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Sir, I have watch 3 of your videos regarding this automated lawnmower creation. This is one of the most inspirational videos I have ever watched!! People like you and your wife is what makes me appreciate life!! God bless you and please keep up your fine work!! Thank you!!
I am not at all mechanically inclined but I am a wheelchair user and one of the things about that and having your own property potentially is difficult stuff like this.. mowing the lawn without shelling out a ton of money for a sit mower kinda thing.. this is genius. Well done
That is so cool. I’m not wheelchair bound but I hurt my knee. The robot mowers they sell are several thousand dollars & this looks doable. I watched your how to video & it was really easy to understand. Nice to to see it in action 😁 so awesome. Thanks for sharing
If you camber the rear wheels it will have more of a tendency to stay straight. They do this on hand driven wheelchairs as well. Your idea about the swivel wheels up front is a good one especially if your using one battery. The amount of force required to slide the front left and right is great and takes a lot of power but the swivel wheels will lighten that load and make it less likely for you to get stuck. Some other ideas would be to get a lawnmower that uses an automatic choke so you could leave the motor set to run at full speed at all times and then just use a relay switch to short the mower spark plug to the chasse to switch it off remote. Autostart for the mower requires a flywheel that has a cogg built into it and you would need to add a solenoid switch to relay power to the starter motor. Great job! Good ideas. I built one 12 years ago scrapping parts of an old motorized wheelchair. Got the swivel wheels off it and the motors and rear wheels. I bolted everything together using a square metal tubing as an overlay frame to support the motor and swivel. The lawnmower chasse just sits down in the center of the frame and I use the original bolts built into the mower for its original wheels to mount the overlay frame structure. This lets me adjust the height using the same levers on the original mower both front and back. You need to protect the electronics and make sure they are well ventilated. I'm using a small plastic tote set upside down so I pop of the bottom to access the electronics and I have electric fans to keep things ventilated. You can buy some really cheap all in one remote camera with antenna and a small view screen all for about $70 dollars or if you want to be able to pan and tilt you could buy a baby monitor system (that's what I used originally). My first method for controlling the motors was to use two sliding slotted metal sleeves with the toggle control off of the scrapped wheelchair and a couple of strong servos. That was too sketchy at first then I switched to the same Sawtooth speed controller you use. I've been cutting my lawn for 12 years. It's fun to watch people drive by real slow or stop and ask questions or panic because the mower is on and moving with no one around LOL. Enjoy what your doing. These are great projects. Thanks for the video.
That's some really good advice! We especially appreciate the camber rear wheels idea. We have not thought of that one or been suggested it and it makes total sense! And yes, we have definitely switched to spinning caster front wheels for the front since this video came out. We're going to keep a lot of your other tips / advice in mind if we ever get around to building another one, which will probably be all electric. Thanks again for the kind words!
That’s freakin sweet man, I admire your ingenuity and how innovative you are! Also thanks for being descriptive during the building process and explaining why you made the decisions that you did.
Nice job. You asked for some idea on improvement. The only thing I would change is the front wheels. I used the swivel wheels from the wheel chair. I made one a couple years ago to mow under the pine trees. The fixed wheels seem to make your mower go straighter though so if you dont have to go around to many obstacles it looks like they work good for you. I like the idea of the starter too. Nice work
Whilst improving you could add circuitry to charge the battery while doing the lawn. Make is so that it can power the motors in case batter drains completely. Proud of you Dude!!!!
@@MeantToBeLindseyB I'm only like 25 doing landscaping solo and this is my dream when I was doing it with someone else when I was 18 thanks you're a great inspiration if you have a way to one-on-one message people maybe you have like a DIY kit you put together and sell that would be nice
You guys are the coolest. Not only for your invention but for your obvious great relationship. Now back to the mower....if you keep developing it you will probably be very successful but beware that a fun hobby can turn into demanding work very quickly. Best of luck to you both.
