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Very, very nice. I am properly impressed. You do make it look easy. :thumbup: :)

(Is it news to say "no news"?)

Nothing to report this week/end. Didn't get a welder. The weather has put a serious crimp in my desire to do a quickie road test. And I have a cold.

Spent a little time looking for angle iron for battery trays. A free bed frame would be nice (though I know some EVers say "proper", thicker angle iron is preferred). Had a couple of leads through the local freecycle group, but nothing just yet.

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Nice job :thumbup: it looks like it's coming together! Any thoughts of mounting some batts in the rear for weight distrib?

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Yeah, definitely. Remember the batts we have are 6v, so those 4 in the front represent only 24v of our 48v goal. So we'll be putting 4 in the hatchback, or under the rear seat if there's enough room - we're thinking of making a batt box that extends down into the space that the gas tank will be vacating. Probably not enough room though.

Bed frame sounds perfect to me, good reuse of materials and plenty strong.

I did that once and learned afterwards to make sure the angle iron isn't plated with zinc or something before starting to weld; it can produce poisonous gases.

Yes! I actually learned about that this summer when researching building my bicycle trailer (from zinc coated electrical conduit).

Breathing the fumes can give you "metal fever".

It's better done outdoors, with a good breeze. (Or not at all.)

where abouts in easter ontario are you? ive got an old bed frame laying around. if you're not too far away i wouldnt mind seeing the forkenswift in exchange for the frames. i could bring my mig welder along too if need be.

PM'd you, Nathan.