Boda
The Boda is great fun for children to pretend to be racing down the street. They work well in shop scenes and with other vehicles. You will need a either large tyre and medium tyres or medium and small tyres, the tread of a medium tyre or small, 2” mild steel, 3” bolts, a 6” bolt, budget paint and metal paint. You will need to cement in the boda. Make sure you have at least 1.5meters of space around the Boda. Per large Boda medium tyres 3” bolts large tyre 2” 3mm mild pipe 2mm check plate for capping 6” bolt
Amount 2 8 1 2ft 0.25 sq. ft. 1
Per small Boda Small tyres 3” bolts medium tyre 2” 3mm mild pipe 2mm chequer plate for capping 6” bolt
Amount 2 8 1 2ft 0.25 sq. ft. 1
How to build 1. Cut and fabricate a 2ft long piece of 2”, 3mm mild steel round pipe for the handle 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
bar. Cap the ends. Cut both side walls off a medium/small tyre. Cut through the middle of the car tyre to create a long flat tyre tread. Grind the edges to smooth where the wire is showing. Using 4 bolts at each end drill and bolt the tyre tread to the large/medium tyre and the medium/small tyre. Dig holes to the depth of the radius of the two tyres. Cement in tyres. Make a hole through the handle bar and large tyre and bolt it into the large tyre. Paint.
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Colour Scheme Our suggested colour scheme is to make the boda look as real as possible. Paint the tyres black with a white or grey inner rim. Paint the seat either red or blue and the handle bars blue, yellow or green
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