Derby Talk

Congrats to you & your sons Aron!

And say guys thanks for the tips & pointers on the lights.

Whoda.

I knew my tip would come in handy..(but for a steering wheel!)

Mike, nice job with the cub cadet lawn mower.

Mark.

here is a cool video.

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Say Andy & Noah, Thanks for shareing the photos of wrecker and the photos of the bottom spirt of kenosna car. In 1977 the kit useing the wooden axel suports used the big flat head nail type. And the kit useing the saw notch in the block used the newer type axel. The wrecker shows them useing thi...

Andy, Thanks for sharing these memories with us. I always like seeing these vintage pinewood derby racers and hearing the story that goes along with them. What a beautiful job you did in restoring this memory. I can't begin to tell ya how many people have asked me about the 70's kits and the two dif...

Darin, If the car will only competing in craft comptition, it may exceed
the width noted for race cars.

Noskills wrote:Who smell of pine

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I was going to add lighting the wheels as well.. but once more tjeffrey was faster at it then I was.
But I'm going to add put on some gloves also so you don't cut your fingers.
Good Luck to you WI_Dad.

Whoda.

As far as cutting without damaging or warping the wheel, I like the hacksaw blade idea and will try both tools. I have a few extra wheels from last year's build that I can practice on before giving it a go on the race wheels. Worst case scenario, I like useing a crafters razor saw to cut the wheels...

Max-v also had.. or did have a wheel accuracy / wheel concentricity gage by derby tek tools at one time. That worked on Awana -BSA- Pinecar wheels also. That would measure the "roundness" (known as run out) within one-thousandth of a inch. (I haven't seen it on his site lately.) Good luck ...

Noskills,

WOW!!!! for crativity..

You crack me up with Coke & a

You may find you need a wider dfw.. so that it dousent fall down inside
the slot in the track for the starting peg.

But your getting the hang of it Noskills.

Stan,
Is melted lead heaver the tungsten ?
Not that try useing molten lead do you know if this is a myth or a fact.

pgosselin wrote:I don't remember who it was, but one of our regular posters installs the canopies sideways and has had good luck with them.

Paul

Phantom virus has some cars posted in photos
with the canopies sideways also.

Cool looking car!

I like how he used the flex stone paint.