Teeter Totter Goes Up Down, And Around
"I just built it from scrap I had around but my grand kids really like it," says Tom Strasburger, Gordon, Neb., about the teeter totter he built with a unique swivel that allows it to not only go up and down but also to rotate 360 degrees like a merry-go-round.
The teeter totter pivots on a 36-in. dia. spoked wheel off an old pull-type corn picker. A 12-in. length of the axle sticks up out of the wheel's hub. Strasburger placed a horizontal pipe over the axle, then welded a pair of vertical steel plates onto opposite sides of the pipe. A heavy bolt goes through the plates and the 11-ft. long teeter totter pipe pivots on top of that. There's an old metal implement seat at each end of the pipe. Homemade handlebars at each end of the pipe are welded to a sleeve that slips over the pipe. Both the seat and the handlebars can be adjusted in or out on the pipe by changing the position of a bolt, to accommodate kids of different sizes.
"The merry go round effect really adds to the excitement," says Strasburger. "I built it for my daughter and son-in-law, Janet and Ken Griffith of Broken Bow, Neb. The swivel point can also be adjusted up or down by changing the position of the bolt that goes through the two vertical plates."
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Tom Strasburger, 6010 State Hwy. 27, Gordon, Neb. 69343 (ph 308 282-0236).
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Teeter Totter Goes Up Down, And Around AG WORLD 30-1-23 "I just built it from scrap I had around but my grand kids really like it," says Tom Strasburger, Gordon, Neb., about the teeter totter he built with a unique swivel that allows it to not only go up and down but also to rotate 360 degrees like a merry-go-round.
The teeter totter pivots on a 36-in. dia. spoked wheel off an old pull-type corn picker. A 12-in. length of the axle sticks up out of the wheel's hub. Strasburger placed a horizontal pipe over the axle, then welded a pair of vertical steel plates onto opposite sides of the pipe. A heavy bolt goes through the plates and the 11-ft. long teeter totter pipe pivots on top of that. There's an old metal implement seat at each end of the pipe. Homemade handlebars at each end of the pipe are welded to a sleeve that slips over the pipe. Both the seat and the handlebars can be adjusted in or out on the pipe by changing the position of a bolt, to accommodate kids of different sizes.
"The merry go round effect really adds to the excitement," says Strasburger. "I built it for my daughter and son-in-law, Janet and Ken Griffith of Broken Bow, Neb. The swivel point can also be adjusted up or down by changing the position of the bolt that goes through the two vertical plates."
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Tom Strasburger, 6010 State Hwy. 27, Gordon, Neb. 69343 (ph 308 282-0236).
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