USE IT.
TAKE GYROCAR
FOR A SPIN
Photography by Matthew Gryczan
HIGH-WIRE ACTS
You can use a large cooking pot as a simple track
for your Gyrocar, or you can make a track that
offers more interest. I used an old band saw blade
½" wide by 64½" long that worked very well as a
track for my Gyrocar.
To hold the blade upright, I cut some 1"-wide
blocks of wood out of standard 2" wooden furring
strip and cut a ¼" deep slot in each with a thin saw
blade. You can watch videos of the Gyrocar running
on this track at
makezine.com/23/gyrocar.
If you adjust the Gyrocar so that its track wheel
doesn’t turn, it will rest comfortably on a taut
string — even travel along the string if it’s raised
or lowered.
I’ve built a few Gyrocars with different designs.
For one of them, I used foamcore board instead
of plywood, which I covered with colored foil
wrapping paper. I also covered the battery pack
with a hemispherical spray-can lid, all of which
gave the Gyrocar a flying-saucer look.
For Gyrocar templates and videos of the
Gyrocar in action, visit
makezine.com/23/gyrocar.
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