I Can't Believe My DIY Onewheel Works!

[@dogbog99]

Very skilful, the VESC onewheel community has matured so much since this video. Woukd be interesting to see you build another one with the up to date knowledge/parts/software that’s out there now

[@bytesizedengineering]

I have plans to build another one. What community resources should I know about? I've seen fungineers grow since making these videos

[@austinallen4470]

I would want to see that for sure! There are communities in reddit you could reference. I'm looking to build a one board myself and found your channel through research. I live your whole channel concept.

[@93DavidJ]

How does is this not totally viral. This is amazing!!

[@bytesizedengineering]

Thanks I appreciate it! I just barely uploaded this, sometimes it takes a while for people to watch. It would be super helpful if you wanted to share it so more people can see it.

[@senurasenaratne5782]

Video too long = lower viewer retention = daddy algorithm says no

[@austinallen4470]

How to videos need to be long to be helpful. Maybe break these videos up into more specific sections to give us more videos with shorter watch times? Might make searching for specific issues easier for following along too.

[@elmowilcox]

I feel misguidedly overconfident with how easy you made this all look. I wanna build one now.

[@retrogamepuppy1445]

This is really cool. I have an urge to try to make this now

[@bytesizedengineering]

The digital build guide is now available here! www.bytesizedengineering.com/store/digital-build-guide-openwheel

[@supersnapp]

Great work. This is really helping people and is highly objective. These open designs that use VESC and where you know the components allows a person to create a board that is not controlled by Future Motion and that can be continually updated. Just the increase in the battery is huge. People are using One Wheels with a 26 mile range when they can have a much larger range. Also, One Wheel's software is very limited and cannot be customized. That is where VESC comes in. Open source strike again.

[@bogmaerke]

For measuring the width, simply place the wheel on a really flat surface. Use a square to butt up against the point on the axel, mark a point on the surface, do it for both sides and measure the distance between the two points.

[@theone2be33]

THANK YOU! Was my thought exactly

[@greg20152015]

Or.. 12" calipers

[@wizrom3046]

That's an impressive sized battery for a Onewheel! 👍

[@Cactoos]

I bought your plans and I'm grateful about your work and how much work you have done, thank you for sharing your work. I'm starting doing mine board thanks to you !

[@AndyLYYC]

Yep! Interested in buying the pdf/bom/stl's whenever they're ready to go.

[@bytesizedengineering]

The digital build guide is now available here! www.bytesizedengineering.com/store/digital-build-guide-openwheel

[@ElectraFlarefire]

A nice simple and fun looking build! Didn't know the VESC firmware had so much built in. If you plan to ride this a lot, next time you have it apart, put some heatshrink(Or rubber grommets) around the main battery cables where they pass through the aluminium tube, over time any burrs on the inside you missed will cut through the soft silicon and you'll be very glad the batteries have fuses! :) (It can also cut through PVC, but far, far slower. Silicon is just so easy to split!)

[@bytesizedengineering]

I considered this but never got around to it. Thanks for the great suggestion

[@redsteam1]

I'm ready to buy the PDF today. :)

[@waynethomas3638]

you should install some grommets in the aluminium to prevent wear and shorting/fire

[@caseyharbick6343]

@15:34 he puts the safety foot pad sensors on one side. Wouldn't you want one on each side so you can't take off unbalanced one foot? But those measurements though... so sexy how perfectly everything snapped in.

[@ChristophLehner]

we need part3 ! imo this deserves a lot more views

[@bytesizedengineering]

I just released part 3. The build guide is available on my website as well www.bytesizedengineering.com/store/digital-build-guide-openwheel

[@BASS.OF.SPADES]

Consider using some grommets where the cable touches the hard corner of the metal. Over time the cable will scrape against the hard edge and break

[@csorrows]

To measure the axle width, you just need a flat surface and 2 carpenter squares. It's pretty simple and quick.

[@nicholasbecker3125]

Hey sorry to be a bother but I was curious if you needed anything special to make those rails work with that hub motor. Did you need special spacers or was really all you needed a nut and it held it in place

[@Srcsqwrn]

So fascinating. I wish I had the tools to work on making my own, because it definitely seems plausible. Hell, this makes me wonder when a proper competitor to Onewheel is going to come by, because they certainly could use the competition. Especially in Canada. It's hard to get one here for a decent price, and if a competitor popped up in Canada at a significant decrease in price, it would probably sell like wild! Very interesting, very cool. I love watching builds of things.

