gotseg
11-01-2003, 11:59 PM
Its been in the back of my mind for quite a long time to make a segway cooling pack for after charging. Something that would help cool the batteries like LLC recommends. So about a month ago I set out to start creating a prototype. A few days later I had a fabric pattern that I mailed to a kind and helpful DC seger to test the fitting.
After getting some feedback and the pattern back I started working on a prototype. This time I mailed an accual prototype to the DC seger to test its fitting and great news, it fits!
http://www.giguphosting.com/glidegear/coolseg.gif
That was project #1. But with it getting so cold outside, most people wont have much of a need for something like that right now. Accualy, something that keeps your ht 'warmer' then the outside tempereature. Within operating temperatures during the cold fall and winter is whats needed.
A few sketchs later I had a design that works. Instead of just strapping around the segway like the ice pack does, it is attached firmly to the segways underside platform by a strap that goes around the control shaft and hooking onto the back of the batteries. Staying free from your feet. When you need to warm it up just stick it in the microwave for a few seconds and your ready to go for a long time.
http://www.giguphosting.com/glidegear/heatseg.gif
Anyway. This is my way of trying to fund buying a segway. By making accessories for the segway. If anyone is interested in my creations please post or email me. Im trying to get a feel if this is worth pursuing and how many materials I may need to be ordering.
If nothing else this has been a great experiance. Contacting the companies and asking questions about materials. Doing testing..... Learning how to sew. Its that sort of stuff that you would most likely never get to do that makes it fun. Expecialy when you get to see an idea you had materialize and hopefully watch it be a success!
gotseg?
oh ya, if anyone can give me the dementions for a p-s I can start working on a pattern to fit it too!
http://www.giguphosting.com/glidegear/m.gif
After getting some feedback and the pattern back I started working on a prototype. This time I mailed an accual prototype to the DC seger to test its fitting and great news, it fits!
http://www.giguphosting.com/glidegear/coolseg.gif
That was project #1. But with it getting so cold outside, most people wont have much of a need for something like that right now. Accualy, something that keeps your ht 'warmer' then the outside tempereature. Within operating temperatures during the cold fall and winter is whats needed.
A few sketchs later I had a design that works. Instead of just strapping around the segway like the ice pack does, it is attached firmly to the segways underside platform by a strap that goes around the control shaft and hooking onto the back of the batteries. Staying free from your feet. When you need to warm it up just stick it in the microwave for a few seconds and your ready to go for a long time.
http://www.giguphosting.com/glidegear/heatseg.gif
Anyway. This is my way of trying to fund buying a segway. By making accessories for the segway. If anyone is interested in my creations please post or email me. Im trying to get a feel if this is worth pursuing and how many materials I may need to be ordering.
If nothing else this has been a great experiance. Contacting the companies and asking questions about materials. Doing testing..... Learning how to sew. Its that sort of stuff that you would most likely never get to do that makes it fun. Expecialy when you get to see an idea you had materialize and hopefully watch it be a success!
gotseg?
oh ya, if anyone can give me the dementions for a p-s I can start working on a pattern to fit it too!
http://www.giguphosting.com/glidegear/m.gif