Super cool! One avenue of development would be to mount a permanent magnet motor and attach it to the starter pulley with a belt. It could then be used as a RC starter, and when running, it would act as a generator to recharge the battery. I am sure you can work the details out. Again, nice work.
Man i just finished mine and i knew exactly what you meant when you thanked her for letting you spend so much time on it 😂 My wife is sick of me spending so much time on it
Ok ! I just bought a house and someone was like the neighbor kids will mow your lawn. I said it I could figure out myself? However this is next level bravo
Well I have to say your video is brilliant, I am making a Dalek and it is controlled by an old mobility scooter and to get it controlled by an RC unit had me baffled but watching your video has blown away all the tec cobwebs and helped me see it is possible love it thank you.
@@MeantToBeLindseyB yes, I have watched them. I have parts ordered to make this. Been trying to find a motorized wheelchair for the motors. If not, I have some in mind.
@@nbradd11 For the power chair motors definitely keep an eye on eBay, Craigslist, Nextdoor, Facebook marketplace, and disability buy/sell/trade groups. You might get lucky and find someone looking to just give one away.
Cool! If you made the drive system a unit that could be quickly removed you could have another attachment like a Wagon to haul groceries into the house, or use it as a power attachment for your wheelchair.
An over running clutch for the drill would be a cool addition. These parts are available in the race karting world. Fantastic result. Hope you are still using it today.
That's an awesome idea I was born with cerebral palsy and I just got a new ego electric mower because at least it was self driving but that's even better going to get the parts and modify mine thanks for the idea mate awesome
Great creation and inspiring! The machine is a fantastically creative solution!I wish everyone a successful, beautiful day and weekend in strength and health!
Love it! Be very easy to set failsafe to kill everything if it goes out of range, The dji FPV Vista Camera and googles would be nice for controlling fpv style
Wow awesome video THIS MAN OVER EXPLAINED about how he did it and the things he use “ I loved. It. That’s how you make a video. There is no way anyone watches this don’t understand.. wow I always want to build something remote and didn’t know what to get or how to ask for it but this guy solved the problem
That's really cool! Funny thing is, i was just thinking about doing this. You answered a few things i was trying to figure out in my head. Great Job!!!!
I was absolutely bowled over by your ingenuity. Congratulations on an amazing job Your idea for a camera sounds good. The only way you could improve it would be to modify it so that it can fetch you an ice-cold beer when you need one. It's thirsty work cutting grass.
@@MeantToBeLindseyB. You could see the sparkle in her eyes... I wish more couples did stuff together, that's like a thing of the past these days unfortunately.
Really cool. You figured how to make it with so little fabrication. Wouldn't have thought of those front wheels. Brilliant. It's the boy in me but now way would I have built this and not have it tow me down the street.
This is amazing, really amazing job, please make it a commercial item as i'd love to buy one because i'm a disabled person and I hate having to push my mower!
Who gave the thumbs down and for what reason? This thing is freakin awesome. I actually found a chair with motors like that last year sometime and figured id use the motors to do something someday. Now i know what that something is. Great build.
That’s awesome that you were able to find a chair with motors. We actually had a dad of one of our friends in a wheelchair that donated parts of his son’s old chairs. It’s a bit of a weird little wheelchair graveyard at the moment. Lol
@@MeantToBeLindseyB We have a curbside cleanup in our area and people just throw away whatever they want and the city collects it one day a year. People throw such good things away. I never intentionally cruise it, but somehow in my daily travels i inevitably come across something too good to pass up. If i didn't take it the junkers would have and it would have ended up melted down in a scrap yard. I actually have the front caster wheels, the linear actuator from under the seat and the whole control system. Should be pretty easy to rig up a 4 channel system. Everything works and i imagine someone tossed it because they didnt want to buy new batteries and just bought a new unit instead. Idk. The good stuff people throw away. 🤮
Because the drive motors are a permanent magnet and have brushes, you can power them with a 6 volt battery. It will go even slower and you could put in a "series/parallel" switch(operated via another servo) to go from 6 to 12 volts when needed. Just my two cents worth.... Job well done!
