Per Log
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Wed Oct 29, 2025
Started to read a book: DIY Lithium Batteries - How to Build Your Own Battery Packs.
Need to look through the prior art on the wiki: Open_Source_Battery_Pack
Haven't received any confirmation mail for my time log request, it gives a 404 at the moment, will try again later.
Did steps 1-5 of Get_Involved_in_Global_Documentation. Learned how to hide/unhide and how to rotate the view in CAD navigation style. I am using FreeCad 1.0.2 on Windows at the moment. Was able to open the SEH6 file without issues, but had to accept a preprocessing step.
Tue Oct 28, 2025
Finished the Get Involved In Documentation video. Nice details in the FreeCad. Will look for the documentation sprint on the wiki.
Mon Oct 27, 2025
Requested a time log. Started to watch Get Involved In Documentation
Sun Oct 26, 2025
Hello world. Looked at Cordless Drill Construction Set and youtube videos about the Open Source Blueberries.
Drill Notes
Seems like a good project for me to learn about power electronics, CAD and get started with prototyping. I have a Ryobi RCD1802 that I will use as inspiration and benchmark. Costs roughly $150 here in Norway including battery and a bag.
Battery pack
- Ryobi battery is 18V 2.5Ah = Five 18650 cells in series. Can just go for that.
- Challenge with 18650 is that a Battery Management System is basically mandatory for Li-ion, to not burn down all the Seed Eco homes.
Off-the-shelf vs make
Chuck - 13mm, 1/2" - No metalworking in v1 -> Buy. Cells - No brainer -> Buy. Body -> Print Battery pack -> Make, because I want to learn about it. Motor -> Buy in v1. Needs more research. Some suggestions here: https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/wiki/3D_Printed_Drill
Order of operations
I'll start with the battery pack, because it sounds like fun and is a complete module that I can test and verify without dependending on any of the other parts. Should I go straight for the dev-template?