Making your own air tank? It isn’t on the list of good ideas, but for purely educational purposes I had to try. It actually turned out to be air-tight and it didn’t explode so all in all it was a good test. To add onto the success all of its components were made from recylced aluminum. For instance, the main cylinder came from an old umbrella and the end pieces were from scrap plate. All in all, was the project fun? Yes!! it was a blast! If you do attempt to make your own air tank DO SO AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!!! I am not responsible for what you create so please use your best judgement! With that said, Have a Fantastic Day!
We tested out the gokart with the small Briggs and Stratton lawn mower engine but it only had enough power to push the gokart with nobody in it. Therefore, we decided that if this was going to move it was going to need a bigger engine. A quick trip to Harbor Freight solved that problem. We were able to get a 6.5 hp horizontal shaft engine for $100. It is one of those honda clone engines so it runs very well, just like a Honda.
We have built robots and quadcopters but we have never built a gokart. With some time off and a free engine the only remaining question was, why not build it? Here is some footage of the 2hp Briggs and Stratton engine running. We got he engine off of an old 1950s lawn mower we got off the curb. Although the lawn mower is from the 1950s it still turned over with new gas and new spark plugs along with some starting fluid. Here is a video of it running with the clutch installed and the wheels attached.
We are proud to announce that our website is now Ipad friendly. The front page slideshow which was previously not available is now available due to the new update.
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If you want to comment on some of our posts or add your own in the “Show Us Your Projects!” page you can now do all of that securely thanks to our new Google login. If you want to integrate something like this into your own Drupal 7 website I recommend that you check out our previous post called Drupal-Google-Auth-Fix. In that post we explain how to install via our Github link. If you have any questions feel free to email us using the sitewide contact form, or you can comment below. Thanks, and have a great day!
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