Mccaughn's hobby machine shop

Mccaughn's hobby machine shop Small machine shop with a manual lathe and milling machine, CO2 laser, sandblaster TIG/ Stick weldin

06/15/2026

So i decided to put the drum brake back on.... incase the hydraulic brakes fail or doesnt stop it fast enough. Will put seats back on and start putting roll cage on in next few days!!

06/13/2026

After getting seats on, I took him in front yard to test it out. (Mind you, he has never been on a gocart and is still learning) he peeled out a few times and then hit the curb. Then as I moved it, he turned too hard and the plastic steering wheel broke. So now I have an aluminum one on order.

Had my great nephew out to help on gocart today. I finished covering the seats with fake leather and installed. I told h...
06/13/2026

Had my great nephew out to help on gocart today.

I finished covering the seats with fake leather and installed. I told him that it was hand eye coordination and learning how to hold your mouth properly to get a nut on a bolt in a blind spot lmao

Had "Lil turd" Kaius out helping me today installing the tires and cotter pins on the cart. Seat material should be here...
06/11/2026

Had "Lil turd" Kaius out helping me today installing the tires and cotter pins on the cart. Seat material should be here this week and I can get it installed and be finished with this gocart. Will measure and prep wood tomorrow.

Started putting it together today!!! Still waiting on castle nuts to hold tires on, which they should be here in 3 or ...
06/08/2026

Started putting it together today!!! Still waiting on castle nuts to hold tires on, which they should be here in 3 or 4 days. Then to drill holes in shafts for cotter pins, put nuts on, put roll cage on and the engine last.

Got a little done on gocart between all the rain. Fab'd brake linkage for the hydraulic brake.Drilled and tapped the bac...
06/07/2026

Got a little done on gocart between all the rain.

Fab'd brake linkage for the hydraulic brake.
Drilled and tapped the back spocket adapter, welded a mount for the brake reservoir and ordered some castle nuts to hold rims on.

06/06/2026

Drive wheel and adapter for the gocart. Perfect fit.

06/06/2026

Machining some 316Ti (stainless titanium) for the drive wheel of the gocart. Luckily I picked it up from scrap yard. It started as a 4" piece, turned down to a little under 2" for shaft and around 3" for fl**ge. (2nd post will show it on the gocart. Still have to drill and tap 4 holes for the sprocket.

All this because I bought a drive rim from Go Power Sports and it was junk. Rim didnt turn true to bearings, tire wobbles left to right about 1/4", and the mounting bolts were off. It made the sprocket go up and down as well as side to side. Their customer service is something that is lacking seriously, as well as responses to feedback (deleting reviews).

The next 2 gocarts I'll be working on after I finish the 1st.
05/31/2026

The next 2 gocarts I'll be working on after I finish the 1st.

05/28/2026

Turning and boring out some stainless steel spacer bushings for the backside of the wheel hubs on the shaft.

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Abilene, TX
79603

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