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As a child, who built one of these? - Tony Griffiths - 02-05-2022
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RE: As a child, who built one of these? - Howard Wright - 02-05-2022
Hi Tony
Me!
Cheers
Howard
RE: As a child, who built one of these? - Peter Sweeney - 02-05-2022
Hi Tony Me too We also made wooden scooters with old bearings for wheels. Fantastic noise over paving slabs.
RE: As a child, who built one of these? - Reckless Rat - 02-05-2022
The big pram wheels made the best trolleys.
RE: As a child, who built one of these? - Duncan Grimmond - 02-05-2022
Big pram wheels at the back, smaller pushchair at the front, 1959 IIRC, I'd been given a copy of "A Boys' Book of Things to Make and Do" for my ninth birthday and I still have the book to this day.
I had very few tools and no help but it worked, didn't have brakes or a fancy seatback but went well and was the only one in my gang of pals.
RE: As a child, who built one of these? - Tony Griffiths - 02-05-2022
(02-05-2022, 04:49 PM)Duncan Grimmond Wrote: Big pram wheels at the back, smaller pushchair at the front, 1959 IIRC, I'd been given a copy of "A Boys' Book of Things to Make and Do" for my ninth birthday and I still have the book to this day.
I had very few tools and no help but it worked, didn't have brakes or a fancy seatback but went well and was the only one in my gang of pals.
Great book! A brake, to cope with where I lived on a steep Sheffield hill, was more than essential.
RE: As a child, who built one of these? - Duncan Grimmond - 02-05-2022
I did eventually fit a simplified brake out of terror! A great book, I did many of the projects and experiments but didn’t wear the flannels and shirt and tie worn by the models on the pages!
Sound basics in woodwork, steam generation, simple electrics, OS map reading, bicycle maintenance and camping, I’m still using those skills 60+ years later!
RE: As a child, who built one of these? - John Mason - 02-05-2022
The best wheels if you could get them were front wheels from an adult wheel chair. They were fitted with very good ball bearing races. The added benefit was that the trolly (Some people had other names for them such as Soap boxes.) was low and therefore had a low sense of gravity. Much better for cornering.
John Mason.
RE: As a child, who built one of these? - Alan - 02-05-2022
I still have the scars to prove it
RE: As a child, who built one of these? - Austin in the Shed - 02-05-2022
I "helped " my uncle build mine ,I could have been about 10.The axles (from my pram )held on with about 50 bent nails each .The hole for the steering pivot burnt though with a poker from the coal fire.
Me and a friend used to race around the local park trying to avoid running into the park keeper !