I LOVE this kind of content. As someone who just started onewheeling and is interested in VESC DIY boards but everything is just too much at first glance it is very helpful to see someone actually assemble something like this. Can not wait for the upcoming VESC videos. Take care and drink water. It is boiling out there.
I can’t wait to get a onewheel, but It makes me happy to know that with this open source vesc community growing that I will always be able to get one in some form. I have no doubt that even if onewheel goes out of business that the community will have some form of it always because people love it so much.
Subscribed because of this series and the amazing video with luis rossman, so excited to see a detailed look at how far the DIY community has come with this!
Saving each one till I have all the parts. Can’t wait to see your build, no I’m going to love the one I do after. Thank you so much for doing this, sharing, and so clearly explaining. Thanks also to Surfdado, FL, and all the other mad scientist who share our passion for riding!
Hey thanks for doing these! Super helpful. Just FYI this video is a little underexposed. In your editor you might want to bring it up so that your skin is reaching around the 700 range on the exposure waveform.
Looking forward to seeing the build! Love the more DIY approach your taking to the build. However, I will add that I think it's important to note to viewers that if they are interested in a VESC build but are intimidated by this approach, that there are easier options to get up and running with a VESC based Onewheel. I personally went with the Flowglider DIY bundle from Makers PEV which, outside of maybe the brass heat-serts for the 3D printed enclosure, everything was pretty damn simple if you followed instructions, with not really any special skills, tools, or experience needed. And of course, they are now also pushing out fully assembled controllers that are ready to go. That said, still greatly looking forward to seeing the progress on this build! I know you've had those FOCers on hand for a long while haha, awesome to see them finally getting put to use.
Oh absolutely. I'll definitely be layout the various pathways to conversions, rebuilds, etc. as the series goes, specifically when I get to putting the controller box together. Obviously this project aims a bit high for the general rider, and isn't the most accesible. The goal was to get as far away from a stock board as I could while having it appear fairly innocuous. Kind of like a sleeper. It's also an attempt to demonstrate how extra one can get without resulting in a big ol' chonker like a GT. Either way, I'll do my best to highlight what's currently out there. Cheers sir. 🙏
Hi thx a lot 4 your videos, i am really interested by building me a vesc onewheel, I think i am gonna buy an old XR or + (even cheapest) to try it. I Didn't knew that they got the same motor. I am french and maybe i will make a video of my journey for french riders...
This series is one of those ones where you wish you stumbled across it 10 weeks late, and you can now stay up until 2am binging the whole thing. Really looking forward to see how it all comes together 👍🏻 Also hello to future me when I come back and rewatch it all. 👋🏼
Hey Mario! So, my XR's front led is not working and I just bought a new cable for it. How hard do you consider to be the processo of replacing it? I'm debating doing it myself or spending around 100€ to send the board to the only shop that works on Onewheels here in Portugal. Oh, and thank you so much for all the amazing content here.
Very interesting! I think there are many of us OneWheelers here in Europe that are definitely looking for an alternative to FM until the day they finally put some kind of system in place to support us so that we do not have to send our boards back to the US for repairs! I am so glad I cancelled my GT order, my beloved tricked out tricked out Pint will hopefully continue to serve me well until one of those VESC boards are available for sale at some point. I would 100% order from you if you ever provided that service!😎👍🏾🙏🏾🇸🇪🇬🇧
I'm not certain I'll offer a service like this. It may be that if this all goes to plan, I'll redo it once more to another XR and sell that off, but unlikely as a regular offering at the shop. The liability is far too great, and I simply don't have the knowledge or finances to put myself right in the cross hairs of Future Motion. My goal is primarily to log the projects I do, the things I learn, and end up with a "What Happened" type of content catalog that could hopefully inspire others to create, repair, and get more longevity out of the things they've spent their money on, instead of immediately replacing things when they are outdated or don't function anymore.
@@TheBoardGarage I totally understand! A huge law suit on your hands would definitely stem creativity among other things!😂 I shall just have to watch every one of your VESC videos that you put out and try to source parts over time and build one for myself!😎 Thanks for all that you do for the community!👏🏾👍🏾🙏🏾
Noticed a lot of people don't even have the cut out for the lights on their controller box, which makes me wonder is it possible to have lights on a VESC - ideally XR - like behavior lights..?
