How to Build a Wooden Go-Kart Body

Go-karts are simple small-engine or engineless vehicles for leisure and sports. According to the Vintage Karts website, Art Ingels made the first go-kart in 1956 in California by using a motorcycle engine on a metal frame. Go-kart racing drivers sometimes built the vehicles themselves using various small engines like chainsaw motors. You can purchase a go-kart from an in-store retailer or build one yourself.

Things You'll Need

  • Pine wood planks
  • 4-by-4-inch-thick pine lumber
  • Tape measure
  • Saw
  • Wood drill
  • Plane
  • Hammer
  • Wire nails
  • Four pram wheels
  • Main chassis bolt
  • Two metal axles
  • Metallic axle's covers and washers
  • 4 m 12 hexagonal bolt
  • 4 m 12 hexagonal nut
  • Wrench
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Instructions

    • 1

      Draw a sketch of the go-kart making all the measurements to scale. Cut three pieces of pine wood. Take two that measure 2 feet each and mark them as "X" and "Y." Make the third piece 5 feet long. Mark the front side of the long piece as "A" and the rear side as "B." Drill a hole through it 3 inches from the edge of "A" and insert a M12 hexagonal bolt to combine X, the axle guard and the front axle. Secure with a nut to make the chassis.

    • 2

      Mark a point 4 inches from "B," drill a hole through it and insert a M12 bolt to hold Y at 90 degrees and the rear axle together. Secure the bottom with the M12 hexagonal nuts. Drill two more holes 2 inches from both edges of "Y" and insert M12 bolts in each to secure the rear axle; then join the bottom ends with nuts.

    • 3

      Cut eight pine wood planks measuring 3 feet long and two others measuring 2 feet wide to make the body. Lay four planks side by side, lay two wooden planks across them and nail them together. Repeat the same procedure for the other planks. Trim the edges and plane all the rough surfaces.

    • 4

      Place the complete body on the main chassis with the open side facing the front. Drive in nails to hold the body to the main chassis. Measure the spacing between the underside of the body and Y and cut a wooden block of the same size. Nail it into the space.

    • 5

      Place the metallic axle struts in the axles to help protect the axle bearing and secure the wheels in place. Slot in the spokes wheels making sure there are two on each axle. Secure the wheels with metallic axle caps. Tie a rope on each side of the front axle guard to steer the go-kart.

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