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- Wed Mar 03, 2010 6:13 am
- Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Photos
- Topic: Roosclan Racing's 2010 lineup
- Replies: 14
- Views: 12577
Re: Roosclan Racing's 2010 lineup
Very nice. Our cars always look kid-painted, no matter how much Dad "helps." I think we need sanding lessons, among other things. Which stencils were homemade, and how did you make them? We've tried cutting masks from adhesive labels, with mixed results -- OK, but not perfect lines. I'd lo...
- Tue Mar 02, 2010 8:53 pm
- Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Construction
- Topic: Bore prep
- Replies: 130
- Views: 210439
Re: Bore prep
OK, just how small of a piece do you use??? Do you cut a thin strip and spiral it around the rod, or what? I'm having a heck of a time figuring out how to get it onto something so small. Here's a thousand words that may help. http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Zw5BRXbPbto/S43ajjhc5KI/AAAAAAAAANQ/4aSfhpMTC78/s80...
- Mon Mar 01, 2010 3:15 pm
- Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Construction
- Topic: An Alternative Rail Guiding Alignment Process
- Replies: 41
- Views: 21495
Re: An Alternative Rail Guiding Alignment Process
I think the easy way to put a YouTube-like image in your web site would be to upload your video to YouTube, and then use the "Embed" URL they offer in the stanpope.net page.
- Mon Mar 01, 2010 5:47 am
- Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Construction
- Topic: An Alternative Rail Guiding Alignment Process
- Replies: 41
- Views: 21495
Re: An Alternative Rail Guiding Alignment Process
A picture of the cantilever jig in use on the car would go a long way here. I had trouble understanding how the jig attached until I watched the video.
I'm excited to try this out as we prepare for our pack race in a couple weeks!
/JEP
I'm excited to try this out as we prepare for our pack race in a couple weeks!
/JEP
- Tue Feb 16, 2010 6:30 am
- Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Construction
- Topic: PinePro Axle Alignment Jig
- Replies: 31
- Views: 31865
Re: PinePro Axle Alignment Jig
Same seller's regular retail site carries it for slightly less at http://www.myatomic.com/catalog/viewsku ... e_axle_jig. Googling on PPR10210 find other sources, too.
- Wed Feb 10, 2010 4:14 pm
- Forum: Construction Workshops
- Topic: Buying a drill press
- Replies: 24
- Views: 37542
Re: Buying a drill press
I have the DP300L. It's OK, but not great. I don't know of any that are better without being twice the money or more. I find the table not to be as flat as I'd like; mine has a broad depression about 0.009" deep or more. Perfectly acceptable for many purposes, but if you're thinking of drilling...
- Tue Feb 09, 2010 7:23 am
- Forum: Other
- Topic: Mini Video Camera
- Replies: 44
- Views: 56759
Re: Mini Video Camera
It's not much to look at, but the video it produces is great! http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Zw5BRXbPbto/S3FtuGbZCxI/AAAAAAAAAMA/yTNg-vLLfoA/s400/HPIM0427.JPG http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Zw5BRXbPbto/S3Ftu_0mCaI/AAAAAAAAAME/GkDUqvshVc4/s400/HPIM0429.JPG The housing for the camera itself took a lot of careful fittin...
- Mon Feb 08, 2010 9:31 pm
- Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Construction
- Topic: Bore prep
- Replies: 130
- Views: 210439
Re: Bore prep
Right on cue: my independent testing consists of bore images under the microscope, at http://www.piazzafamily.org/pinewoodderby/borestudy/. Of the bore prep methods I tested, Sporty's certainly produced the smoothest bores!
/JEP
/JEP
- Mon Feb 08, 2010 9:17 am
- Forum: Other
- Topic: Mini Video Camera
- Replies: 44
- Views: 56759
Re: Mini Video Camera
From scraps and spare wheels, I built a camera car around the "mini spy cam" I recently bought. (I'll add a picture later, although it's not a thing of beauty.) A feature of the car is the ability to pivot the camera right and left, to get a better view of the car in the adjacent lane(s). ...
- Sat Jan 30, 2010 2:32 pm
- Forum: Software
- Topic: RaceReplay
- Replies: 8
- Views: 9756
Re: RaceReplay
I'm curious what camera positions/angles people have used successfully with Race Replay. The most sensible set-up I can imagine is to place the camera on a tripod that's straddling the track, about 10-12 feet from the finish line. My camera then catches about the last 8 feet of the race from this po...
- Sat Jan 23, 2010 7:24 pm
- Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Construction
- Topic: Axles and Microscopes
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2776
Axles and Microscopes
We've been reasonably happy with our axle preparation process over the years, but that's only because we haven't seen any obvious problems. To satisfy my curiosity, I got out my microscope and tried getting some images from each step of the process. Here's a brief summary. (All images are 60x or 200...
- Sat Jan 23, 2010 7:18 am
- Forum: Other
- Topic: Mini Video Camera
- Replies: 44
- Views: 56759
Re: Mini Video Camera
OK, here are a few pictures with the remains of one of last year's test vehicles, along with the receiver.
- Fri Jan 22, 2010 8:35 pm
- Forum: Other
- Topic: Mini Video Camera
- Replies: 44
- Views: 56759
Re: Mini Video Camera
Q: Is that an RCA jack sticking out of the camera (and if so, can it be removed easily)? Where / how does the 9V battery plug up? Pictures of the camera mounted onto a car would be appreciated! I've only had it a couple hours, so I don't have it mounted on a car yet. The cable sticking out is the p...
- Fri Jan 22, 2010 7:40 pm
- Forum: Other
- Topic: Mini Video Camera
- Replies: 44
- Views: 56759
Re: Mini Video Camera
I recently ordered a camera at the link below, and just received it today. The price was sure right. Initial tests around the house look much better than I expected -- very little interference! I anticipate this being a big hit at our workshop and on derby day! One buying criterion I had was not to ...
- Sun Jan 17, 2010 7:25 am
- Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Construction
- Topic: Factors that change steering
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2873
Re: Factors that change steering
Were the rear wheels cambered to start with? Is the difference in the "paper intrusion test" indicative of differential camber? If not, I don't understand the conclusion of differential friction directly from the reported observations. (It clearly shows something's different between the tw...