I love this idea of making a diy board. Will you be discussing the over all pricing? Like is this cheaper than buying a Onewheel from future motion? Theoretically since you got some stuff given to you.
I'll go over what I paid for the parts, and then reference what they likely cost now. It's a bit nebulous, and DIY usually ends up costing more due to higher overheads, unless you're already building similar things.
I bought a 2nd hand XR as ‘not working’ to see if I can get it working - seems like it’s either BMS, battery, or both. It’s the controller version that’s not picky about BMS changes, which is good but… The cost of official repair or 2nd hand replacement FM BMS/battery is making me consider at least pricing up a VESC build.
Been waiting for you to do this. My controller is currently assembled, but im waiting on the momentary switch to replace the latching switch, so I can retain cell balancing in the stock fm bms for my build. I'll hopefully be able to get the cbcso before my bms fries. Just takes a while to save for these things...
I left it on and went away for a week, and the battery drained to empty. I’ve since built myself a few other boards, and currently have a build running that’s my daily driver & errand board. I’ll have a full build series on that this month, showing the whole thing.
Any way to get links to everything you purchased? Friend gave me a non working one wheel + that I would really dig jumping into trying to do a build with. Either way, thanks for taking the time to do these vids. SUBSCRIBED!
Hey Mario, I love your videos and I really appreciate all the content you create. Your doing wonders for this community! I'm currently doing a pint build with the lil focer 3.1 and I was curious as to what connectors are used that connects the hall sensors and foot pads? It's the white connectors on the lil focer if you where I could get some it would help out so much. That's again for all that you do!
I am looking forward to seeing the build come together. I messaged you on FB as I have the aluminum lid, gaskets, brass inserts and screws needed for the Flowglider Controller box and will provide you the parts, would just need an address to send them to you.
I'll check for your message. I actually do have those parts, but forgot to mention them in this video, my apologies. Thank you for the offer, it's very kind.
Got some more parts today, had some difficulty with the older revision FOCer. Working with the V1 has been a challenge, so I had to change course a bit with this build. It’ll be out next though.
HUUUUUUGE Update. Looking forward the completion of this diy onewheel. Feel like before you can even consider a project like this there needs to be massive improvements to the software of the balancing system. Surf dado? Anyways, good luck, this is kind of a big deal :D
Excellent video! I can't wait to see the rest in the series. How powerful is the 20a2p battery you're building for this VESC in comparison to, say, the GT?
Well, it depends. The voltage is higher, since the GT is 18s, however I'm using a smaller cell, an 18650 size, whereas the GT uses 21700 size cells. The capacity is between an XR and a GT. Power wise, the higher voltage and ability to set specific current limits will make the 20s setup markedly more powerful and with a higher amount of headroom before the board can't sustain balance.
Great choice of bumpers haha!! I Approve! :P
Thanks! They're quite spiffy.
I LOVE this kind of content. As someone who just started onewheeling and is interested in VESC DIY boards but everything is just too much at first glance it is very helpful to see someone actually assemble something like this. Can not wait for the upcoming VESC videos. Take care and drink water. It is boiling out there.
Really ain't that hard just sit down take note and pay attention to detail I work on car engines all kinds so this is cake walk
I can’t wait to get a onewheel, but It makes me happy to know that with this open source vesc community growing that I will always be able to get one in some form. I have no doubt that even if onewheel goes out of business that the community will have some form of it always because people love it so much.
Can't thank you enough for this effort. You're the voice of the market, sir.
Subscribed because of this series and the amazing video with luis rossman, so excited to see a detailed look at how far the DIY community has come with this!
This is going to be great! Shivering with antici…
Can’t wait for this series! Thanks, Mario, for your contributions to the Onewheel VESC community!
Saving each one till I have all the parts. Can’t wait to see your build, no I’m going to love the one I do after. Thank you so much for doing this, sharing, and so clearly explaining. Thanks also to Surfdado, FL, and all the other mad scientist who share our passion for riding!
This is awesome! I can't wait until we have all open source parts available for a build like this!
Definitely ready for the next video in this series!!
