Working From Home Side Projects

Timo_2824
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Edited Date/Time 4/5/2020 7:52am
So I'm working from home about 50% of the time now and finding I can get work done while getting home projects done as well. Shows me how much time is wasted at the office lol.
Here is my latest project:
Blade XR 4X4 powerwheel
Modifications:
•Reinforced front axle.
•Three added batteries, one 12 volt and two 6 volt for a total of 18 volts at 24 amp hours.
•60 amp DC variable speed controller, we melted the stock pcb board...
•Each wheel has a HD motor and gearbox.

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Johnny Lock 4/2/2020 11:33am
4/2/2020 11:33am
I’ve got a battery on order for my older sons old jd power wheels tractor - going to have to check out how to add additional batteries for more power - although I’ll keep it slow for the youngest for now
Markopolo400
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Markopolo400 4/2/2020 12:01pm
4/2/2020 12:01pm
I used to work at Power Wheels so that is awesome to see 🤣 I built some high powered ones back in the day, my favorite would run 12V in low, 24V in high, and then I built in a turbo button to run 30V, but that only lasted a few minutes before the first drive gear in the gearbox would fail.
Falcon
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Falcon 4/2/2020 12:24pm
4/2/2020 12:24pm
Timo, I'd love to see video of that thing. My daughter used to have a pink Barbie Jeep and I often wondered about hot rodding it but never did.
TXDirt
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TXDirt 4/2/2020 12:33pm
4/2/2020 12:33pm
I’m doing some maintenance on our garden. Power washed all of the wood and then re-staining it. Doing the same for a kids playhouse we have.
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avidchimp
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avidchimp 4/2/2020 2:08pm
4/2/2020 2:08pm
Repainted the dining room yesterday/last night just because we were fucking bored. Of course we fought over the color. I wanted to go darker because the room get's so much natural light. I lost. 😂

I'm just about out of shit to do outside that I can actually handle. I'm about to paint the fucking house. If we can pick a color. hahaha
G-man
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G-man 4/2/2020 3:54pm
4/2/2020 3:54pm
Been restoring this 60 year old tandem bicycle that I got from my dad's garage years ago....



Have to finish it soon as the heat is right around the corner, this beauty is going to be a freaking rocket ship when done! 🤣
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avidchimp
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avidchimp 4/2/2020 4:05pm
4/2/2020 4:05pm
avidchimp wrote:
Repainted the dining room yesterday/last night just because we were fucking bored. Of course we fought over the color. I wanted to go darker because the...
Repainted the dining room yesterday/last night just because we were fucking bored. Of course we fought over the color. I wanted to go darker because the room get's so much natural light. I lost. 😂

I'm just about out of shit to do outside that I can actually handle. I'm about to paint the fucking house. If we can pick a color. hahaha
Should have been darker. hahaha
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JeremyK
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JeremyK 4/4/2020 2:30pm
4/4/2020 2:30pm

I boxed in the area under my stairs to hang hunting clothes this morning.
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