Grandpa's Train

Maker Faire Bay Area 2017

May 19th-21st

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Grandpa's Train is a two car electric train built on a heavy duty wheel chair platform.
It was basically built on a dare from my wife when she asked "what are you going to do with _that_?" I said "I dunno, build a train?"
It can carry four kids.

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Brad Silva

Maker, IT Solutions Geek, Grandpa. I have a strong appreciation for the sillier things in life. I'm an IT consultant helping SMBs make effective use of their systems and training IT staff in running modern virtualized IT environments.

Categories: Fabrication, Things That Go, Engineering, Kinetic Art, Wood and Metal Working

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