Tuesday 2 June 2020

Designing front and rear battery mounts

I will be designing the basic look and measurements of the mounts using Autodesk Fusion 360, a CAD program, the completed designs will be used to determine the approximate amount of materials needed. Then the metal will be cut and welded together and any minor changes needed will be made during that process.

So first off is to make rough CAD drawings to get the approximate amount of materials required and to measure all the clearances needed for the bonnet, frame rails, etc.

First up, and the rear battery mount for the boot
and the front battery mount for under the bonnet

Now to buy the metal needed which, with potential mistakes in mind, came to

Description
Length
Batteries 

Angle 20mm x 20mm x 3mm steel
6m
Box 20mm x 20mm x 3mm steel
6m
Box 20mm x 20mm x 3mm steel HALF
5m
Flat 20mm x 3mm steel
4m
80 bolts, 80 nuts/washers for batteries

Motor

Tube 15mmDiameter x 4mm
231mm
Flat 60mm x 5mm steel
1m
Flat 300mm x 100mm x 6mm
1m

All that, except for the nuts and bolts, came to $120NZD from STEELCUTS LTD.

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