I'm the chap responsible for this... Thing. Glad you all appreciate it, it's been a lot of fun building it and experimenting. The original axle was formed from bicycle bearings welded together at the shafts... It was fine for it's first incarnation, but when I obtained a much larger motor the shaft and bicycle wheel were basically torn appart (A terrifying moment.) So I forged a new axle from a small car axle, and fabricated a new drive wheel from scrap laying about...
Unfortunately, last week the spring linkage decided to crack (Despite being from a large truck, with the original temper) so I'm not toying with the idea of a more complex but resiliant linkage... Anyway, I mannaged to get a video of me working some metal with it minutes before the spring went, which is now up on my channel. Enjoy!