The total came to $49.27 from Home Depot for the wood and wheels. Stick around after the break to see a .GIF of it in action! We covered a similar backyard roller coaster last year, which featured ...

A bench with wheels was fitted into the groove ... This was the Golden Age of Roller Coasters, or rather, the Wooden Age — and a bracing era it was. Clattering, jittering and lurching ...

In this in-depth video, we explore the history, physics, and engineering behind roller coasters — from the earliest Russian Mountains and wooden switchback ... up-stop wheels, tubular steel ...

Excited by the challenge of building a Backyard Roller Coaster, [Will] also thought it ... the cart made from a steel frame with skateboard wheels and has independent axles.