I bought a Jeep and joined the forums a few months ago and I saw a lot of recommendations to get a hand throttle so I bought the popular kit on Amazon. I was very disappointed in it, as they have changed the parts that they include (recently?). Now it comes with a different bicycle shifter(aka "hand throttle"). The biggest issue I have is that goes on the right side of the Jeep shifter instead of the left where your thumb and index finger is, and on top of that it's a cheap feeling Ali Express shifter instead of the decent name brand one that they show in the pictures and that I saw in most of the reviews. To make matters worse, I emailed them and after a week of back and forth before they even understood the issue, they blamed it on "the Amazon seller" for not updating the pictures, didn't even offer an apology, and made me go through Amazon to return it. AND THEN, they reported my honest review and had it removed from Amazon for reasons that don't even make sense. There's a few more things I could nitpick, but that's enough of my ranting.
So I started thinking about making my own kit, I will 3d print the throttle and will include all the necessary hardware and high quality instructions. I can also do custom colors and I could even modify the shape or how/where it mounts if you have any preferences.
Today I make my first prototype with a file for a bicycle shifter that somebody shared on Thinigiverse, but I will either be modifying it or designing a new one from scratch because it's the wrong side, just like the main problem I had with the Teraflex kit, and I need to make the mount smaller to fit my shifter. I was also thinking about other possibilities like maybe it could bolt to the side of the center console next to the transfer case shifter, or maybe up by the steering wheel, or anywhere else.
I will make a thread in the classified section when I am ready to sell them, this is just to get an idea if anyone is interested before I buy some bulk cables, housing, etc.
Please let me know if you have any ideas on how it could be better, i.e. more ergonomic or convenient to operate, etc. Longer lever? Bigger handle kind of like an airplane throttle? Mount it somewhere else?
What would you consider to be a fair price for this? I'm not trying to make a 10x profit so I'm sure I could do a lot less than $50 even considering that shipping will be more expensive for me. I would charge a little extra for special colors like glow in the dark or if you want custom modifications after I finalize my design.
Again these pictures are just my first proof of concept.
So I started thinking about making my own kit, I will 3d print the throttle and will include all the necessary hardware and high quality instructions. I can also do custom colors and I could even modify the shape or how/where it mounts if you have any preferences.
Today I make my first prototype with a file for a bicycle shifter that somebody shared on Thinigiverse, but I will either be modifying it or designing a new one from scratch because it's the wrong side, just like the main problem I had with the Teraflex kit, and I need to make the mount smaller to fit my shifter. I was also thinking about other possibilities like maybe it could bolt to the side of the center console next to the transfer case shifter, or maybe up by the steering wheel, or anywhere else.
I will make a thread in the classified section when I am ready to sell them, this is just to get an idea if anyone is interested before I buy some bulk cables, housing, etc.
Please let me know if you have any ideas on how it could be better, i.e. more ergonomic or convenient to operate, etc. Longer lever? Bigger handle kind of like an airplane throttle? Mount it somewhere else?
What would you consider to be a fair price for this? I'm not trying to make a 10x profit so I'm sure I could do a lot less than $50 even considering that shipping will be more expensive for me. I would charge a little extra for special colors like glow in the dark or if you want custom modifications after I finalize my design.
Again these pictures are just my first proof of concept.
