DIY | Electric Skateboard | Dual Motor | Time Lapse Build

[@paulhawkins3763]

You like Electric boards and chill hop. You're good in my book

[@ADayintheLifeofMr23]

🙌🏼 appreciate you!

[@drumbri]

By far the best board build I’ve seen on KZbin.

[@ADayintheLifeofMr23]

You’re too kind! Appreciate you saying that! More to come soon

[@esk8unity]

real question. from the amount of time it took to build that, waiting for parts, putting together , soldering, trial n error. yep was it worth saving the X amount of money? if so , how much did u actually save to comparing to which board you thought was a little too much for ya. im asking this because im thinkin about doing diy too, i jus dont know if its worth my free time or not

[@ADayintheLifeofMr23]

Hello and thanks for the question. The board I was initially looking at was the evolve GTR. I saved about 800-1000 dollars by building it myself. But there are other boards not as expensive that perform around the same as the GTR so that number is really just in comparison to the GTR. At the time I built this board there weren’t as many quality budget boards on the market yet either. The main question you have, “is it worth it?” That’s kinda hard to answer. For me, it was absolutely worth it. But it wasn’t so much about saving money as it was about the process. I enjoy figuring out how things work and how to put stuff together. One good thing about building it yourself is that when something breaks, and it will, you know how to fix it. Another plus is how customizable you can make it. When you buy a board like the GTR you don’t have as much control over the programming……however that could also be seen as a downside too if you aren’t too savvy with a computer. Another plus is that doing DIY you are going to get more bang for your buck. The motors on my build are much larger than the GTR motors so in theory I can get a better performing board for less money……..also with that being said there are lots of other boards MUCH cheaper than the GTR that perform really well. One other thing to consider is your skill level. I was a complete beginner when it came to riding skateboards. Of course I’ve been on a longboard before but never gone that fast. Coming from a scooter that goes 30 mph I was looking for something similar in performance. Quickly I discovered that 30mph on a scooter is WAY different than 30mph on a skateboard. I didn’t need half the performance that I built into my board. It’s nice to have the capacity to grow into it. But for my FIRST esk8 this thing is a monster! With pre built boards it’s a little hard to upgrade say they motors if you want to get more performance. Overall, for me the pros out weigh the cons…….but I will also say that this process wasn’t the easiest thing I’ve ever done. Building your own battery can be extremely dangerous as well. So there is some risk factor involved. Additionally, I bought a cheap ESC to begin with and it went out while riding and I almost broke my shoulder when I fell off. So not knowing the reliability of some of your parts can be an issue also. Now is all that worth your time?? Only you can decide that. I’m sure glad I did the build because I really enjoyed it, but it isn’t for everyone. I’d say total amount of time I spent waiting for parts and building the board was several weeks. But I gained some new life skills…..and to me that is priceless. Would I personally do it again??? YES! Sorry that was so long of an answer but I wanted to be as thorough as I could. Let me know if I didn’t get anything answered. Thanks again! 🙌🏼

[@esk8unity]

@@ADayintheLifeofMr23 ha! yea man i totally get it. we are definitely opposites but i definitely wanted to understand ur perspective on it. as for the GTR, i have owned many of its competitors with “better specs” and none of them was the same performance and quality. only one so far is the onsra black carve 2, and the eovan gts. everything else, wowgoat2, vestar blackhawk, verreal rs 19ah, trx 2.0 lycaon, raldy, ownboard bamboo, and many many more. theres a reason why they r cheaper. quality, power, and range isnt there. sure, some of them might have better “top speed” but skating isnt about that. maybe scooters, sure. high speeds there makes sense. but skating has soo many other attributes as a fun sport other than straigh line high speed. evolve has never been about top speed. there more about the endless wave: however, all u really have to do it put 23-29t pullies with bigger wheels like 107s. and youll be at 30mph. lastly, the gtr was made in 2017, released in 2019. its VERY outdated. yet that old 10s battery still gets better range then MOST new copy cats with 12s. same for there small motors. sure, they cant hand a LOT of friction if ur heavy or crazy off road due to its esc. but those output on those small motors is better than most. id rather the power then not going off roading in my opinion. off roading is a different type of board in my opinion. 🤙🏼🤙🏼