Great job my friend-!!! i made my first one in the 1990's first two were Gas and last one all electric, I am now making it computerized with Arduino - this is a lot of fun and GOOD for you Guys-!
I just hope you know this is the future. Battery mowers are just starting to pick up popularity and I guarantee you this will be in normal stores within 10 years
That is an awesome setup! John Deere had a model JS40 that looked like it was based on that same deck. It had swivel front wheels. It made it where a person could swing the front around without raising it to make a turn. A swivel front may help out with turning and may be adaptable.
Awesome ! If your wheels slip on the grass, snow-blower tires with a more aggressive tread may fit the same rim. I believe they are also a 3x8 inch knobby tire (or similar).
@@MeantToBeLindseyB Your welcome. When you mount permobil rims reverse mount them rather than add spacers. IE: put the outside of the rim facing in and the inside of the rim facing out. Its an old drag racing trick known as "reverse rims". Find lower cost batteries at batts dot com. Best wishes :-) ...I would love to see your updates in the future.
@@WaterWhiteTuber Those wheels are reversed mounted. We needed that to get just enough clearance from the mower bed. Thanks for the tip about the batteries!
For what it's worth, I suggest that a highly visible 'emergency stop' switch located on the mower motor. Just in case something goes wrong with the electronic controls. Cheers!
I just want to say thank you for making this video,but I could of used this back when I was a kid and my dad made me go and cut the grass,I hated cutting the grass, but this would have made it so much fun
I feel ya. Our neighbors are all wishing they had one too. We have friends that keep telling us that they want to mow our lawn now when they come to visit. lol
That is pretty awesome. I personally use a riding mower with hand controls. Don’t know if you live in snow zone, but you could use the same concept of your mower and make remote control snow blower.
I watched your making video and have been waiting to see it in action so well done for all your hard work good luck I think I would add a fuel gauge that transmits back to your handset and then full autonomy so you can just watch it do the job
The full parts list is listed in the description with links to the products on Amazon. The motor drivers are always going out of stock, but it looks like you can get these on Amazon now amzn.to/3DpOrfI
When he first got that mower did it run poorly or normally? I’m looking at getting one for free and I’m assuming that doesn’t matter? I found one for free, but it says. Used poor significant wear. and cables are frozen.
The person we got it from was having trouble starting it and had broken the pull string and just gave up on it. We knew we weren't going to use the pull string anyways so it was perfect for us. The only thing we had to do was clean or replace the carburetor. Since it was only $12 we just replaced it and it has run like a dream since then. You might need to take it to a small engine/mower repair shop if you can't get it running, but it's usually worth just fixing a free one instead of buying a new one.
1:06 I like howthe neighbor has their lawn more out too it’s one of those old fashion Man powered ones lol Why is their grass all brown 2:56 wow nice house I watched these out of order # 2 #3 #1 3:25 I love the onboard camera
I'm in the process of making one right now using standard brushed esc's and a v-tail mixer from a plane. Your setup is awesome but I'd love to change my design so basically the mower can be rolled onto a platform with the motors etc so that it can be used remotely but also rolled off the platform to be used as a normal mower again. Kind of like a trailer but the trailer itself can move. My reasoning is that when you finish mowing you take the mower off, place a piece of wood where the mower sits and place a full esky of beer on top so anyone at a party gets a drink delivered to them.......multi purpose!!!!!
I was watching the first one when your husband made it, and of course i had to look for the video when in use :D Awesome! No i am waiting for an electric starter for it??
I used it like this for a season and I have some ideas for the future. The first being switching to electric. I also still want to do a FPV camera. Then we'll where it goes from there.
wow, i like it very much...looks very easy to built it.. but the only problem is the wheel motors and some electronic does not available in my country.. 2 Thumb Ups
Sometimes he has such good ideas that I'll let him get away with it... although our house currently looks a bit like a weird wheelchair and lawn mower graveyard at the moment. lol Pt. 2 (The build) of this will be posted very soon! :)
Ok this is one of the coolest video series I've seen! Have you had any problems with vibration and the electronics? Also, do wheelchair motors seem too powerful? A human usually weighs quite a bit more than a lawnmower so I wonder if there are less-powerful motors that would still get the job done fine, while using less juice. Thanks for the great videos.
