DRILL KART

BY GEVER TULLEY & MAKE LABS

Got an itchy trigger finger? How about two? You’ll love driving the Drill Kart, an easy-to-build go-kart powered by twin cordless drills that make it steer like a tank.

Educator and MAKE author Gever Tulley helps kids build their own drill-powered go-karts at his Tinkering School in Montara, Calif., using small welded frames, bike parts, and cheap corded drills. We asked him to build a version for this issue, but we wanted it to be large and powerful enough to carry an adult driver, and we wanted to go cordless.

Our kart would need a different geometry from the original kids’ karts to accommodate full-sized ...

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