[@bytesizedengineering]

Yeah I think competition would do well in this case. I'm pretty sure onewheel has patents that they want to protect and will sue anybody that infringes on those patents. You should check out my other projects. I'm sure you would enjoy those as well!

[@Srcsqwrn]

@@bytesizedengineering Yeah, patents are tricky to work around. I still wonder if there's any way to have proper competition. Onewheel is just a monopoly with it's product, basically. I'll probably take a look into your other vids, thanks!

[@jessefilson5571]

For measuring hub width why cant you use t square and large speed square? I 3d printed calipers for a yard stick for these situations. Very cool build I am thinking about it now!

[@MuhammadAli-ev5jc]

keep going, I can see your channel having half a million subs easy!

[@mrnobody.4069]

You should put the electronics in the aluminum bars to put another battery in the other side.

[@jasonb7156]

Over the top build video! If I had the tools to build it I would.

[@theone2be33]

If you build it, you will ride

[@xFR34KEEx]

Severely under viewed! Sick build. I never wanted to buy one but this... Yeah me and the kids are doing this.

[@bytesizedengineering]

Thanks for watching! I had a blast making it.

[@sikfreeze]

Do you sell a kit for making one?

[@ElectricRCAircraftGuy]

What 3D printer do you use? It would have to have a *huge* build volume to do this job! And what's your preferred 3D cad software? Any that run on Linux Ubuntu?

[@waynethomas3638]

One thing few people realise is that for extra holding strength, a cable tie(if long enough) can be wrapped twice around before locking off!

[@bestemor3886]

Hi! What voltage did you choose for the hub motor? Thanks

[@aimedettaufik4837]

It would be great, waiting for that pdf document))

[@bytesizedengineering]

It's now available on my website: www.bytesizedengineering.com/store/digital-build-guide-openwheel

[@redsteam1]

@@bytesizedengineering bought it. Thanks for doing that.

[@moonwolf6341]

Where do you buy the OneWheel Hub???

[@AlexFoster2291]

You're going really great work man. Keep it up. Informative and inspiring.

[@bytesizedengineering]

Thanks Alex!

[@VulcanFire]

Do you have a wiring diagram I can follow?

[@bytesizedengineering]

All the design files and diagrams are open source. The link is found in the description. I also sell a detailed PDF build guide.

[@VulcanFire]

@@bytesizedengineering Thank you!

[@forby_]

NIIIICE!

[@pewo8809]

Which software you use to plan the entire model of one wheel

[@bytesizedengineering]

Fusion 360

[@retrogamepuppy1445]

Will the code for the motor controller be uploaded on your website also?

[@bytesizedengineering]

I plan to release a bill of materials and design files including the code on my website. I will also have a step-by-step guide to build your own which will be available for purchase. I try to release as much information as I can for free, but this took quite a bit of effort in time so I am trying to figure out a way to recoup some of that investment.

[@redsteam1]

I'm ready to buy right now, I totally believe in supporting your efforts, they are top notch!

[@bytesizedengineering]

The digital build guide is now available here! www.bytesizedengineering.com/store/digital-build-guide-openwheel

[@redsteam1]

@@bytesizedengineering Hey everyone, I bought the build guide yesterday and it is worth every penny. If you like to study intimate details of projects like this the build guide is an absolute must. It's over 40 pages long!

[@omardjperez]

Watched thru some cutting and drilling with str8 crude no Lube. 😂 😮

[@grahamsmith5780]

Does anyone else anticipate a problem with drilling a big hole in the middle of the two side beams?

[@bigflx2754]

Does this brick if you unplug the battery?

[@bytesizedengineering]

Nope. Disconnecting the battery is how you turn it off

[@bigflx2754]

@@bytesizedengineering Interesting, Future Motion should take notes lol

[@bytesizedengineering]

Purchase the digital build guide here! www.bytesizedengineering.com/store/digital-build-guide-openwheel Huge thanks to my *channel members* who make these videos possible. If you want to support what I do and get access to free project files, an awesome discord community, and much more, head over to *www.patreon.com/bytesizedengineering* or click the *join* button here on KZbin.

