From the monthly archives:

February 2010

Electric POT O’ GOLD!

February 25, 2010

It wouldn’t be street legal under other circumstances, but the Milwaukee MakerSpace’s POT O’ GOLD will head down the streets of Milwaukee, Wisconsin for the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade. MakerSpace members have already built a “universal float platform” out of scrap steel and salvaged electric wheelchair motors. Then, they built a wood frame in […]

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Mer-Chevy Flywheel coming?

February 24, 2010

Well, it looks like I finally got a lead on a manual transmission flywheel for the Mer-Chevy project. Unfotunately, it’s out of town, and I need a friend to stop out for me to get it from the seller. That’s not going to happen for at least a week. So here I wait, HOPING to […]

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Mer-Chevy Flywheel coming?

February 24, 2010

Well, it looks like I finally got a lead on a manual transmission flywheel for the Mer-Chevy project. Unfotunately, it’s out of town, and I need a friend to stop out for me to get it from the seller. That’s not going to happen for at least a week. So here I wait, HOPING to […]

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Tom gets a Transmission

February 22, 2010

My Friend Tom has been working on an all-electric conversion of a Dodge Neon for a while now. It’s a pretty cool car, using almost all salvaged materials, including an industrial AC motor to drive the whole thing. Unfortunately, the transmission that came with the car doesn’t shift so well between two of the gears. […]

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What started it all

February 22, 2010

A couple years back, I visited the Midwest Renewable Energy Associations annual energy fair. As part of the fair, they host an alternative car show. One slick vehicle I saw, was an electric bicycle, built by a kit. The first thing I did when I got home, was ordered the kit, and then installed it […]

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Welcome to 300MPG.org!

February 22, 2010

Hi everyone! For some time, I have been working on various home-brew transportation projects, ranging from to electric cars to bio-diesel trucks, even researching the trolley that existed in my city 100 years ago! Most of my sharing has been through various on-line blogs and forums. Some of which could be lost track of, or […]

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Open ReVolt T-shirt!

February 15, 2010

Today is my birthday. Look what my sister made for me!!!! This image has been resized. Click this bar to view the full image. The original image is sized 1024×680. That’s right, a genuine Open Source T-Shirt!!! Actual screen-printing – not iron-on! __________________ Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Buzz it up […]

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Solar Panels picked up!

February 11, 2010

I got the call from my friend, Swee, yesterday that the solar panels were in. We did a bulk order of three pallets between 4 or 5 people. His store doesn’t have much of a loading zone – only the street parking directly in front of the store. I wanted to get there as soon […]

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Harley Sparkster for Sale!

February 5, 2010

Last Summer, my friend Mike converted a Harley-Davidson Sportster into an all-electric motorcycle. Thus, the SPARKSTER was born. I helped Mike just a little bit on the project, with a few recommendations on parts, and the initial controller programming. Alas, as hard economic times befell many of us recently, Mike does now need to sell […]

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