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Originally Posted by kach22i
I suspected that wasn't aluminum.
I've done a little work with aluminum, and it typically isn't cost effective for experimental works, at least not at this scale.
Cool stuff.
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It's all wood:
"So how, exactly, do you build a drill-powered riding machine? Well, after developing a suitable set of wooden legs (modeled after those on the Strandbeest) Swan attached them to a worm drive shaft, an axle, and gear box. The entire drive assembly is held together with screws traditionally meant for woodworking, but even so, Swan says they're working out just fine for his purposes."