[@pezama]

Well done! through enclosure wood screws will back out, try threaded inserts, round head screws and loctite 243. Rubber seal is also a nice to have

[@ADayintheLifeofMr23]

Thanks for commenting! I agree that the screws weren’t the best idea. I think because of the velcro strips I used as well that should keep the screws in place. Not sure if it will make a difference but I did use self tapping screws rather than just plain wood screws as well. Part of the reason too is the enclosure I got doesn’t really have a lot of space to get a good size screw to put washers and nuts on. But I like your suggestion about threaded inserts. Thank you for that. I wanted the LEDs to look flush and not be directly on the board but that also turned out to be a terrible idea. The adhesive on those strips is usually crap anyways. So my bright idea was to use gorilla glue to hold them down. Well.....the ESC I got fried and now getting that open means I have to remove the gorilla glue to get to the screws. Then pull it all apart. 😩 Learned a ton about everything on my first build and will improve for sure on the next. Thanks so much for watching!

[@herco2543]

Wow, that looks amazing. You should be proud. You have some crazy mad skills. Look forward to your future content. Cheers.

[@ADayintheLifeofMr23]

Thanks so much! I appreciate you!! ✌🏼🙌🏼

[@crozy3384]

1000 subs congrats

[@ADayintheLifeofMr23]

You were 1000! Thank you SO much!! 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

[@zpepe]

Looks awesome! You had me at step by step video build tutorial... Can't wait!

[@ADayintheLifeofMr23]

Thank you so much! I appreciate you so much. 👍🏼✌🏼

[@ImperfectionistGaming]

Did it cost you cheaper than just buying a ready made one?

[@ADayintheLifeofMr23]

Yes, it was. The board I was looking at was and Evolve GTR. So that was 1900. I don’t know the exact number but it was pretty close to 8-900 dollars. So I saved about 1000 dollars or more by doing it myself. The other cool thing about it is by building everything including the battery, I know how it all works. So whenever something goes wrong I know how to fix it! Thanks so much for watching.

[@qjtvaddict]

A Day in the Life of Mr. 23 ok is it as affordable as the Chinese boards? Like vestarboard? Especially their extended range battery?

[@ADayintheLifeofMr23]

qjtvaddict probably not. They can mass produce so they get parts much cheaper. All of the stuff I bought I had to pay shipping on too so that raises the price of everything. But still more affordable than a high end board

[@jeffswope1511]

Clean build nicely done

[@ADayintheLifeofMr23]

Thanks so much! It was a lot of fun doing it. Appreciate you! 🙌🏼

[@MikeBeard]

Awesome build man! Not sure why it took me 6 months to see this video but your board turned out so great! Congrats man!

[@ADayintheLifeofMr23]

Thanks a lot. Appreciate that! 🙌🏼

[@HOLY_SPIRIT_GOD]

​@@ADayintheLifeofMr23are you coming back or you cowering away. I shouldn't have to grab you by the hair and drag you back to comments...you muppet

[@nsboost]

Where did ya grab power for the led strips? I have a board and looking at my esc I have 5v taps available. Looking for 12v as that’s what the battery the led strips had attached for customer testing on the retail shelf

[@ADayintheLifeofMr23]

I jumped it from the battery into a led voltage step down converter. It has a range of voltages but I got a 36 to 12v adapter so I could use the power from the battery.

[@esk8tapas22]

COOL ! KEEP IT UP !!! LOVED THE FLAT PACK !!!!!

[@ADayintheLifeofMr23]

Thanks a lot! I really liked building the battery. This next build I need to get a little more creative with it but I’m excited!

[@parioceanchicago]

For a fisrt build it's impressive. My DIY esk8 was not that easy to built!!!! Nice edit.

[@ADayintheLifeofMr23]

Thank you!! It was a lot of work and fun but I learned so much. Putting it all together means I know how to fix it when it breaks! Can’t wait for the next build. Gonna do a single motor build to see how much different the power and torque is. Thanks again for watching. Appreciate you!

