Some Assembly Required - Leaf Blower Hovercraft

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I am descended from 5,000 generations of tool-using primates. Also, I went to college and stuff. I am a long-time contributor to MAKE magazine and makezine.com. My work has also appeared in ReadyMade, c't – Magazin für Computertechnik, and The Wall Street Journal.

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June 24th, 2011 6

If you’re looking for a bare-bones hovercraft build, this take on the familiar leaf-blower design from ENGINEERING.com is about as minimal as it gets. Besides the leaf blower, it’s just a couple circles of plywood, a lawn chair, and a shower curtain for the skirt. [Thanks, Dad!]

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6 thoughts on “Some Assembly Required – Leaf Blower Hovercraft”

Jon Hendrickson says:

June 24th, 2011 at 1:43 pm

His version of “half an inch” appears to equate to a real world inch ;^)

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David Skoglund says:

June 24th, 2011 at 11:02 pm

Leaf blowers are fun to work with. This project is simple and fun.

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Dean Howes says:

November 3rd, 2013 at 10:01 pm

I compared a few Blower/Vac combo units before choosing my mulcher. Ultimately, I’m very happy with this machine.

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