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Pinewood Derby Body by MakerMarc
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Last crawled date: 4 years, 7 months ago
This is the model my son and I created for boy scout pinewood derby. It is our first car and we haven't raced it yet so I have no idea how it will do. No effort was made to make it particularly fast; my son just wanted it to look cool.
Included here is only a body which is intended to be mounted on top of a simple 'I' frame car.
I've sliced it into 5 separate printable pieces to avoid printing overhangs. The parts glue together nicely using acetone to 'melt' the abs, and with some bondo and sanding it looks like one complete unit. The bottom piece of the body will need to be glued on after the body has been placed onto the car's frame.
I'll add photos when time allows.
I've also included the profile drawings in case you want to cut it out of a block of wood.
Note, you'll need two blocks of wood glued together.
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2. I used a dremel to gut out the entire inside of the body leaving only a thin shell and a place to screw mount the frame. This was necessary to give plenty of room to adjust wheel and weight placement.
3. The front of the body extends a little too far in front of the front wheels and may hit the track at the bottom of the curve. I'm not certain because I didn't get to race it. To address this concern, I put a shim between the body and the frame to raise the body a bit.
If I have time, I will go back and try to stretch the x-axis and see if I can make the frame fit around a full size car. >
Included here is only a body which is intended to be mounted on top of a simple 'I' frame car.
I've sliced it into 5 separate printable pieces to avoid printing overhangs. The parts glue together nicely using acetone to 'melt' the abs, and with some bondo and sanding it looks like one complete unit. The bottom piece of the body will need to be glued on after the body has been placed onto the car's frame.
I'll add photos when time allows.
I've also included the profile drawings in case you want to cut it out of a block of wood.
Note, you'll need two blocks of wood glued together.
.
2. I used a dremel to gut out the entire inside of the body leaving only a thin shell and a place to screw mount the frame. This was necessary to give plenty of room to adjust wheel and weight placement.
3. The front of the body extends a little too far in front of the front wheels and may hit the track at the bottom of the curve. I'm not certain because I didn't get to race it. To address this concern, I put a shim between the body and the frame to raise the body a bit.
If I have time, I will go back and try to stretch the x-axis and see if I can make the frame fit around a full size car. >