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"f86sabre" (f86sabre) 01/07/2020 at 20:05 • Filed to: pinewood derby

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Pinewood derby time! The minion’s car is called Reentry. We were talking about scorching wood art and she opted to do that with her car. Used my wife’s creme  brûlée torch to make it happen. Turned out pretty well.

My X-type is too a real Jaguar > f86sabre 01/07/2020 at 20:19

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What’s this I hear they can no longer use powdered graphite to lube the wheels?  

OPPOsaurus WRX > f86sabre 01/07/2020 at 20:25

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hit the nose with a blowtorch

Deal Killer - Powered by Focus > f86sabre 01/07/2020 at 20:27

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Fun times. Our boy scout troop, in which I’m an adult leader, is trying some different fund raising this year, and we are going to do a “Pint Wood Derby”, at the local brew pub down the street from where we hold our meetings. $25 - $30 gets you a car, a free pint, and we’ll have bracket racing to see which dad can build the fastest car, within the BSA regulations. We thought about doing an unlimited class, but threw that out, as we could see some guy coming in with a 5lb billet of iron with wheels on it and tearing the hell out of our track. I really hope this works, as our troop could really use some $$$ to help defray the costs of registration and some scout training we plan on doing this coming year.

f86sabre > My X-type is too a real Jaguar 01/07/2020 at 20:33

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I haven’t heard anything about that. We graphited the crap out of her wheels !

f86sabre > OPPOsaurus WRX 01/07/2020 at 20:34

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We kind of did. Can’t see it from that angle. 

f86sabre > Deal Killer - Powered by Focus 01/07/2020 at 20:35

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We’ve thought about doing the same at work for some of our fundraisers. Releasing Delta TechOps on derby cars would be insane. We also thought about doing $5 grudge matches. Our COO, EVP and SVP are all car guys. The amount of cheating would be insane. 

Chariotoflove > f86sabre 01/07/2020 at 20:48

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Good times!

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > f86sabre 01/07/2020 at 21:02

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Oh man. I just remembered my final pine wood car, when I was a Weblos.

It was planed down to maybe a quarter inch thick with hammered flat fishing sinkers glued in along the bottom all the way up to the weight limit. The front was smoothed to a taper a little. Greased axles, wheels with burrs sanded down, and camber for less contact with the track got me first place in a 100+ scout troop. 

The Ghost of Oppo > f86sabre 01/07/2020 at 21:04

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Man the pinewood derby takes me back. The best car I ever made was named after my favorite Rush song, Red Barchetta. 

wafflesnfalafel > f86sabre 01/07/2020 at 21:33

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very nice - love the name/livery

GLiddy > My X-type is too a real Jaguar 01/07/2020 at 22:43

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It’s been a few years since my former scout ran in Pinewood Derby, so rules may have changed about lubricants, but graphite and moly/graphite were the legal axle lubricants. There is this stuff out there called NyOil that is a thin film liquid lubricant that is slicker but as far as I know is not legal.

My kid had his share of trophies in PWD, and even went to district once after an overall pack win. The secrets of winning was weight as far to the rear as possible for maximum potential energy , running only 3 wheels down to minimize wheel friction and rotational inertia , and a rail-riding alignment to prevent wobble .

shop-teacher > f86sabre 01/07/2020 at 23:35

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Excellent!

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > f86sabre 01/08/2020 at 09:31

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The most wonderful time of the year...

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > f86sabre 01/08/2020 at 09:34

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I assume you’ve studied this. =)