Subbed for this category of videos
Tight! still stuck on controler box issues. I will check them out .
Hey thanks for doing these! Super helpful.
Just FYI this video is a little underexposed. In your editor you might want to bring it up so that your skin is reaching around the 700 range on the exposure waveform.
im almost at 2500 miles on my pint x, looking forward to doing a vesc refurb when it needs it!
Looking forward to seeing the build! Love the more DIY approach your taking to the build.
However, I will add that I think it's important to note to viewers that if they are interested in a VESC build but are intimidated by this approach, that there are easier options to get up and running with a VESC based Onewheel. I personally went with the Flowglider DIY bundle from Makers PEV which, outside of maybe the brass heat-serts for the 3D printed enclosure, everything was pretty damn simple if you followed instructions, with not really any special skills, tools, or experience needed. And of course, they are now also pushing out fully assembled controllers that are ready to go.
That said, still greatly looking forward to seeing the progress on this build! I know you've had those FOCers on hand for a long while haha, awesome to see them finally getting put to use.
Oh absolutely. I'll definitely be layout the various pathways to conversions, rebuilds, etc. as the series goes, specifically when I get to putting the controller box together. Obviously this project aims a bit high for the general rider, and isn't the most accesible. The goal was to get as far away from a stock board as I could while having it appear fairly innocuous. Kind of like a sleeper. It's also an attempt to demonstrate how extra one can get without resulting in a big ol' chonker like a GT. Either way, I'll do my best to highlight what's currently out there. Cheers sir. 🙏
Which power supply do you recommend for reading the cell voltages and to slow charge a GT battery?
Cannot wait for the coming episodes of this build! 👌
Hi thx a lot 4 your videos, i am really interested by building me a vesc onewheel, I think i am gonna buy an old XR or + (even cheapest) to try it. I Didn't knew that they got the same motor. I am french and maybe i will make a video of my journey for french riders...
Oh man, it's gonna be beautiful
Now this.... this I've been waiting for.
Thanks for creating this content.
I would love to get to building a VESC board but I have hard time trying to source the parts for it...
This series is one of those ones where you wish you stumbled across it 10 weeks late, and you can now stay up until 2am binging the whole thing.
Really looking forward to see how it all comes together 👍🏻
Also hello to future me when I come back and rewatch it all. 👋🏼
Hi future Andrew Williams 👋😀
Hey Mario!
So, my XR's front led is not working and I just bought a new cable for it. How hard do you consider to be the processo of replacing it?
I'm debating doing it myself or spending around 100€ to send the board to the only shop that works on Onewheels here in Portugal.
Oh, and thank you so much for all the amazing content here.
VESC!!! 😁 -- great vid as always!
Mario! I hope you have stepped up your shop security with this project. FM probably has a hit team scoping out your shop right now. Be safe brother!
Very interesting! I think there are many of us OneWheelers here in Europe that are definitely looking for an alternative to FM until the day they finally put some kind of system in place to support us so that we do not have to send our boards back to the US for repairs! I am so glad I cancelled my GT order, my beloved tricked out tricked out Pint will hopefully continue to serve me well until one of those VESC boards are available for sale at some point. I would 100% order from you if you ever provided that service!😎👍🏾🙏🏾🇸🇪🇬🇧
I'm not certain I'll offer a service like this. It may be that if this all goes to plan, I'll redo it once more to another XR and sell that off, but unlikely as a regular offering at the shop. The liability is far too great, and I simply don't have the knowledge or finances to put myself right in the cross hairs of Future Motion. My goal is primarily to log the projects I do, the things I learn, and end up with a "What Happened" type of content catalog that could hopefully inspire others to create, repair, and get more longevity out of the things they've spent their money on, instead of immediately replacing things when they are outdated or don't function anymore.
@@TheBoardGarage I totally understand! A huge law suit on your hands would definitely stem creativity among other things!😂 I shall just have to watch every one of your VESC videos that you put out and try to source parts over time and build one for myself!😎 Thanks for all that you do for the community!👏🏾👍🏾🙏🏾
Exciting times. I am looking forward to the series. Leaves me wondering if I should by a GT next year or maybe VESC will be another choice.
great video as always Mario. any chance of sharing the complete misc parts list? screws, plugs, adapters etc? thanks
Yes, I'll have all that info as I go along. I'll toss together parts lists and tools, etc. As well as options to do it differently.
