The bright eyed blond haired 11-year-old boy wandered out into his grandfather’s shed. As he stumble over tools and lawnmowers along with all the other farm equipment, he struggled to find his grandfather pounding on something next to the vice in the corner. He asked his grandfather if he would […]
The idea has been in the works for several years: building a homemade go kart for under $200. The father and son team had consulted every possible avenue, searching every internet site and web-blog for information on how to build a go kart. They even went and bought a go […]
I have been working on this new product called the pedal kart (or pedal go kart) and I have been running into brick walls, or snags that have really been tripping me up. I’ve written several articles on the go kart building mindset and the stick-to-it-ivness that is required to […]
The go kart was driving fine or so it seemed until the steering wheel started to wobble heavily. “Man!” exclaimed the youth as he pulled into the pit stop, “ I just replaced the rod ends and it’s still shaking. I should have not bought this used go kart what […]
The father and son team were hard at it. The lawn tractor did not have a chance. The old cub Cadet was disassembled within hours and the go kart project was on its way! The wheels, the transmission, the engine frame all were going to be put to good use, […]
The young man was bored. He sat on his bed lamenting that he had nothing to do. He had no money but plenty of time. What a frustrating dilemma being a teenager and having nothing to do, being bored out of his mind. But there’s something that the teenager had […]
Very often we go to an old farm and see a lawnmower sitting in the backyard or we see an old chainsaw sitting on the shelf in the back shed. The thought goes through our head: ”It would be great if we could take that engine and use it on […]