[@brentweeks8724]

How much did you spend in total? Also wattage of the motors ? Is it a vesc ?? So many questions lol

[@ADayintheLifeofMr23]

Total cost was about 9-1000. The motors are 6374 and have a max output of 3250 watts each. This video is an ESC but later on I upgraded to a vesc. The vesc I currently have is a Flipsky 6.6 plus. Thanks for the comment!

[@jaysonulanday]

What the! Now you know how to make battery&skateboard! Amazing bro!

[@ADayintheLifeofMr23]

Thank you again! I like to keep learning new skills to keep me sharp! 🙌🏼

[@flanikent]

Nicest Ive seen to date! Nice work! Would you create a list of where you purchased everything?

[@ADayintheLifeofMr23]

Thank you so much for the support. I have a list of parts in the description. Majority I got from amazon and mboards. Thanks again!

[@flanikent]

...and a tutorial on your battery would be awesome :)

[@naimadoszeros6210]

Great Job

[@ADayintheLifeofMr23]

Thanks a lot! ✌🏼

[@alexandreperrot9143]

Good build overall, I will put some hot glue or silicon in order to make plug water resistant ;)

[@ADayintheLifeofMr23]

Thank you for the comment and also for the great suggestion! I will definitely do that next time I open the board up. Appreciate you!

[@TheNightmaremask]

What kind of battery did you make? Is that a 15s2p?

[@ADayintheLifeofMr23]

Hello. It’s actually a 10s3p. I used a diagram I found online for this build. In retrospect I probably would have arranged it a little differently. It was a little confusing for me up until I started piecing it together, then it all clicked. I’m gonna be building another battery soon and I’ll get into more details. This next battery will be 6s3p. Mostly because I originally ordered 50 battery calls so I could either do another 10s2p or a 6s3p. Curious to feel the difference in performance with the 6s. Thanks for the comment!

[@tonystark-hu3om]

what's the specs of your battery? i'm new to this. like what's the voltage and amp etc?

[@ADayintheLifeofMr23]

Hello. It’s a 10s3p battery. So 36v. The cells I used are Samsung 30q cells. Their spec sheet should be available online. It’s been a few years since I built it but I believe those batteries are still in use. I think some other packs are utilizing other types of batteries for builds but that’s what I used. Thanks.

[@holidaycountdown496]

Top vide pal and the edits are awesome like always here on your channel. First all the modification and upgrades you have done to your zero 8x, specially the lights and the black pain on the arms (that I'm still have to do to mine yet, as can't find the place where do it). Now this new project. Would be great if you would of done a series of videos like a tutorial of 10 maybe, how you have done it from start to finished results. It remind me the board that I waned to get it before my z10x, I think it was named raptor 2.0 from enertion (top skateboard performance and direct drive motors). Keep uploading man, great job.

[@ADayintheLifeofMr23]

HolidayCountdown thank you so much! I really appreciate that. That is the plan for this build. I’m gonna detail how I built everything including the battery. I’m super hooked on building these now. I thought I loved my 8X.....this is definitely a new passion! Lots and lots more build videos to come. Thanks again!! ✌🏼🙌🏼

[@holidaycountdown496]

@@ADayintheLifeofMr23 Yes please that would be great if you would do a playlist of video of this new build, without skipping anything and all in details as possible, as I never done one and it would be great to replicate and customize your build 👍🏼

[@fun2scrap]

Awesome video ! I have been looking at Mboards for a while. Is everything holding up with this board? Also BAD ASS helmet! What helmet is that?

[@ADayintheLifeofMr23]

Thank you so much for the comment! Most of the parts are holding up great. The ESC I got from Mboards crapped out within weeks. I didn’t have the best experience with their customer service. Perhaps it was a one off situation. I don’t want to talk bad about anyone so I’ll leave it at that. But everything else has been great. If you are looking to build a board I would recommend spending a little bit more on your speed controller. I went with the cheap one and got cheap results. Thanks again!

[@ADayintheLifeofMr23]

Oh I almost forgot.....the helmet is made by Ruroc. I’m obsessed with them!

