Buckboard Driven by Motor Wheel 



Detailed description of how to make a buck- 

 board to be propelled by a push-motor wheel 



B\- Frank AV. \'r()()m 



NATURALLY, the first part of the 

 work upon this buckboard is the 

 frame. The material to use is per- 

 fectly dry, straight-grained ash. If this 

 wood is not obtainable, well-seasoned 

 hickory ^ $ ^^- thick may be used. It will 

 require five pieces of ash, each 0^4 ft. 

 long, 2 in. wide and Tg in. thick. These 

 are joined together at the ends with cross 

 pieces, the 

 front cross 

 cross piece 

 should be 18 

 in. long and 

 the rear one 

 24 in. long; 

 both should 

 be 3 in. wide 



and 



7.^ 



8 in. 



The finished buckboard presents a very neat appearance 

 and will carry its load as fast as a motor wheel runs 



thick. These 

 are fastened 

 to the under- 

 side of the 

 long pieces 

 with wood 

 screws, or, 

 better still, 



^;v'ith some small bolts. Another cross 

 piece 21 3 s in- long and 2 in. wide is placed 

 across the frame pieces at the point where 

 its length corresponds to the width. 

 This piece is to hold the ends of the strap 

 iron braces which support the outer ends 

 of the rear axles. 



The axles are made of 1-in. square bar 

 machine steel, each 3 ft. long with the 

 ends turned down to ^ ^ in. in diameter 

 for a length of 5 3 2 in. These are threaded 

 to take a bicycle wheel cone snugly. 

 Holes are drilled 6 in. in from the shoulder 

 for a small bolt to fasten the frame to the 

 axle. The rear axle is placed directly be- 

 neath the cross piece and the front one is 

 fastened to a piece of oak 2 ft. long and 

 1^4 in. ^^•ide. Bore a hole in the center 

 of this oak piece to receive a bolt -^g in. in 

 diameter. This bolt is 4}^ in. long. As 

 regular bicycle wheels are used, the axle 

 ends are threaded to receive the cones 

 front and rear and nuts on the ends to 



hold the adjustment. The front wheels 

 are 24 in. and the rear ones 28 in. in di- 

 ameter. Non-skid tires should be put 

 on the rear wheels. 



The easiest way to equip the machine 

 with mudguards is to utilize the regular 

 stock guards used for bicycles. Second- 

 hand guards can be purchased at a rea- 

 sonable price and they will do as well as 



new stock. 



The steer- 

 ing post con- 

 sists of a piece 

 of gas pipe 

 2H ft. long 

 and ^4 in. in 

 diameter. A 

 block of oak, 

 or other hard- 

 wood, long 

 en o u g h to 

 reach between 

 the center 

 slat and the 

 next one to 

 its left, has a 

 slanting hole 

 bored in it which brings the other end of 

 the pipe at a position most convenient for 

 the operator to handle the wheel. The 

 angle is about 45 deg. The best way to 

 find this angle is to incline the pipe with 

 one end touching the block under the 

 slats and to tip the other end until the 

 distance, at the right angle, between it 

 and the frame measures 19 in. This 

 brings the steering end at a convenient 

 position for the average person. The 

 block should be well up in front. Another 

 block should be set on top of the slats at 

 a point where the pipe will intersect it. 

 The pipe must be allowed to turn freely 

 in a hole bored into its center. This block 

 should be halved, or sawed through the 

 center lengthwise and held together with 

 an adjustment screw in each end. For 

 additional support, a piece of strap-iron 

 should be bent over a pipe the size of the 

 post and the parts riveted together like a 

 clamp. 



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