Pinewood Derby Car Finished

It's finished and ready for the big day! I hope we do well. If we don't, at least it was fun making it and it looks good!

We started by cutting the shape of the car on the side opposite of the already cut axle slots so we could cut our own. It's a good idea to relocate your axles further towards the front and rear of the car to get a longer wheelbase and make it track straighter. We also try to get the weight as far back as possible as this gives the car more potential energy. The car was too heavy, so we used the router to take some weight off. We decided to do it this way to keep the weight to the rear. It probably won't make much of a difference, but we thought it would be cool, and every little bit helps. As you can see, the car only rides on three wheels. This makes it even more important to have the weight to the rear so that the two rear wheels are always touching along with the front one that we chose. To get it to track straight, we bent the axle slightly on the front wheel that touches and grind a slot in the head so that it can be turned with a screwdriver once installed. We let it rolled down a piece of glass with a line, then turn the axle and adjust the alignment until it goes perfectly straight. Oh, and of course we sanded the wheels and polished the axles. So, here it is. We will let you know how it does!