Here is a simple little welding practice project. It’s mostly made with 1″ and 2″ flat stock but you could easily modify to use whatever material you happen to have.

We endface the wheels in the lathe to give them a little bit of a machining intro on this project as well.

I challenge my students to modify the basic vehicle, Some add axles and suspension – this is good problem solving and design work for them.

PDF plan with cut list and step-by-step is below.

Here are some written assignments I use with my Manufacturing Classes. These are useful for days when I am not in class and need to leave assignments.

Most of them are in the format of watch a video/answer some questions.

Intro to Fasteners and Bolted Connections

Intro to CNC Machining

Line Boring Process

Layout Tools in the Machine Shop

Sharpening Drill Bits

Manufacturing Career Research

The World’s Most Powerful Ironworker

The 1751 Machine That Made Everything

Hand Tools in the Machine Shop

CWB Welding Inspection

Intro to Mechanical Engineering Drawing

Visual Weld Inspection

Front End Loader Bucket Rebuild Response

Oxy-Acetylene Response