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by quadad
Fri Dec 24, 2010 11:28 am
Forum: General Car/Truck Racer Topics
Topic: Com for heavy car
Replies: 13
Views: 8525

Re: Com for heavy car

For a BSA wheeled 5oz car I go with 3/4" to maybe 5/8" COM. Dropping the raised wheel to bear weight the COM should increase to 1" to 1 1/4" I would add a disclaimer to this. With good work on alignment (drilling/tuning) and very good axles/wheels you should be able to be quite ...
by quadad
Fri Dec 24, 2010 9:06 am
Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Construction
Topic: Tools. Pictures. Drilling axle wholes.
Replies: 35
Views: 27359

Re: Tools. Pictures. Drilling axle wholes.

Hey Sporty, Have you tried this one from Revell? Apparently Revell also has a Wheel Hub Tool and an Axle Straightner as well. Here is a photo of the Axle Alignment Tool. http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk57/grusso5/ProAxleAlignmentTool.jpg Humv Interesting. Looks extremely similar to the Pro Bod...
by quadad
Tue Dec 21, 2010 1:18 pm
Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Construction
Topic: Rail Run or not with 4 wheels down?
Replies: 31
Views: 22973

Re: Rail Run or not with 4 wheels down?

Unfortunately 4-wheels touching is NOT that un-common in Scout races. :( But that whole business of cutting off part of the block, filling the slots and then drilling, etc., seems like such a waste of time to me. :pullhair: It's generally agreed to have a just touching NDFW on a 4-wheel RR. The only...
by quadad
Tue Dec 21, 2010 9:00 am
Forum: General Car/Truck Racer Topics
Topic: One tool, 2 cars, which one?
Replies: 37
Views: 27542

Re: One tool, 2 cars, which one?

dfscott - here's another alternative. Your first post in this thread indicated that you already owned a table saw, so I would stop worrying about cutting out the block. We do (5) cars among the family members every year and have either gone the coping saw route (early on) or the 1/4" - 5/16&quo...
by quadad
Sun Dec 19, 2010 7:30 am
Forum: General Car/Truck Racer Topics
Topic: One tool, 2 cars, which one?
Replies: 37
Views: 27542

Re: One tool, 2 cars, which one?

This is a really good question and you are getting some very good answers. I will just toss in my two cents. For me, the most indispensible tool has been the drill press. Since you have a table saw already and since the drill press can work on every part of a PWD car (drilling/carving/drum sanding c...
by quadad
Tue Dec 14, 2010 7:33 am
Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Construction
Topic: Tools. Pictures. Drilling axle wholes.
Replies: 35
Views: 27359

Re: Tools. Pictures. Drilling axle wholes.

Perhaps, though that post indicates $160 for steel, whereas the manufacturers website shows the steel unit for $25. The manufacturer contacted me (apparently as a result of this conversation) and indicated that the steel version is still available for $25. I would have rather bought that version or...
by quadad
Mon Dec 13, 2010 11:04 am
Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Construction
Topic: PinePro Axle Alignment Jig
Replies: 31
Views: 31865

Re: PinePro Axle Alignment Jig

I have this tool and gave it a try recently. As others have mentioned, it is for drilling axle holes when you don't have a drill press. It is somewhat comparable to the Pro Body Tool/Pro Body Jig made by DerbyWorx. The main differences are that this tool allows you to adjust two set screws in order ...
by quadad
Sat Dec 11, 2010 5:35 pm
Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Construction
Topic: Tools. Pictures. Drilling axle wholes.
Replies: 35
Views: 27359

Re: Tools. Pictures. Drilling axle wholes.

I think that you might mean this tool ... Every tool has its pros and cons. Some people are more fans of one tool over another. That is fine. I just think that people should be able to make up their own minds and not be criticized if they wish to try something else. I totally agree. I haven't seen ...
by quadad
Fri Dec 10, 2010 12:35 pm
Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Construction
Topic: alignment
Replies: 41
Views: 25454

Re: alignment

It is a fair question as to why I published first and experimented later. :) Stan, I think you took this way too directly. I was only poking fun at how occuppied your dining room table must be and wondered where you were having Holiday dinner ! ;) Most of us don't get enough time to do all that we ...
by quadad
Fri Dec 10, 2010 9:25 am
Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Construction
Topic: alignment
Replies: 41
Views: 25454

Re: alignment

Thanks quaddad - good stuff here. Once you get you setup dialed in, do you feel you get repeatable accurate results within 0.001" over say a 1/2"? I know you mention checking the axle for square fore/aft with a machinst square - do you also check to see that you have consistent camber? If...
by quadad
Thu Dec 09, 2010 2:44 pm
Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Construction
Topic: alignment
Replies: 41
Views: 25454

Re: alignment

This may or may not be what you are looking for, but here goes. I have drilled a LOT of angled axle holes the past few months. I am using a 1 13/16" wide variable angle plate, solid carbide drill bits (ala Pinewood Daddy) and a fairly decent drill press (Ridgid). This tool holds the bottom of t...
by quadad
Wed Dec 01, 2010 10:09 am
Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Photos
Topic: 2010 Test cars
Replies: 148
Views: 90508

Re: 2010 Test cars

We had been building with 7/64" above and below - that's just very slightly less than 1/8" and we hadn't noticed any issues (yet). However, we were contemplating a design that might go less but I was thinking that might start getting a little risky... I suppose it may also depend on the q...
by quadad
Thu Nov 11, 2010 12:24 pm
Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Construction
Topic: Nutek Shield It
Replies: 4
Views: 4593

Re: Nutek Shield It

One local Ace Hardware did not have it, but they sell it online (~ $10 that way though). http://www.acehardwareoutlet.com/Produc ... KU=1398312 so it might be in some stores. Claims are mostly similar to Elmers Slide All though aren't they ?
by quadad
Tue Nov 09, 2010 1:34 pm
Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Construction
Topic: Measuring Lateral Runout
Replies: 23
Views: 15301

Re: Measuring Lateral Runout

Try this one: http://www.derbytalk.com/viewtopic.php? ... out#p34191. Note that he could rotate the aluminum block. May not be what you are looking for, but at least you get a picture there.
by quadad
Tue Nov 09, 2010 12:41 pm
Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Construction
Topic: Measuring Lateral Runout
Replies: 23
Views: 15301

Re: Measuring Lateral Runout

I am not sure about this - but maybe the wheel indication setup that Pinewood Daddy made (and shared pictures of) allowed him to manupulate the wheel relative to the indicator to allow this. He had two iterations of the tool - with first an analog, and then later a digital indicator.