[@fun2scrap]

@@ADayintheLifeofMr23 thank you for taking the time to let me know how this has gone for you. Be safe and i gave you a follow

[@ADayintheLifeofMr23]

@@fun2scrap really appreciate you! 🙌🏼

[@fun2scrap]

@@ADayintheLifeofMr23 no worries. In a few ill sign into my other username and give you a follow there too. Keep doin what your doin . I looked at the helmets...man they have some cool helmets. I'm feelin the all white. Kinda looks like a stormtrooper.

[@sottosotto4056]

What did you use for the underside of the deck? It doesnt look like vinyl. im doing a diy soon.

[@ADayintheLifeofMr23]

SOTTO SOTTO OT actually it is vinyl. It’s matte black and I used vehicle wrap vinyl for it. Been holding up great so far! Good luck on your build. I definitely recommend a vesc over an ESC. I ended up upgrading it very shortly after this build.

[@sottosotto4056]

@@ADayintheLifeofMr23 Thanks!!

[@spacemansam_]

super sick build bro!

[@ADayintheLifeofMr23]

Thanks a lot! So much fun too!!

[@ChaddRainsFPV]

The edit alone deserves a sub. Good work man, we have a similar style 🤙

[@ADayintheLifeofMr23]

Thanks! It’s a lot of fun. Subbed back. ✌🏼

[@qdh9339]

How much was your build?

[@ADayintheLifeofMr23]

Just about 900-1000. I’m gonna do a proper overview of the build and go over parts and cost very soon so that will have an exact number, but roughly right around there. I did go a little extra with some stuff like the LEDs and regulator. Learned a lot on how to save a few for the next build as well. Thanks for watching!

[@jonathanbrunache3848]

what was the topspeed you got on the board?

[@ADayintheLifeofMr23]

I’ve gotten it up to about 20-21 mph or about 33km/h. It will go faster.....but I’m just so new to it that I’m not all the way comfortable with going that fast yet. I believe I should be pretty close to 30mph with these motors tho. I will keep you updated. Gonna do a speed and range test very soon. Thanks for watching!

[@charifchaud]

good job

[@ADayintheLifeofMr23]

Thank you so much for watching!

[@cornelsandu8568]

How much money did u spent in this one longboard

[@ADayintheLifeofMr23]

Total cost of the build was about 9-1000. Thanks for watching!

[@daml2930]

que bueno tener una de esas 👍👍👍👍👍

[@ADayintheLifeofMr23]

construir esto fue muy divertido. ¡gracias por ver! 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

[@charifchaud]

Magnifique travail

[@lemon1632]

im chilling to hard with the music in the video

[@ADayintheLifeofMr23]

🙌🏼 appreciate you!

[@DudeLandress]

Build a custom flux or a evo like bioboards 🤙

[@ADayintheLifeofMr23]

🙌🏼 thanks for the comment. The next one I’m doing is a single motor. I have all the parts but just need to get the build done. I’ll keep that in mind. Thanks again!

[@discusctx]

What was the final cost of the build?

[@ADayintheLifeofMr23]

Hello. It was about 900-1000 after everything. Thanks for the comment!

[@brandopando2583]

Just saying I love the way you started the video I seemed like you had 1 mil subs so I’ll sub because you deserve it

[@ADayintheLifeofMr23]

You don’t even know how much that means to me for you to say that! Really appreciate you! 🙌🏼

[@damichl9684]

how did you wire up your bms

[@ADayintheLifeofMr23]

When I first did it I wired everything to it. But then some people commented and recommended just doing charge only. So I wired it to that. My VESC controls the output and the BMS controls the charge. Thanks!

[@dino15309]

What kind of tab welder is that? Any suggestions for decent ones for good prices?

[@ADayintheLifeofMr23]

It’s an off brand. I got it on Amazon. It was about 120 I believe. I linked it in the description though if you want to check it out. I don’t use it super often but the times I have it’s been great. I like this model cause it has an extension arm to make it easier to get the batteries under there and the welds in the right spot. Thanks for the comment!