Thanks! We haven't had a problem with the electronics with the vibrations but we do check the wire connections frequently. As for less powerful motors, we are running these at half power, so yes... you can definitely find some that are better matched with the specs but these were already designed and geared for the speeds we needed, so it was just easier to use them.
I love your video you guys gave me the motivation to build my own I got through all the little delays but I made it thanks to you I appreciate this and keep up the good work
Hey y'all! I know a lot of you have asked about this. I just uploaded Pt. 2 with the steps and the parts he used to build this. th-cam.com/video/xPzXkrSpsFc/w-d-xo.html *****Disclaimer: Since first creating this video and the second video, we have gotten some electrical tools that have made this process a lot easier. They are also listed in the description.*****
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Sir, I have watch 3 of your videos regarding this automated lawnmower creation. This is one of the most inspirational videos I have ever watched!! People like you and your wife is what makes me appreciate life!! God bless you and please keep up your fine work!! Thank you!!
Thank you! This is all so nice of you to say. :)
Amazing build! You created something 99% of ppl wish they had how cool it that.
I am not at all mechanically inclined but I am a wheelchair user and one of the things about that and having your own property potentially is difficult stuff like this.. mowing the lawn without shelling out a ton of money for a sit mower kinda thing.. this is genius. Well done
That is so cool. I’m not wheelchair bound but I hurt my knee. The robot mowers they sell are several thousand dollars & this looks doable. I watched your how to video & it was really easy to understand. Nice to to see it in action 😁 so awesome. Thanks for sharing
If you camber the rear wheels it will have more of a tendency to stay straight. They do this on hand driven wheelchairs as well. Your idea about the swivel wheels up front is a good one especially if your using one battery. The amount of force required to slide the front left and right is great and takes a lot of power but the swivel wheels will lighten that load and make it less likely for you to get stuck. Some other ideas would be to get a lawnmower that uses an automatic choke so you could leave the motor set to run at full speed at all times and then just use a relay switch to short the mower spark plug to the chasse to switch it off remote. Autostart for the mower requires a flywheel that has a cogg built into it and you would need to add a solenoid switch to relay power to the starter motor. Great job! Good ideas. I built one 12 years ago scrapping parts of an old motorized wheelchair. Got the swivel wheels off it and the motors and rear wheels. I bolted everything together using a square metal tubing as an overlay frame to support the motor and swivel. The lawnmower chasse just sits down in the center of the frame and I use the original bolts built into the mower for its original wheels to mount the overlay frame structure. This lets me adjust the height using the same levers on the original mower both front and back. You need to protect the electronics and make sure they are well ventilated. I'm using a small plastic tote set upside down so I pop of the bottom to access the electronics and I have electric fans to keep things ventilated. You can buy some really cheap all in one remote camera with antenna and a small view screen all for about $70 dollars or if you want to be able to pan and tilt you could buy a baby monitor system (that's what I used originally). My first method for controlling the motors was to use two sliding slotted metal sleeves with the toggle control off of the scrapped wheelchair and a couple of strong servos. That was too sketchy at first then I switched to the same Sawtooth speed controller you use. I've been cutting my lawn for 12 years. It's fun to watch people drive by real slow or stop and ask questions or panic because the mower is on and moving with no one around LOL. Enjoy what your doing. These are great projects. Thanks for the video.
That's some really good advice! We especially appreciate the camber rear wheels idea. We have not thought of that one or been suggested it and it makes total sense! And yes, we have definitely switched to spinning caster front wheels for the front since this video came out. We're going to keep a lot of your other tips / advice in mind if we ever get around to building another one, which will probably be all electric. Thanks again for the kind words!
