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Tin Can Cable Car

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$12.53 $18.99 In stock

Category: Hands-On

Tin Can Cable Car is a really novel way to recycle a drinks can! With easy-to-follow instructions that will guide you through some simple assembly and electrical wiring, you can have your cable car up and running in no time.

First assemble the wheel support and the motor housing, and then join them together. Complete your Tin Can Cable Car by decorating your drinks can with the included stickers and attaching it to the motor housing. Your cable car is now ready to go! Set up the cable string on the staircase or in your bedroom (between two chairs works well) and then switch on. Your Tin Cable Car will zip up and down, just like a real cable car.

Here’s some fascinating facts about cable cars:

  • The biggest cable cars are double-deckers that can carry up to 200 people each!
  • The longest cable car in the world is the Tinmen Shan cable car in China. It is

7455 m from one end to the other.

  • Some cable cars have rotating cars to give passengers a better view

Contents:

Wheel Support

Reversing Shaft

2 x Cable Stop Halves Sets (4pcs)

Medium Pulley Wheel

Large Pulley Wheel

Motor Housing

Battery Cover

String

2 x Elastic Bands

Large Wheel Locks

Medium Wheel Spindle

Motor Pulley Wheel

Motor Cover

Motor

2 x Side Wheel Locks

2 x Side Wheels

Swivel Joint Lock

4 x Terminal Caps

4 x Screws

Can Spindle

Can Sticker

Requires 2 x AAA batteries, supplied separately. A small cross-head screwdriver is also needed

Age 8+

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Customer Reviews (4.8 / 5 · 5 reviews)

Harper T. ★★★★★

The electrical wiring part sounded intimidating but the instructions walk you through it so clearly that even I managed it without shorting anything. My kids and I turned a soda can into a working cable car in about an hour, and it's genuinely fun to watch it glide down the line. This is such a clev

Christopher B. ★★★★★

Putting it together was surprisingly satisfying once I figured out how to thread the wire through the can. The final result looks really neat hanging up, and it's a clever way to recycle a soda can.

Hannah S. ★★★★★

The wiring instructions were surprisingly clear, so my daughter and I had our little car running within an hour. It’s such a clever way to turn a boring old soda can into something that actually moves.