Every day I have to walk with my electric skateboard, which weighs about 15lbs through a large train station, so I created this helpful handle.
I started by deciding where the handle would go. There were constraints about the location. First and most important, I wanted the lowest part of the handle to be 0.5 inches off the ground, to avoid the handle being impacted by rocks. I also did not want the handle to stick out on top or to the side of the board, as I often slide the board underneath seats on its side on its top, and I didn’t want something that would make the board unstable in these positions. Based on these constraints, the area underneath the board, between the battery enclosure and control enclosure was an ideal choice.
I started by taking some quick caliper measurements of the side of my skateboard. I had to do some approximating, as the board has some curvature, so I did the best that I could and then made a quick test version.
This geometry was fairly accurate, but there was a little too much bending going on when I fit it to the board. So for the next full version, I made some adjustments to give more clearance.
The handle was printed at 100% infill out of PLA and has performed pretty well over 7 months of use. One downside to the handle is that being underneath the board, it can accumulate leaves and dirt quite easily. So, I designed a new version that has a blocker on the frontside to keep some of the larger dirt and leaf pieces out of the handle.
