Spencer has become fascinated with motors in all shapes and sizes, and motorcycles in every variety. So we sacrificed Emily's bike and our weedeater and let him be Mr. Edison for a week. He had to learn how to open up a bike chain, reverse the braking mechanism and weld. We rented a welder for a day from Lowe's. He hacksawed the pedals off the big gear and welded the motor onto the gear. It was pretty exciting, with each new obstacle and each new breakthrough, and he got it all the way put together! But he can't start the thing! He pulls the cord and the motor starts to turn, but because it's connected to the gear and rear wheel, there is too much friction and drag to get the motor to start. Uggh! He tried having Taylor spin the wheel holding the bike tire up and pulling; and he tried rolling down the driveway and yanking on the cord (now that was a funny sight!), but to no avail. So a very deformed-looking girl's bike is now gracing our garage. Don't know what the end of the story is... so stay tuned!
2 comments:
Sounds like an exciting project, Spencer! Can't wait to see if you can get it to work the way you envisioned it!
Greg would have been right in there! I'm impressed with the welding...not necessarily that Spencer did it, but that Tiff and Sr.D let him!!!!
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