That’s freakin sweet man, I admire your ingenuity and how innovative you are! Also thanks for being descriptive during the building process and explaining why you made the decisions that you did.
Man, I'd love to have one of those. Congrats!
Nice job. You asked for some idea on improvement. The only thing I would change is the front wheels. I used the swivel wheels from the wheel chair. I made one a couple years ago to mow under the pine trees. The fixed wheels seem to make your mower go straighter though so if you dont have to go around to many obstacles it looks like they work good for you. I like the idea of the starter too. Nice work
Yeah. Since we made this video we have switched to swivel front wheels too and it was a definite game changer!
He is a freaking genius, OMG imagine if you had a landscaping business
Whilst improving you could add circuitry to charge the battery while doing the lawn. Make is so that it can power the motors in case batter drains completely. Proud of you Dude!!!!
Black Dragon That’s a great idea! Thanks for the suggestion!
@@MeantToBeLindseyB I'm only like 25 doing landscaping solo and this is my dream when I was doing it with someone else when I was 18 thanks you're a great inspiration if you have a way to one-on-one message people maybe you have like a DIY kit you put together and sell that would be nice
You guys are the coolest. Not only for your invention but for your obvious great relationship. Now back to the mower....if you keep developing it you will probably be very successful but beware that a fun hobby can turn into demanding work very quickly. Best of luck to you both.
Super cool! One avenue of development would be to mount a permanent magnet motor and attach it to the starter pulley with a belt. It could then be used as a RC starter, and when running, it would act as a generator to recharge the battery. I am sure you can work the details out. Again, nice work.
That’s an interesting idea, we’ll have to think about that. Thanks!
4 cameras and a router, sit inside and mow the lawn while watching on tv 👍👍👍
Great job guys.
Just watched your RC mower I thought it was Awesome! GOD BLESS !
Man i just finished mine and i knew exactly what you meant when you thanked her for letting you spend so much time on it 😂
My wife is sick of me spending so much time on it
As the wife, I can tell you: The struggle is real… but totally worth it. 😂
Ok ! I just bought a house and someone was like the neighbor kids will mow your lawn.
I said it I could figure out myself? However this is next level bravo
It’s on my bucket list and the sooner you give up the plans the sooner I can cross it off. Yours is one of the simpler ones I’ve seen so far.
It's coming. I promise! :)
This is the coolest thing I've seen on TH-cam in a really long time.
Bravo guys!
People are amazing. Got to love all the cool builds on TH-cam!
Awesome job! I can’t wait to see it controlled from inside the house!
Well I have to say your video is brilliant, I am making a Dalek and it is controlled by an old mobility scooter and to get it controlled by an RC unit had me baffled but watching your video has blown away all the tec cobwebs and helped me see it is possible love it thank you.
Fricken awesome to see it in operation after watching the build video. Cant wait to build one myself.
We have 2 more parts to this series on the channel. Links to them are listed in the description if you’re interested in seeing them.
@@MeantToBeLindseyB yes, I have watched them. I have parts ordered to make this. Been trying to find a motorized wheelchair for the motors. If not, I have some in mind.
@@nbradd11 For the power chair motors definitely keep an eye on eBay, Craigslist, Nextdoor, Facebook marketplace, and disability buy/sell/trade groups. You might get lucky and find someone looking to just give one away.
You gotta build more of these and put them out for sale
Cool! If you made the drive system a unit that could be quickly removed you could have another attachment like a Wagon to haul groceries into the house, or use it as a power attachment for your wheelchair.
My God this is impressive engineer genius I'm interested to see what u built next
Again, I love this idea and you both work so well together.
Happy and proud of him and his will power of never giving up 😊
An over running clutch for the drill would be a cool addition. These parts are available in the race karting world. Fantastic result. Hope you are still using it today.
Yes! It has been a life changer and we’re saving a ton of money in the long run.
