. Every little bit of hardware fits in just right, all the seams are closed, and it ticks…
Continue ReadingThis progress update did not come as easy as expected, and I should have (probably) expected this. So, I did not keep my promise to publish the updates weekly.…
Continue ReadingImagine this – you come back home after a 5 mile morning run. Soaked with sweat, energized, excited with this lovely morning and the upcoming day. You drink a full…
Continue ReadingThis is my attempt to add simplicity to the short commuter board we are building now. With v1 board, I had to take the batteries out of the enclosure,…
Continue ReadingHow do you like your board? My progress on the smaller 30” version got me loving it even more. So far, the deck is assembled, and the enclosure…
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