2013 - Micro Buggy

[DaiSan76]

In the words of the great Bill Engvall, Here's yer sign.

My plan is a 36 inch wide, 60 inch long buggy with a swingarm rear and independent front suspension. Power will be 6.5HP predator, and I will be gearing it for about 20mph.

 

[Doc Sprocket]

"Kumquat Eating Contest? You're lucky I'm a nice guy! LOL
Good luck!

 

[OzFab]

Nice use of the code word

 

[DaiSan76]

It had to be done.

Kumquats are often eaten raw. As the rind is sweet and the juicy center is sour, the raw fruit is usually consumed either whole—to savor the contrast—or only the rind is eaten.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumquat

 

[scott_shot]

Lmao i racked my brains trying to be clever with the code word 'Kumquat' Fair to say i kept it to my self lol.

Good Luck buddy 20mph in something that small should be great fun!!

 

[Doc Sprocket]

I just love the word. It sounds so... dirty... but it's not!

 

[DaiSan76]

I'm just surprised that no one has twigged to the Bill Engvall reference. I'm hoping to get started on this next week during spring break, but I keep finding things I need to do on the karts I already have before I fill my shop space. So in lieu of an update I'll post a picture of my midterm test. Which I got a 98/100 on.

Lets see if anyone can pick out which two corners were done Vertical down.

 

[DS13]

I'm just surprised that no one has twigged to the Bill Engvall reference. I'm hoping to get started on this next week during spring break, but I keep finding things I need to do on the karts I already have before I fill my shop space. So in lieu of an update I'll post a picture of my midterm test. Which I got a 98/100 on.

Lets see if anyone can pick out which two corners were done Vertical down.

Bottom left on both

 

[Doc Sprocket]

I enjoyed the Engvall reference. Good score on the test!

 

[DaiSan76]

Bottom left on both

Yup. You must either do a lot of welding, or look at a lot of welds.

 

[DS13]

Yup. You must either do a lot of welding, or look at a lot of welds.

In your defense. those are some great welds!

Maybe going to school to become a welding engineer will work out after all.

 

[rwd4evr]

not to pick, but how did you get 98/100 with visible air gap in the filet?

 

[DaiSan76]

not to pick, but how did you get 98/100 with visible air gap in the filet?

Because that is vertical down. He had us do that to show why we don't run vertical down on heavy plate.

 

[rwd4evr]

****. don't recall that in my class. i probably forget more than i know from school.

 

[DaiSan76]

I changed my mind on the direction of this build. It is now a mini-quad, I just couldn't get motivated to do the buggy. It uses most of the same parts, so I thought it might work out. If not, a mod can delete this, and I will start a new thread.

Step one, cut off all the stuff I didn't want from the frame.

Step two, build a little frame to weld the bearing hangers to.

Step three, weld the frame to the frame and cut out the middle part so I have a place for my sprocket and brakes.

Step four, add braces.

Step five, mock up steering.

 

[DaiSan76]

Cut off the junk on the bottom that was all crooked, and added a nice square place for me to mount my footrests.

Built the front end, and mounted it to the main frame.

Stuck the wheels on to see how everything is looking.

I think it looks pretty neat. My nicest looking build so far.

Edit: Yes, that rear tire is crooked. I didn't put the lugnuts on.

 

[OzFab]

So, I'm guessing you're going with a rigid setup, no suspension...

 

[DaiSan76]

So, I'm guessing you're going with a rigid setup, no suspension...

Yea, I'm not sure suspension adds much in my yard. I can always add it later if I change my mind.

 

[landuse]

Very cool!! You are inspiring me to do a little quad

 

[Kelly Wood]

The minibike frame you started with appears to be the exact same "BIRD" frame I have.