That's an awesome idea I was born with cerebral palsy and I just got a new ego electric mower because at least it was self driving but that's even better going to get the parts and modify mine thanks for the idea mate awesome
Wonderful creation! Has a great stance and seems to handle great. Well done sir! 🏅
Wow M@n you deserve a Big Oscar 👏 you are a Genius..
Great creation and inspiring! The machine is a fantastically creative solution!I wish everyone a successful, beautiful day and weekend in strength and health!
My kids are disabled twin boys we live in Poland and I would like to make one of them for them. This is very inspirational video.
Awesome job. A camera would enable you to operate it like a drone controller like you mentioned.
We’re thinking he may do that as part of phase 2. 😊
@@MeantToBeLindseyB you could operate... from your living room!!!!!
Quirky Dad I know... Crazy... and a little scary. Lol
I for one am thoroughly impressed
You should be proud my friend, great idea and amazing work! 👍🏼
Thank you very much!
Love it! Be very easy to set failsafe to kill everything if it goes out of range, The dji FPV Vista Camera and googles would be nice for controlling fpv style
Nice job. Building something like this is on my bucket list.
That deserves a thumbs up. The only thing I would do different is that I would leave the handle on it so the sock monkey can hang on. Lol.
Nicely done. Thanks for sharing. I will build one as one of my bucket list.
Wow awesome video THIS MAN OVER EXPLAINED about how he did it and the things he use “ I loved. It. That’s how you make a video. There is no way anyone watches this don’t understand.. wow I always want to build something remote and didn’t know what to get or how to ask for it but this guy solved the problem
That's really cool! Funny thing is, i was just thinking about doing this. You answered a few things i was trying to figure out in my head. Great Job!!!!
I was absolutely bowled over by your ingenuity. Congratulations on an amazing job Your idea for a camera sounds good. The only way you could improve it would be to modify it so that it can fetch you an ice-cold beer when you need one. It's thirsty work cutting grass.
Beer fetching robot is officially on the list for future builds now.
I thought I really liked the project, after seeing your wife smiling and happy that you did this.... Priceless man!!
Luckily she liked it well enough for me to put it on her channel! 😊
@@MeantToBeLindseyB. You could see the sparkle in her eyes... I wish more couples did stuff together, that's like a thing of the past these days unfortunately.
Really cool. You figured how to make it with so little fabrication. Wouldn't have thought of those front wheels. Brilliant.
It's the boy in me but now way would I have built this and not have it tow me down the street.
Great job. I always wanted a remote control lawn mower. I need something that picks up dog poop also. Maybe a remote control scoop and dustpan.
This is amazing, really amazing job, please make it a commercial item as i'd love to buy one because i'm a disabled person and I hate having to push my mower!
Who gave the thumbs down and for what reason? This thing is freakin awesome.
I actually found a chair with motors like that last year sometime and figured id use the motors to do something someday. Now i know what that something is. Great build.
Can’t please everyone I suppose. 🤷🏻♀️
That’s awesome that you were able to find a chair with motors. We actually had a dad of one of our friends in a wheelchair that donated parts of his son’s old chairs. It’s a bit of a weird little wheelchair graveyard at the moment. Lol
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We have a curbside cleanup in our area and people just throw away whatever they want and the city collects it one day a year. People throw such good things away. I never intentionally cruise it, but somehow in my daily travels i inevitably come across something too good to pass up. If i didn't take it the junkers would have and it would have ended up melted down in a scrap yard. I actually have the front caster wheels, the linear actuator from under the seat and the whole control system. Should be pretty easy to rig up a 4 channel system. Everything works and i imagine someone tossed it because they didnt want to buy new batteries and just bought a new unit instead. Idk. The good stuff people throw away. 🤮
We definitely keep an eye on free mowers and power wheelchairs now for parts online.
This is genius! Im not in a wheelchair but I AM lazy as fuck and need this in my life immediately. Great Job!
Thank you I'm glad you got it up and running good job
GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR CHANNEL!
