Making a Really Big Wheel
Ron Covell Ron Covell
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 Published On Premiered Apr 24, 2022

This video has an overview of the car Ron built for the 2022 Artist's Soap Box Derby, sponsored by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. The majority of the video shows the intricate process of making the steel rim for the huge rear wheel.

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See how a rubber tire is mounted on a wheel like this:
   • Installing Tire on a Highwheel / Penn...  

See Christopher Arnold's video on the race:
   • Soapbox derby, Maclaren Park 2022 - 9  

See Chloe Wei's Video of the race:
   • 2022/4/10(日)Soapbox Derby肥皂盒車大賽🚘  #舊金...  

Thanks to Beverly Rayner for the use of her video of the race.

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