We spend plenty of time speaking about restoration and restore on older autos. However as soon as an upon a time, we determined to strive one thing a bit of totally different. We constructed a go kart. From scratch.
Over the course of a ten-part sequence, the Eastwood video staff constructed a standard single-seat, gas-powered go kart utilizing the entire arsenal of instruments from our catalog. The began with tubular metal to make the body, utilizing our metal-cutting benchtop band noticed {and professional} tubing notcher. The tubing was then fashioned in our mechanical tubing bender.
All of this was stitched collectively utilizing Eastwood’s MIG 250 welder to create a strong platform. And though the completed venture was an open karat with no bodywork, the blokes nonetheless wanted a flooring pan. So the busted out the bead curler and dimple dies to make a strengthened underneath tray from sheet metal.
You’ll be able to watch the complete construct on this playlist on YouTube. For now, right here’s a sneak peek on the venture from begin to end.