If you are going to do anything to help the Pinewood Derby car it would be to true the unusually sorry plastic wheels which are provided and required. I put the wheels in my drill and *carefully* sanded down the slop from the mold. Also, use just a tad of white graphite on the inadequate axles which are also supplied and required. Another thing is to make *sure* that the axles are straight and at the correct height to prevent the car from dragging the center guide. (I presume that the track has a raised guide to keep the car in its own lane?) Playing with the blamed little car before the race is also another source of sure defeat as the axles will get knocked out of line. I am sorry but I have some real unhappy memories from these Pinewood Derbies. One year my son's car won the preliminary races handily and when it came time for the final run off his car beat the Blessed One's car so they decided that they needed to have another run off. My son's car beat the other car 4 times in a row but we continued to have a run off until the other car finally came in first. That was my last Pinewood Derby folks. Cy, the Ancient Okie...
_____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Larry Stansifer Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2008 9:55 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] pine wood derby Let's build him a small block. *grin* -----Original Message----- From: HYPERLINK "mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com"[EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:HYPERLINK "mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com"[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Kennedy Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 9:24 PM To: HYPERLINK "mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com"[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] pine wood derby I would leave the wheels centered because there is no need for traction in this race. And they use a scientific scale to measure the cars down here so be careful about adding weights. ----- Original Message ----- From: Lenny McHugh To: Blind Handyman Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 3:51 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] pine wood derby Well I am helping my grandson build his pine wood derby for the Cub Scouts. My question is where is the best place for the weights. Some say over the rear wheels so it can push. Others say over the front wheels so the weight can help pull the car. I thought in the center of the car so there will be even pressure or friction on all wheels. I am a little disappointed with his new pack. For the last three years he designed and made the cars using my hand tools, bit and brace, coping saw, wood rasp and sanding blocks. The other evening one father brought his portable band saw to cut out patterns made by the kids. My grandson still elected to cut out his car using my tools. Some of his cars were a peanut shaped car and last year a dauphin, he used some small biscuits for the fins. This year he is making a car to resemble a stick of TNT.After he rounded over the car he used my forester bits to cut into the front and back where he will make a fuse. The dauphin peanut car won first place in his group and there the weights were centered. I think last year's car is still running down the track. I thought about taking a block of wood and cutting two dado slots that he could use for wheel alignment.The slots could hold the wheels straight until he hammers in the nail axles. Lenny, Please visit my home page HYPERLINK "http://www.geocities.com/lenny_mchugh/"http://www.geocitie-s.com/lenny_-mch ugh/ It's motivating, humorous and has a lot of resources. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link HYPERLINK "http://acbradio.org/handyman.html"http://acbradio.-org/handyman.-html or HYPERLINK "ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/"ftp://ftp.acbradio.-org/ acbradio--archives/-handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. HYPERLINK "http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday"http://www.acbrad io-.org/news/-xml/podcast.-php?pgm=saturday Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: HYPERLINK "http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/"http://www.jaws--users.com/-JAWS/h andyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address HYPERLINK "http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/"http://www.mail- -archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following address for more information: HYPERLINK "http://www.jaws-users.com/"http://www.jaws--users.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: HYPERLINK "mailto:blindhandyman-help%40yahoogroups.com"[EMAIL PROTECTED] -.com Yahoo! Groups Links -- BEGIN-ANTISPAM--VOTING-LINKS ----------------------------------------------------------- Teach InfoWest Spam Trap if this mail (ID 150486274) is spam: Spam: HYPERLINK "https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=150486274&m=cc758d210f8d&c=s"ht tps://spamtrap.-infowest.-com/canit/-b.php?i=15048627-4&m=cc758d210f8d-&c=s Not spam: HYPERLINK "https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=150486274&m=cc758d210f8d&c=n"ht tps://spamtrap.-infowest.-com/canit/-b.php?i=15048627-4&m=cc758d210f8d-&c=n Forget vote: HYPERLINK "https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=150486274&m=cc758d210f8d&c=f"ht tps://spamtrap.-infowest.-com/canit/-b.php?i=15048627-4&m=cc758d210f8d-&c=f ----------------------------------------------------------- END-ANTISPAM--VOTING-LINKS No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.2/1222 - Release Date: 1/13/2008 12:23 PM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.2/1222 - Release Date: 1/13/2008 12:23 PM [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
