Latest Updates and Behind-the-Scenes

 After almost 6 months of obsessing over this design, I think it’s mostly ready for construction. There are a few […]

 The tires I want to use are 20″ fat tires. I also have 16″ rear tires from a lawnmower, but

I’ve reimagined the front axle hub, keeping our machine shop captain’s advice to run the axle directly into the hub

I worked on the brackets that will secure the front differential to the main truss. They would be made out

 I opened up the transaxle! The layout of the parts inside is a little different than I imagined. The ring

 I removed the rear axle from the lawnmower!  Two bolts were the only thing holding it on. Once I took

 I got the new rear hub yesterday! It’s pretty. I also received today a single speed conversion kit and a

 I spent 2 hours on saturday studying the lawnmower frame and how to detach the rear transaxle. I found and

 I spent the free time I had last week working on the shifter box design. “Easy” removal of the belts

 I noticed (and just confirmed) that the two fat tires I possess both have front wheel hubs. But I need

 I looked at the lawnmower again today. It looks like the shifter and differential are both part of the same

 Someone asked me why I was using belts for the racer’s main drive. Kinetic sculptures apparently don’t really use belts