[@mnmkii]

@@ADayintheLifeofMr23 I was also wondering this, but I don't see it linked. Thank you!

[@ADayintheLifeofMr23]

Hey there! The item I bought has since been removed so I couldn’t link the exact one from this video. Since this video I upgraded to a battery powered spot welder and I love it even more. I just updated the description to include the new link. Thanks so much! amzn.to/3ttrDDv

[@mnmkii]

@@ADayintheLifeofMr23 Thank you!

[@draken99.02]

Qual o nome desses sons?

[@ADayintheLifeofMr23]

Olá! obrigado por assistir. Não tenho certeza se os nomes exatos das músicas. Eu uso um serviço de música livre de royalties para encontrar as músicas dos meus vídeos. Eu pago uma taxa mensal para usar quantas músicas eu gostaria. O site que uso é: www.epidemicsound.com

[@draken99.02]

Obrigado

[@norxcontacts]

Is this a casey neistat video?

[@ADayintheLifeofMr23]

I’ll take that as a compliment! 😊

[@joaquinninoortega156]

Definitely sub :)

[@ADayintheLifeofMr23]

Thank you!! 🙌🏼🙌🏼

[@hannesw4033]

What is that black sheet under the board called

[@ADayintheLifeofMr23]

I used some matte black wrap vinyl. It’s typically for cars but it works well on other surfaces as well. Thanks for watching!

[@qjtvaddict]

How is the ESC

[@ADayintheLifeofMr23]

qjtvaddict not good. It went out after about 20 miles. I upgraded to VESC 6.6 plus and so far it’s been great

[@mumenflyer181]

Glad I found this comment, I was gonna ask the same thing. This esc looked too good to be true, sweet build sir!

[@ADayintheLifeofMr23]

In this case, the old saying is true.......you get what you pay for. Thanks for the comment!

[@skidzone6809]

I suggest you don’t buy from mboards as you can get most of the stuff you need else ware for cheaper

[@ADayintheLifeofMr23]

Thanks. I agree. I did only a little research about it before this build. But next build I won’t be buying much of anything from them if anything at all. Plus.....I didn’t have a very good experience with them. Before I decided to build the battery myself I actually paid for a 10s3p from mboards. A week later it still hadn’t shipped. They don’t answer emails on the weekend, and when they finally responded several days later......they were pretty rude. 🤷🏻‍♂️ I guess they don’t like money! Haha. Thanks for the comment tho!

[@skidzone6809]

A Day in the Life of Mr. 23 yeah I am going to make my own and almost paid for everything until I went to diyeborads and saw everything I want for 150$ less it’s just one guy trying to make a quick buck but I heard good things about there 12s battery’s

[@ADayintheLifeofMr23]

I ended up buying a spot welder for my batteries. Plus enough batteries to make a 10s3p and a 10s2p (50 Samsung 30q batteries) for another build for the same price I was gonna pay for 1 pre built battery from them. Plus I learned a new skill. So it almost worked out better that they didn’t ship the battery cause I learned how to do it myself!

[@AnshulBajaj]

Diego Rhi diyeboards parts are not good 🤦🏽. They are cheaply made Chinese oem parts, decent for beginners, but not good. And the mboards batteries are terrible. Check any tear down, they are sloppy. I agree with you that mboards is no good, their customer support is awful, but diyeboard is not a better solution. If you want performance, you want parts similar to what you would find at mboards. Individual motors, mounts, pulleys,etc. The custom built battery was a better route 👌

[@skidzone6809]

Anshul Bajaj thanks for the advice I am just trying to build a basic blared to get me around

[@yasnie9984]

Anh ơi em ước gì minh có ván trượt nay để đi học. mà xuốt ngay em đi học cứ đạp xe cũ của mình. em buôn lắm

[@breaklessbeauty679]

Upload more!

[@ADayintheLifeofMr23]

🙌🏼 thank you for your support!

[@user-ib5mx8ro4k]

You didn’t save any money if you spent $1000 on parts.

[@ADayintheLifeofMr23]

Wow what a valuable comment. Thanks for that nugget of knowledge. 😂