Because the drive motors are a permanent magnet and have brushes, you can power them with a 6 volt battery. It will go even slower and you could put in a "series/parallel" switch(operated via another servo) to go from 6 to 12 volts when needed. Just my two cents worth.... Job well done!
Thanks for the tip!
This video made me very happy. You’re a genius.
Great job my friend-!!! i made my first one in the 1990's first two were Gas and last one all electric, I am now making it computerized with Arduino - this is a lot of fun and GOOD for you Guys-!
That is awesome! Thanks for the support too!
Thank you, good project, I came here looking for startup ideas and I found great ideas.
I just hope you know this is the future. Battery mowers are just starting to pick up popularity and I guarantee you this will be in normal stores within 10 years
Good work! Just a little suggestion replace the two front wheels to free direction castor will avoid drag when it turn.
That is one of the upgrades we have made since this first video was uploaded.
You just changed the landscaping world.
That is an awesome setup! John Deere had a model JS40 that looked like it was based on that same deck. It had swivel front wheels. It made it where a person could swing the front around without raising it to make a turn. A swivel front may help out with turning and may be adaptable.
That's not a bad idea. I think it's something to consider in the upgrades in the future for it. He was just trying to go simple to start out. :)
All this, a battery powered mower motor, and a solar battery charger combined with a 360 degree field of view camera !
That would be cool.
Nice job! You are my hero! I would love one of these in Florida
Awesome !
If your wheels slip on the grass, snow-blower tires with a more aggressive tread may fit the same rim. I believe they are also a 3x8 inch knobby tire (or similar).
Thanks for the info! We’ll definitely look into that.
@@MeantToBeLindseyB Your welcome. When you mount permobil rims reverse mount them rather than add spacers. IE: put the outside of the rim facing in and the inside of the rim facing out. Its an old drag racing trick known as "reverse rims". Find lower cost batteries at batts dot com. Best wishes :-) ...I would love to see your updates in the future.
@@WaterWhiteTuber Those wheels are reversed mounted. We needed that to get just enough clearance from the mower bed. Thanks for the tip about the batteries!
@@MeantToBeLindseyB :-)
What an incredible invention. You are a genius sir. It kinda reminds me of the series we had here on TV called robot wars.
This is one of the coolest looking ones yet. Awesome job.
Thank you!
I thought about one of those for years, great job!
For what it's worth, I suggest that a highly visible 'emergency stop' switch located on the mower motor. Just in case something goes wrong with the electronic controls. Cheers!
I thought the same thing.
Not sure why there would be any thumbs down, super cool and job well done sir 👍🏻
I just want to say thank you for making this video,but I could of used this back when I was a kid and my dad made me go and cut the grass,I hated cutting the grass, but this would have made it so much fun
I feel ya. Our neighbors are all wishing they had one too. We have friends that keep telling us that they want to mow our lawn now when they come to visit. lol
Awesome. I love Rc cars now I’m looking to take on projects like this!!!
That is pretty awesome. I personally use a riding mower with hand controls. Don’t know if you live in snow zone, but you could use the same concept of your mower and make remote control snow blower.
Nice to see someone else in the chairs also built 1
Remote Controlled Lawn Mower is every men dream toy
Mate you're pretty genius,you just got a subscriber here,keep on what yous are doing.
Thanks for the support!
I watched your making video and have been waiting to see it in action so well done for all your hard work good luck I think I would add a fuel gauge that transmits back to your handset and then full autonomy so you can just watch it do the job
Awsome and a camera too.. not bad folks.. neat project 😊
Thats actually really impressive. May be you show a parts list such as Motor driver and wire diagram. Thank you for sharing this
The full parts list is listed in the description with links to the products on Amazon. The motor drivers are always going out of stock, but it looks like you can get these on Amazon now amzn.to/3DpOrfI
Wow, I just stumbled on this and it’s freaking cool. Definitely could use something like this. Awesome
When he first got that mower did it run poorly or normally? I’m looking at getting one for free and I’m assuming that doesn’t matter? I found one for free, but it says. Used poor significant wear. and cables are frozen.
