Recent content by jator359

Sweet ride bro!! Wrong colors tho--go Bucks! O-H-

+1 from my experience, even quarter inch width around the axle area (1/8th in. radius) in a ladder design (using pine) still splits. And that's after relaxing with a junk axle. I reinforce the inner walls on either side with CA-glued 1/64 in. ply.

That makes sense; no need to cant.

Zeebzob, how in the world did you maintain the cant of the rear axle holes?? Balsa's like sponge--I would think all the weight back there would distort it.

Falcon - absolutely brilliant ideas!

+1 on the 1/64" ply, CA sealed around the edges. Absolutely no risk of material roll-off. We typically use ladder frames in our builds so the ply cover has the added benefit of structural stiffness.

Yes, that's it! A concern though is the drilled holes will at some point intersect with the slot making the space where the axle sits bigger, giving the axle wiggle room. So... how to secure the axle position once its in but not resorting to gluing it in place.

Having a brain fart here as I can't find the thread where this is addressed. What's the best way to cant the rear axles if you have to use the precut slots?

In addition to the tootbrush and cloth, I also use those pointed tip cotton swabs found in the cosmetic section of CVS.

I just prepped two sets of Cheetahs, #4 and #13 and darned it 2 wheels in both sets had divots in the bore. Sure they don't come in contact with the axle (we use grooved axles and run oil) but I would think the wheel balance would be somewhat off, even if it was lathed concentric to the bore. I...

The description for RR says "Better than Legend!" . . .

Don't forget all the possible lubricants he could be mixing with krytox for his secret cocktail--you know, bacon grease, canola oil, bits of scrapple, Crisco, unsalted butter...

We took fastest times in both races as well, using oil. (of course this wasn't a league race--stuff learned on this board makes winning cub/awana/ra/rr races too easy to paraphrase what I think QT or Kinser said in an old post). No the internal bulges were in both cars and only the rear wheels.

The hangnail was a burr left over from the lathing so I'm assuming it was plastic; I always order wheels with unfinished bores. The bulge I noticed during reprep after the first race. The front wheels didn't have them; only the rears, on both my son's and my (open) car.

I pulled the axles off with a looped fishing line under the head so there was no pressure on the outer hub at all. The deformation was inside the bore.