Introduction

A cable car is a conveyance system used for traveling up and down a mountain, in which cabins are suspended on a continuous moving cable driven by a motor at one end of the route. You can easily make it for your science project at your home. We’ll guide you on how to make a cable car.

Tools

• Scissors
• Cutter
• Marker

Material

• Adhesive
• Cardboard
• DC Motor
• Switch
• Battery

Steps To Make A Cable Car

Step 1: Take a cardboard and prepare four circles of diameter 4-5 cm and two circles of comparatively smaller diameter.

Step 2: Cover the boundary of the smaller circles.

Step 3: Prepare pulleys with the help of the circles, as shown below.

Step 4: Pierce a hole into the pulley.

Step 5: Prepare two cylinders with the help of the cardboard.

Step 6: Take a cardboard and make a base out of it and pierce a hole at its center.

Step 7: Take a DC motor and connect the wires to it.

Step 8: Add the tubes to their terminal.

Step 9: Add a stick and insert the screw into it.

Step 10: Insert the stick into the base you prepared.

Step 11: Make a cardboard boundary for the motor.

Step 12: Paste it under the base and make its boundary so that it looks like a box.

Step 13: Paste a pulley onto the cylinder of the base.

Step 14: Now, prepare two ‘L’ shaped pieces and stick them to each other. Later, stick it beside the cylinder.

Step 15: Now, prepare another base in a similar way as explained below. However, make it comparatively smaller and do not connect a motor to it. Look at the pictures for reference.

Step 16: Your prepared piece should look like the following picture.

Step 17: Take an elastic band and take it from one pulley to another end

Step 18: Prepare 3-4 open boxes with the help of the cardboard. And make its hanger with the help of the copper wire.

Step 19: Hang all the boxes on the cable.

Step 20: Attach the switch and battery to the motor. Now, your cable car is ready.

Recommendations

• Glue everything properly.
• Let everything dry before moving ahead.
• Make connections carefully.
• Cut Out the cardboard in a suggested manner.

Saquib Siddiqui

Saquib Siddiqui is a Mechanical Engineer and a content creator. He has special interest in science experiments and teaches the same to school and college students. He is also a technical lead at RUDE LABS PVT. LTD.