Dude - the 'beer and duct tape' line is a staple in my life... i don't use science and math to make stuff either. Great frankenstein job too!! this thing is cool
I guess im asking randomly but does any of you know a tool to get back into an instagram account?? I somehow forgot my account password. I would appreciate any tricks you can give me
@Immanuel Brysen thanks so much for your reply. I found the site through google and im in the hacking process now. Takes a while so I will reply here later with my results.
Works fine 👍 ...... almost .... I have, I think, an offer to buy an old ORIGINAL railbike, but it is major repair and refurbish and de-rust project. And the bike is made for narrow gauge rails .... And it’s HEAVY!
I actually bought an original railbike (well, a bike someone modified to run on rails 100+ years ago). It was also heavy and rusty, I replaced a few parts and took it out on some abandoned tracks. I ended up selling that one to someone with a rail museum since it was too inconvenient for my purposes. I have a video of it here if you haven't seen it already: ua-cam.com/video/kreByV2NKOU/v-deo.html
@@saveitforparts That looked pretty neat after all! THe railbikes over here are huge but sturdy. Look for a video titled: Dressin från Silverlake till Bengtsfors. That's from one of the tracks nearby (31 miles!!!). I have a small station wagon, so a BIG vehicle or one that cannot be disassembled/assembled is out of the question. Whenever things get back to normal, I will go and see my girls (wife, daughter and granddaughters) in Chicago, and it had been cool to go and see you and your projects.
My friend's dad used to volunteer in St Paul at the Minnesota Transportation Museum. You'd love their junk pile, and their forge. Come to think of it, they could probably really use someone like you since he died last year. They'd have some proper train wheels you could scavenge for sure.
Re. the brake issue - Use the "Coaster Brake" in the bicycle rear wheel that is part of the original bike you got. All the balloon tired bikes we had in the '40s had these - to stop the bike you just stop pedaling and attempt to reverse pedal the bike. A wedge/split drum assembly in the rear wheel hub is the brake - Always worked well for us.
Great rig lots of great ideas. I wondered if those zip ties would move around too much; maybe glue? probly freeze off though. Nice work; thinking of making my own, lots of abandoned rail tracks around.
Would it be possible to put a can lid on the other side of the wheel fully encapsulating the inner bicycle wheel and bolt / zip tie them together that should add enough rigidity to the wheels to hold up under the stress to keep from folding out on you great build
Maybe you could double up on the drum lids for wider wheels, or double up and even use some fibreglass between the drum lids to make your wheels wider. The gauge on those rails is probably pretty sloppy as the rails deteriorate. Wider wheels would help with less derailments. You only want to have a flange on the inside, however. A slight taper to the wheels themselves will help keep the cart centred on the track, especially as it goes around a curve. You could experiment with plastic welding to put the drum lids together? On UA-cam they use zip ties for plastic welding, but I’m sure you could just use scrap barrel parts.
Boad-Bearing Zipties. Good for emergencies, not so great for continuous duty. Maybe string the holes and wheels together with brake cable / small wire rope?
Hmmm, yes, wider wheels. More lids to use on the other side of the bike wheels? And to handle the added load that "load bearing zip ties" are sure to not handle at all let alone very well, drill holes through the rims and through the plastic and using small carriage bolts, bolt it all together. Brakes, the most important part of any moving vehicle. Maybe find a way to mount disc brakes to the wheels? And instead of dealing with making the chain shorter as that might not work either (what to do when a chain is too long and then is too short?) so maybe a tension wheel from an old car to tension the belt only now to tension the bike chain. And yes, gonna have to do a stronger frame. And maybe, while you are at it, scrap together a trailer to haul the beasty as it is sure to get a whole lot heavier. Keep at it and one day you will take day trips on the abandoned rails of north america.
Bolt 2 tops together to make a solid wheel with flanges on both sides use spacers if needed then drill centers and install 1 1/2 floor flanges with a pipe nipple between then add bearings inside nipples that should make decent wheels for a while.
I only want the flange on one side like a real train, otherwise I could just use trailer hubs without tires. Also I ran out of barrel tops and can't seem to find the same style anywhere, so I'll have to plastic-weld some extensions from the barrels themselves... we'll see how that goes!
@@saveitforparts>>> I actually wish I'd taken welding in high school as well. I attended an aviation technical school in the early eighties, and I got just a bit of welding training there. However, I never had the opportunity to use it after.
Dude - the 'beer and duct tape' line is a staple in my life... i don't use science and math to make stuff either. Great frankenstein job too!! this thing is cool
Load bering zip ties love it.
Not the load bearing zip ties!!😭
Beer & Duct Tape! IPA no less! Nice!!!
I predicted that the ziptie drivetrain was going to be the problem! Good fun though.
I guess im asking randomly but does any of you know a tool to get back into an instagram account??
I somehow forgot my account password. I would appreciate any tricks you can give me
@Matthew Zachariah instablaster :)
@Immanuel Brysen thanks so much for your reply. I found the site through google and im in the hacking process now.
Takes a while so I will reply here later with my results.
@Immanuel Brysen it worked and I finally got access to my account again. Im so happy!
Thanks so much you saved my account!
@Matthew Zachariah happy to help :)
Lots of fun ! and "we" enjoy it to. Thanks. Leo
Works fine 👍 ...... almost ....
I have, I think, an offer to buy an old ORIGINAL railbike, but it is major repair and refurbish and de-rust project. And the bike is made for narrow gauge rails .... And it’s HEAVY!
I actually bought an original railbike (well, a bike someone modified to run on rails 100+ years ago). It was also heavy and rusty, I replaced a few parts and took it out on some abandoned tracks. I ended up selling that one to someone with a rail museum since it was too inconvenient for my purposes. I have a video of it here if you haven't seen it already: ua-cam.com/video/kreByV2NKOU/v-deo.html
@@saveitforparts That looked pretty neat after all!