The person we got it from was having trouble starting it and had broken the pull string and just gave up on it. We knew we weren't going to use the pull string anyways so it was perfect for us. The only thing we had to do was clean or replace the carburetor. Since it was only $12 we just replaced it and it has run like a dream since then. You might need to take it to a small engine/mower repair shop if you can't get it running, but it's usually worth just fixing a free one instead of buying a new one.
1:06 I like howthe neighbor has their lawn more out too it’s one of those old fashion Man powered ones lol
Why is their grass all brown
2:56 wow nice house
I watched these out of order # 2 #3 #1
3:25 I love the onboard camera
I'm in the process of making one right now using standard brushed esc's and a v-tail mixer from a plane. Your setup is awesome but I'd love to change my design so basically the mower can be rolled onto a platform with the motors etc so that it can be used remotely but also rolled off the platform to be used as a normal mower again. Kind of like a trailer but the trailer itself can move. My reasoning is that when you finish mowing you take the mower off, place a piece of wood where the mower sits and place a full esky of beer on top so anyone at a party gets a drink delivered to them.......multi purpose!!!!!
I was watching the first one when your husband made it, and of course i had to look for the video when in use :D Awesome! No i am waiting for an electric starter for it??
The power drill method is working great for us for now for this one. Our next build will be an all electric mower and it will be remote start as well.
So glad to see it work. So what else are you going to change to fit your needs.
I used it like this for a season and I have some ideas for the future. The first being switching to electric. I also still want to do a FPV camera. Then we'll where it goes from there.
This is very awesome, thanks for the video
This is dope. Great job. You should put caster wheels in the front to help it turn easier.
I wondered about doing that myself.
wow, i like it very much...looks very easy to built it.. but the only problem is the wheel motors and some electronic does not available in my country.. 2 Thumb Ups
Seriously cool.....im acually building the same thing from scratch!
Excellent job.......you could add front swivel caster wheels at some point for an upgrade.....
Other people have also suggested this, so I think it's definitely something we might look into for the next phase. :)
What an awesome build! Brilliant! Thank you so much for sharing!
That is a project I've been wanting to do for a long time. Great that you thank your female for the time to do it :)
Sometimes he has such good ideas that I'll let him get away with it... although our house currently looks a bit like a weird wheelchair and lawn mower graveyard at the moment. lol
Pt. 2 (The build) of this will be posted very soon! :)
So awesome man. I wanna try. Other peoples designs are over complicated. But This is great. Best of luck to you on your future builds
Can't wait to start my build. This has been an inspiration.
You'll have to show us once you're done with your build. :)
Ok this is one of the coolest video series I've seen! Have you had any problems with vibration and the electronics? Also, do wheelchair motors seem too powerful? A human usually weighs quite a bit more than a lawnmower so I wonder if there are less-powerful motors that would still get the job done fine, while using less juice. Thanks for the great videos.
Thanks! We haven't had a problem with the electronics with the vibrations but we do check the wire connections frequently. As for less powerful motors, we are running these at half power, so yes... you can definitely find some that are better matched with the specs but these were already designed and geared for the speeds we needed, so it was just easier to use them.
I love your video you guys gave me the motivation to build my own I got through all the little delays but I made it thanks to you I appreciate this and keep up the good work
Pure genius! I need one of these!
Wonderful job ! Wonderful channel ! God bless you
Very cool. Thanks for sharing details on the build.
Great work, keep it coming and build more! 👍🏼
This is a good job ! I found it because I want to make a mower robot (DIY) so the motors are very interesting ! Greetings from France.
Thanks and welcome!
Hey y'all! I know a lot of you have asked about this. I just uploaded Pt. 2 with the steps and the parts he used to build this.
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*****Disclaimer: Since first creating this video and the second video, we have gotten some electrical tools that have made this process a lot easier. They are also listed in the description.*****
This is bad ass man...I love it!! I want one!
What a great couple.