A recycled go-kart
This project is about making a go-kart from old school tables and chairs, using a hoverboard as a motor and a steering mechanism in the front.
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Ahmed Ameur Kh
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Ahmed Ameur Kh
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Measuring and making the base structure in 3D
My friend Robohub went to our school again to get some measure of the parts we cut, to be able to get a main idea about the structure of the go-kart and make a 3D model out of it.
These are the measurements:
and then he made a basic structure and generated an image using AI:
This is just used as a reference photo to get a clearer idea.
We will be using the metal structure and then adding some MDF to it to make it look better and accommodate the electronic parts.
This is the 3D model:
Ahmed Ameur Kh
added to the journal ago
Planning and cutting the metal
This project is a group project.
Special thanks to Robohub, Seif and fakhfakh.mohamedaziz0 for participating in the making of this project.
The main idea of this project is to make a go-kart controlled by a hoverboard on the back, with an electronic throttle control and a steering mechanism on the front.
After getting permission from our school administration, we started cutting pieces of old, discarded, broken tables and chairs; they will be our system's main body.
We used an angle grinder to cut the legs of chairs to use as rods or axes, and then we cut the top of tables and a two-seater chair-table combination to get a solid body that wouldn't break nor bend.
This process was quite tedious and took a lot of time, especially with us only having one angle grinder that didn't have an off button.
All of these things that were cut were thrown out and not used anymore !!
We had to stop there for today because the angle grinder's disc was worn out and couldn't be used anymore.
Steering mechanism:
The steering mechanism will consist of two separate rods that are connected to the steering wheel's axis that will push and pull the wheels from a metal piece that extends forward to increase the momentum.
The wheels would be supported by an axis welded to a U-shaped metal piece connecting it to the kart's body.
It is a very basic mechanism, but this is the main idea for now, and changes will be made in the future.
Ahmed Ameur Kh
started A recycled go-kart ago
2/7/2026 - Planning and cutting the metal
This project is a group project.
Special thanks to Robohub, Seif and fakhfakh.mohamedaziz0 for participating in the making of this project.
The main idea of this project is to make a go-kart controlled by a hoverboard on the back, with an electronic throttle control and a steering mechanism on the front.
After getting permission from our school administration, we started cutting pieces of old, discarded, broken tables and chairs; they will be our system's main body.
We used an angle grinder to cut the legs of chairs to use as rods or axes, and then we cut the top of tables and a two-seater chair-table combination to get a solid body that wouldn't break nor bend.
This process was quite tedious and took a lot of time, especially with us only having one angle grinder that didn't have an off button.
All of these things that were cut were thrown out and not used anymore !!
We had to stop there for today because the angle grinder's disc was worn out and couldn't be used anymore.
Steering mechanism:
The steering mechanism will consist of two separate rods that are connected to the steering wheel's axis that will push and pull the wheels from a metal piece that extends forward to increase the momentum.
The wheels would be supported by an axis welded to a U-shaped metal piece connecting it to the kart's body.
It is a very basic mechanism, but this is the main idea for now, and changes will be made in the future.
2/8/2026 - Measuring and making the base structure in 3D
My friend Robohub went to our school again to get some measure of the parts we cut, to be able to get a main idea about the structure of the go-kart and make a 3D model out of it.
These are the measurements:
and then he made a basic structure and generated an image using AI:
This is just used as a reference photo to get a clearer idea.
We will be using the metal structure and then adding some MDF to it to make it look better and accommodate the electronic parts.
This is the 3D model: