This month I’ve been working on power soccer equipment for Borp. Not to brag or anything, but I think it’s OK to toot your own horn every now and then, and now seems like a good time to do it. Here’s a list of what I’ve been up to:
- Installed extra-large motors in one powerchair.
- Created a faster anti-wheelie method and installed it on two chairs.
- Re-balanced two chairs (plus the chair that received new motors)
- Created a new method of attaching a guard to a midwheel drive chair and installed it on one chair, letting somebody play who hasn’t been able to play for months since his last chair broke.
- Welded a new foot guard.
- Fabricated wheel spacers for two chairs, installed them on one chair so far.
- Reprogrammed and reconfigured a donated chair to work for somebody who’s daily chair isn’t cutting it for soccer.
All in all, I have made about 80 welds, machined 13 aluminum parts, six steel parts, and spliced six wires. This allowed one person to play who could not play before, and hopefully improved the competitiveness of five other players. It has been a good month, and I’m not done. Hopefully I’m just getting started.
I have big plans for new things to build, and ways to get more people playing at higher levels of competition. Let me know if you want to help!