If it's for kids, I'd round off those corners or add some kind of semi-flexible skirt around the bottom, because that outward 90° jut on the foot shelf by the front wheel looks potentially... painful.

> You may be thinking that 350 watts doesn't sound very powerful

You might be amazed at how little power you can get away with in an actual tractor. 20HP is close to the upper limit of practicality unless you are running a large commercial operation.

oh so there are levels to cardboard-assisted design

truly awful craftsmanship, I love it!

Projects like these make me want to buy a laser welder. They are awesome and perfect for hobbyists who want to level up.

Video please.

It's a tidy build, and I guess it's a fun kid's toy. Wood is a baffling choice of material for a (lawn) tractor chassis by someone who clearly owns a welder. Don't start lecturing me about Morgans and ash-- that's a whole different thing, and there's a reason they're basically the only serious company still shipping a wooden vehicle chassis.

I'm a farmer, I know what working vehicles are subjected to over time, and I know that when plywood gets wet, it swells, warps differentially, splits at its layer boundaries, and starts to twist. Tractors are for driving over land that is often at least damp. This is not a recipe for durability.

Sorry to be boring and safety focused but no child should come with 20 feet of that it’s a death trap.

Literally children die from riding on such things.

Keep your children safe a well and alive, dont let them on anything like this or near one being driven by someone else.

Garden should be a place where people can touch grass, leaves, flowers, fruits, plants, soil, rocks and maybe trees, without going out to a park. Ensure that children do not miss out on that. I'm not a big fan of anything that makes children to avoid their exposure to walking (prams etc), touch with ground or outside environment.