The many YouTube workshop channels make for compelling viewing. even if their hackiness from a Hackaday viewpoint is sometimes variable. But from time to time up pops something that merits a second…

  • @TexasDrunk
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    87 days ago

    Do they have better tires there now? I built one with my niece and nephew years ago using only materials found at Harbor Freight but their tires were absolute garbage. I had to get them somewhere else.

    • @Jimbabwe
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      97 days ago

      I watched the video and the original tires that came with their garden cart got torn off because of shear stress while turning at low speed. They went back and got some better ones that seemed to work alright.

      • archomrade [he/him]
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        57 days ago

        That actually surprised me - they said it was because there wasn’t enough weight at the front to let the bearings take the torque, so the wheels just dragged instead

        I learned a surprising amount watching that video