My 4 year old sons first car - the swing bin racer.
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Thanks for all the nice comments guys. I'm sure the boy will be beside himself later when we take it out. I'll try and get a video. The top speed, according to my maths, wiil be around 3.6mph. Which will probably still hurt in the ankles. For those interested in buying/building one - a fully built kart costs £300 from lightning, I've spent around £150, the cost really depends on what you have lying around in the garage. I've added another pic for the technical peeps, showing the boot area and the relays used to reverse the motor polarity.
A little video of today - http://youtu.be/EiaRrtoYSFI
That's fantastic! Wonder if my 4 and 6 year old boys would be interested Might have to have a gander through that original post. Thanks for putting this up.
eta: have you got a link to the lightning carts you mentioned? Could only find an Aussie company with that name.
Found it Lightning Cars
eta: have you got a link to the lightning carts you mentioned? Could only find an Aussie company with that name.
Found it Lightning Cars
Edited by toxicated on Saturday 25th June 20:55
Edited by toxicated on Saturday 25th June 20:58
Monster26 said:
That is awesome, well done Dad. But you realise that anything that breaks or needs to be made from this day forward will be down to you. Thats exactly whats happened to my poor dad.
Well so far hes managed to break the steering twice. a blob of weld and some loctite 648 seem to have cured the failures - plus i've told him to be a bit more gentle. i also need to roughen up the drill chuck (I may try putting some grooves in it with the angle grinder) as it sometimes slips on the tyre, im worried if i adjust it any further it'll damage the bearings.Here's a pic of the steering - very basic, and the throttle.
Excellant!!!! First child due September don't know if it's a boy or girl but its getting one of these if it likes it or not. I even have the drill ready by the garage door it was going to go out to the dustman Tue but its now back in the rack ready!
ETA. Just remembered I have another old cordless at the workshop could we go 2 or even 4 wheel drive
ETA. Just remembered I have another old cordless at the workshop could we go 2 or even 4 wheel drive
Edited by difflockphil on Sunday 26th June 11:24
My little one is only 14months so I have time tostart this little project. Do the plans come with instructions on the electrics?
Edit - looks your own homebrew on the electrics any tips where to look for a nail bender to replicate?
Edit - looks your own homebrew on the electrics any tips where to look for a nail bender to replicate?
Edited by Monster26 on Sunday 26th June 15:34
Edited by Monster26 on Sunday 26th June 17:43
Update:
The gokart is still going strong & working well despite the abuse it gets! My boy always wanted it blue so its been stripped down, painted in what I call 'Bugatti blue' and had a few mods to beef things up. It has a working speedo now (does around 5mph) courtesy of a bicyle computer and some basic mudguards to stop little fingers getting trapped. There are still some things on the to do list like lights and a horn but its more important to get some fun out of it while we can. Anyway, some updated pics -
The gokart is still going strong & working well despite the abuse it gets! My boy always wanted it blue so its been stripped down, painted in what I call 'Bugatti blue' and had a few mods to beef things up. It has a working speedo now (does around 5mph) courtesy of a bicyle computer and some basic mudguards to stop little fingers getting trapped. There are still some things on the to do list like lights and a horn but its more important to get some fun out of it while we can. Anyway, some updated pics -
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