Transportation | Mr. G's Mind

If you are looking for a different gift idea for a beer drinking friend, then consider this Brew Hauler build.

I built the wooden carrier all from scrap that I had around the house.

I bought a plastic toy truck at the thrift store for about $2.00. I used a hack saw to cut off the truck’s cab and screwed it to the wooden carrier.

I purchased a bottle opener and bottle top collector bin from the local hardware store. It came as a set and was labeled with Coca Cola, which I removed.

Make sure that you use a piece of hardwood for the back end. That way, when the bottle opener is screwed into the wood, it will be very secure.

I finished up by stenciling Brew Hauler on each side. You could also add the person’s name too.

A simple, inexpensive and cool gift for your brew guzzling friend. Cheers, Saluti, Kanpai, Prost, Lkheym, Salud, or Tchin Tchin. Beer brings people together!

Every once in a while a project morphs or leads into several different projects. An example is my hammerhead shark balance board Hammerhead Balance Board.

It’s made from a recycled desktop. I really wanted something different than a standard skateboard/surfboard shape, so I went with this design idea.

A balance board is like a skateboard but with a roller and track on its underside, instead of wheels. The board is 40″ long.

Just imagine a board that you stand on, with a movable fulcrum centered underneath. I decided that I would be less likely to break bones on this, as opposed to a skateboard – right!

Additionally, I thought once I improved my balance, I could add wheels to the balance board and it would morph into a skateboard.

Here is the roller that I will be using. I ordered this one from Vew-Do.

While building the board, I decided that I needed a balance paddle. So begins another project. I felt that I needed a safety stick (like a cane), so that I would not tip over while on the board.

Here is the balance paddle under construction. It’s made with 4 old ceiling fan blades glued together (a fan blade pair on each end) and laminated pallet wood for the paddle shaft.

I’ll show you how to build the paddle in a future post as well.

The balance board is not even complete, and now I am making a paddle too. But wait, there is more!

One morning I awoke from a dream and realized that I had been flying on the back of a hammerhead shark. So very cool I thought, “How could I do this – I mean really do this.”

Then it hit me, add a hydrofoil wing to the bottom of the board. If I could add the wing, I could literally fly above the water on the back of a hammerhead shark – a dream come true!

Hey, guess what? I am building a hydrofoil wing. I ordered this cool kit from Clearwater Hydrofoils. Of course it has to be fiberglassed, but I will learn a new skill. One post soon, I’ll show you that process too.