Chainsaw Engine Or Strimmer Engine ?

[Doc Sprocket]

Just do yourself a favour if you're going to build a wooden kart- I'm not completely against it, but you've got to use your head. Keep the engine fairly small (say, 3hp or less), keep the speed fairly low, and don't lose sight of what you're building. You are building a vehicle to carry your butt around, not a wall or shed. Don't nail it together, don't just fire a screw or two in each joint. Bolt it together, using washers and locknuts. Put much thought into how you're going to attach things like axles and wheels, and get an adult to give you a hand if you're not sure about something.

 

[KieranM]

IMO a wodden kart would be alot harder than a steel one to make

 

[r97]

if you bolt it together like toy story said, do something like this with angle iron, and use washers where a bolt meets up against wood! infarct drilling two holes in some flat bar would be better.

sry its not that good, only spent 5min on it

 

[KieranM]

Good work, but then is the question of what wood to use...

 

[Doc Sprocket]

Very good idea with the angle, R97. And hardwood if you can get it. Most dimensional lumber in North America, anyways, is SPF. (Spruce, Pine,Fir) which are softwoods. DO NOT use fingerjoint, which is an economy lumber literally manufactured from scraps, glued together with joints that resemble meshed gears.

 

[r97]

well i used the bamboo flooring color for the wood in that pic,