Stain and Steering

I didn't post any updates yesterday. I wanted to do a daily thing but working in the shop until 11:30 last night and then staying up until 4:30 to paint the neighbors room pushed the post back. Bummer.

We were busy yesterday. The uprights are done. The steering is done. The block is stained. The motor is mounted. We have a rolling chassis.

Steering with parallelograms

It wasn't clear in the beginning how we would actually steer our kart. We started with a slightly more normal rotary steering column in CAD. We considered the design for  awhile but realized that because we were using a twist grip throttle there was the possibility of inadvertently accelerating as we went around a corner. We ended up opting for a parallel linkage. This will keep the handbars horizontal, even while we turn. The down side to this type of steering is it's a bit less sturdy and somewhat more difficult to make. When we made our preliminary work plan on Sunday we had all our steering machining and assembly slated for Tuesday  Well, here it is, Monday evening and we've finished our steering linkage.