[@Outdoorsyshoresy]

Try a level on the outside of the axle next time to make a width measurement, hold the level plum when doing this then mark the inside of the level.

[@bytesizedengineering]

Great suggestion, thanks for the idea 💡

[@rollypoli5570]

Interesting I thought onewheel used pressure not just angle. Because wouldn’t you have problems with hills if you only do angle based control

[@yanir.tzabary]

Did you release all the information?

[@bytesizedengineering]

Yes www.bytesizedengineering.com/store/digital-build-guide-openwheel

[@yanir.tzabary]

@@bytesizedengineering do you have just link for the wheel? Before i buy the pdf i need to understand if can i buy it to my country..

[@Cactoos]

im little concern about balance, that heavy battery is on one side and another is basically empty, I know its simpler solution but batteries should be imho on both sides to distribute better weight and use all available space. Anyway thanks for video

[@bytesizedengineering]

I had hoped to do just that. But as I learned more about lithium battery packs, I learned that in order to get the 48V, the battery has to be a certain length. I couldn't really fit another battery on the other side along with everything else. It would have made the board even longer and it's already longer than I wanted. This was a prototype so there are things I want to improve. The balance is really not an issue. It's not even noticeable once you're riding it.

[@theone2be33]

Yeah he would have a board to ride 100 miles on one charge

[@Cactoos]

​@@bytesizedengineering sure thing, and it's great especially for prototype, I also checked available ready to buy battery packs and there is not really much different dimensions. Then I start looking for people/companies doing custom dimension battery packs so I will probably use it. I will share prices etc once I will order :)

[@Androidfan44]

Check out surfdado, they've built one using VESC platform

[@csorrows]

All of these nice XT connectors, yet an old DEANS for the battery, why?

[@Srcsqwrn]

I do want to note that I was a bit worries for the pressure pads though. Just being taped directly to the underside of the griptape. In my mind I imagine that if you ever needed to replace the griptape, then it would rip off the pads.

[@XXgoblinmonkeyXX]

you dont have to go so slow through aluminum. the excess heat could cause galling, witch will cause a good day to go bad quickly.

[@lukasbremberg4365]

Check out Fungineers KZbin channel for more of this stuff. Nice work!

[@MidnightVRYT]

As someone who has no equipment whatsoever for taking on a project like this, how can I achieve building one for myself? I really want to build one mainly because of One Wheel made anti-repair moves that I hate and will not give them my money. But I still want a one wheel.

[@theone2be33]

60 mile range??? How absurd! My foot falls asleep after 20 miles! At 60 miles I think I would fall ASLEEP! LMAO

[@bytesizedengineering]

Yeah, there's no way I could ever ride that far in one trip.

[@theone2be33]

@@bytesizedengineering yeah right. Lol. Did you ever find out what the true mileage would be on your board? Great vid by the way. Perfect editing. Was easy to follow along and understand what you were doing. I could never do it. But you did. Isn't the onewheel an awesome creation? So many people are inspired to make they're own boards. It's awesome!

[@Carlokrebs]

😮

[@drewcomposed]

That is slicccckkkk.

[@theone2be33]

Why didn't you just use 8 sensor pads and tie them in together to fit across footpad??

[@bytesizedengineering]

They were like $15 a piece

[@anonytube1679]

The build is nice, but I couldn't make it through the whole video due to all the trash music. Why don't you just add more comments (you could explain your design process, what worked, what didn't work, etc.) instead of all this pointless, annoying music?

[@octapc]

It's damn annoying when companies don't straight up give you a price. Altium won't be getting a cent from me.

[@bytesizedengineering]

Yeah, that's totally frustrating. I'm pretty sure you can get a quote from them. I think they're traditionally a business to business product, so it's not uncommon to see a quote system used like that. Consumers just want to see a price listed.

[@Tater4200]

okay so.... how much can i buy one from you for? :) i cant afford the 2 grand for the other ones. i completely understand the risk of buying something like this. but i would MUCH MUCH rather buy this and be able to WORK ON AND FIX it myself if it breaks or malfunctions. vs the other one. that i cannot