Recent content by nomnom

J.C. I do wish you well on your project and I do believe the welding will come. I have also gone the self guided teaching method. Videos (Lincoln welders website, youtube) and even the manual that came with the welder has some great tips. I am sorry you don't get much support from your...

Regarding sunburn, I welded for about 1 or 1.5 hours in shorts...flux-core, 140 amp welder on a 2 out of 4 voltage setting with slow wire feed and got a sunburn on my leg. It was evening, so no sunlight directly hitting me. Sunburn does happen for this white boy with a welder! Guess I should...

Not sure if this is the source of problems, but your scrub radius seems like it may be too large...combine this with what "theo" says above and it exacerbates the problem. Part of the reason that you saw it first in reverse could have to do with caster; caster that is good for forward movement...

Yeah, I think you are right that over time the braided cable would stretch and could possibly break. Chain would certainly be nice. The stretching of the cable though, wouldn't be too much of an issue. You would probably have to have a tensioning screw to adjust before each ride, but you'd...

I've thought something similar would be nice, to give more precise control. I saw a video of a guy on YouTube building a kart with a pulley type system right on the steering column. The steering had a solid connection (rack) between each spindle linkage. There was a pulley on the steering...