@@TheBoardGarage you da man!!
Noticed a lot of people don't even have the cut out for the lights on their controller box, which makes me wonder is it possible to have lights on a VESC - ideally XR - like behavior lights..?
I love this idea of making a diy board. Will you be discussing the over all pricing? Like is this cheaper than buying a Onewheel from future motion? Theoretically since you got some stuff given to you.
I'll go over what I paid for the parts, and then reference what they likely cost now. It's a bit nebulous, and DIY usually ends up costing more due to higher overheads, unless you're already building similar things.
I bought a 2nd hand XR as ‘not working’ to see if I can get it working - seems like it’s either BMS, battery, or both. It’s the controller version that’s not picky about BMS changes, which is good but…
The cost of official repair or 2nd hand replacement FM BMS/battery is making me consider at least pricing up a VESC build.
Been waiting for you to do this. My controller is currently assembled, but im waiting on the momentary switch to replace the latching switch, so I can retain cell balancing in the stock fm bms for my build. I'll hopefully be able to get the cbcso before my bms fries. Just takes a while to save for these things...
How is this board doing 2 years later?
I left it on and went away for a week, and the battery drained to empty. I’ve since built myself a few other boards, and currently have a build running that’s my daily driver & errand board. I’ll have a full build series on that this month, showing the whole thing.
I'm been riding a 84v for the past month and don't even like riding my FM boards anymore.
Gonna load up a dab and take notes
Any way to get links to everything you purchased? Friend gave me a non working one wheel + that I would really dig jumping into trying to do a build with. Either way, thanks for taking the time to do these vids. SUBSCRIBED!
Yes, there’s a build article I am writing on my site, and there are parts lists and links to the parts and tools I tend to use.
Hey Mario, I love your videos and I really appreciate all the content you create. Your doing wonders for this community! I'm currently doing a pint build with the lil focer 3.1 and I was curious as to what connectors are used that connects the hall sensors and foot pads? It's the white connectors on the lil focer if you where I could get some it would help out so much. That's again for all that you do!
I would love to purchase a battery from you for a VESC build if you happen to be selling.
I’ll likely make a few packs for people once I get the design and BMS situations sorted.
@@TheBoardGarage awesome! A built in BMS would be lovely. Ill be in line once you do.
How long ago did u get those rails I been trying to find them there fckn hard bro
I am looking forward to seeing the build come together. I messaged you on FB as I have the aluminum lid, gaskets, brass inserts and screws needed for the Flowglider Controller box and will provide you the parts, would just need an address to send them to you.
I'll check for your message. I actually do have those parts, but forgot to mention them in this video, my apologies. Thank you for the offer, it's very kind.
Did he forget abt this??? Where’s part 2???
I’m working on it.
When's the next episode out?
In a week most likely. I have to fulfill some obligations with the next video.
@@TheBoardGarage awesome.
Can't wait. I've been wanting to build a onewheel from scratch. Your videos would be extremely helpful.
@@TheBoardGarage still nothing?
Got some more parts today, had some difficulty with the older revision FOCer. Working with the V1 has been a challenge, so I had to change course a bit with this build. It’ll be out next though.
@@TheBoardGarage will you change the hub to the fungeneers hub?
HUUUUUUGE Update. Looking forward the completion of this diy onewheel. Feel like before you can even consider a project like this there needs to be massive improvements to the software of the balancing system. Surf dado? Anyways, good luck, this is kind of a big deal :D
Excellent video! I can't wait to see the rest in the series.
How powerful is the 20a2p battery you're building for this VESC in comparison to, say, the GT?
Well, it depends. The voltage is higher, since the GT is 18s, however I'm using a smaller cell, an 18650 size, whereas the GT uses 21700 size cells. The capacity is between an XR and a GT. Power wise, the higher voltage and ability to set specific current limits will make the 20s setup markedly more powerful and with a higher amount of headroom before the board can't sustain balance.
Dope 🔥
⚡ *More VESC Onewheel content* 🤩⚡
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Can't wait