THe railbikes over here are huge but sturdy. Look for a video titled: Dressin från Silverlake till Bengtsfors. That's from one of the tracks nearby (31 miles!!!).
I have a small station wagon, so a BIG vehicle or one that cannot be disassembled/assembled is out of the question.
Whenever things get back to normal, I will go and see my girls (wife, daughter and granddaughters) in Chicago, and it had been cool to go and see you and your projects.
Load Bering Zipties... A phrase I havent heard sense I hung out with Military Mechanics....
My friend's dad used to volunteer in St Paul at the Minnesota Transportation Museum. You'd love their junk pile, and their forge. Come to think of it, they could probably really use someone like you since he died last year. They'd have some proper train wheels you could scavenge for sure.
Ha! I tried getting them in on the MN Zoo monorail when we moved it, but they never called me back. I do like the roundhouse museum though!
“and uh, the whole thing is pretty terrible and ugly so…” omg I just about spat my drink out 😂 love the honesty and ambition to keep going!! 👏👏👏
Your train breaks down less than scamtack!! Keep it up man!!!👍👍
Wait is that a BEER bottle on the veeeeehicle!? Oh all designing goes better with BEER! 🤣
you got farther than I ever would have, thumbs up!
Hoping for better performance after widening the wheels, it's just been too cold to do much with it and the tracks are probably all buried in ice now.
Just seen this video, I don't think I've laughed so much in ages.😂👍🇬🇧
How about load bearing hose clamps?
I was actually thinking the same thing.
That might be the most comically inadequate brake I've ever seen XD
Re. the brake issue - Use the "Coaster Brake" in the bicycle rear wheel that is part of the original bike you got. All the balloon tired bikes we had in the '40s had these - to stop the bike you just stop pedaling and attempt to reverse pedal the bike. A wedge/split drum assembly in the rear wheel hub is the brake - Always worked well for us.
My goal would be to make sure this design could outdistance a hungry bear ! 😂
Great rig lots of great ideas. I wondered if those zip ties would move around too much; maybe glue? probly freeze off though. Nice work; thinking of making my own, lots of abandoned rail tracks around.
I have some newer videos with improved wheels. I might even tear it apart and rebuild it again this winter!
Fun video!
I have found a lot of free bikes at the side of the road in my area, but they required a pair of bolt cutters. Still worth it. 😏👈
Would it be possible to put a can lid on the other side of the wheel fully encapsulating the inner bicycle wheel and bolt / zip tie them together that should add enough rigidity to the wheels to hold up under the stress to keep from folding out on you great build
Maybe you could double up on the drum lids for wider wheels, or double up and even use some fibreglass between the drum lids to make your wheels wider.
The gauge on those rails is probably pretty sloppy as the rails deteriorate. Wider wheels would help with less derailments. You only want to have a flange on the inside, however.
A slight taper to the wheels themselves
will help keep the cart centred on the track, especially as it goes around a curve.
You could experiment with plastic welding to put the drum lids together? On UA-cam they use zip ties for plastic welding, but I’m sure you could just use scrap barrel parts.
Real Zip Tys don't break that easily.
Boad-Bearing Zipties.
Good for emergencies, not so great for continuous duty.
Maybe string the holes and wheels together with brake cable / small wire rope?
Yeah this design fell apart, I have a couple videos of the next version, and I might be on to yet another one soon!
A few bugs but thats what makes it fun .to try to find out what works and that don't 😁
Hmmm, yes, wider wheels. More lids to use on the other side of the bike wheels? And to handle the added load that "load bearing zip ties" are sure to not handle at all let alone very well, drill holes through the rims and through the plastic and using small carriage bolts, bolt it all together. Brakes, the most important part of any moving vehicle. Maybe find a way to mount disc brakes to the wheels? And instead of dealing with making the chain shorter as that might not work either (what to do when a chain is too long and then is too short?) so maybe a tension wheel from an old car to tension the belt only now to tension the bike chain. And yes, gonna have to do a stronger frame. And maybe, while you are at it, scrap together a trailer to haul the beasty as it is sure to get a whole lot heavier. Keep at it and one day you will take day trips on the abandoned rails of north america.
If you get a motor working on it, I recommend a helmet. Very cool start so far.
Bolt 2 tops together to make a solid wheel with flanges on both sides use spacers if needed then drill centers and install 1 1/2 floor flanges with a pipe nipple between then add bearings inside nipples that should make decent wheels for a while.
I only want the flange on one side like a real train, otherwise I could just use trailer hubs without tires. Also I ran out of barrel tops and can't seem to find the same style anywhere, so I'll have to plastic-weld some extensions from the barrels themselves... we'll see how that goes!
Just discovered your channel, congrats its awesome. What year is your forester? Mine is a 2010 and just did head gaskets last year.
Mines a 2011, haven't been driving it as much this year but it's a great all-around vehicle for doing a little of everything!
Man if you can build trains in rust the game it will look like this
second drone crash today on UA-cam channels I watch - save it for parts
maybe you can still catch that garbage truck!
5:18 could you not cut away part of the rim to make it flat on one side?
All you who like the soundtrack look up pink Floyd " Meddle ".
To make the wheels not wobble so much, why not bolt the rims to the blue tops. drill holes in the rims and blue tops.
*_"Science"_* & *_'Math"_* are overrated.
*_"Metal"_* is useful....🤭
I kinda wish I'd taken welding in High School, would have been way more useful than a lot of the other crap they taught!
@@saveitforparts>>> I actually wish I'd taken welding in high school as well.
I attended an aviation technical school in the early eighties, and I got just a bit of welding training there. However, I never had the opportunity to use it after.