Axel holes at 2.5° or bend axels at 2.5° or a combo?

[Jimmy & his 2 Kids]

Hahaha I know what you mean there! My wife just shakes her head as she see me and Reecedad go on and on about these cars and calls me a dork. In jest of course. But she did enjoy watching on the tv my first league race and she is cool with it but sure gives me smack about how passionate we are about little wooden cars. Lol
You have a ton of building on your hands and man that must be awesome! Looking forward to hearing more. I just rolled into work and will read your pm when time permits.

 

[Jimmy & his 2 Kids]

Oh and I am real interested in your Awana races. I hope to be more involved in ours because thy need help bad and our track is a mess. lol. Hope to recondition it this year and I'll shoot you a PM about that too instead of high jacking this thread. lol

 

[Prozach2]

There is always some confusion for the newer people (including myself) when we first hear about the "jigs". It is my understanding that originally there was a Silver Bullet fixture that was used to drill axle holes. It needed a drill press in order to be accurate. I saw several videos online that used this version for drilling and testing of the drill job.

Sometime later the Silver Bullet Pro along with a couple others were introduced. These included a couple versions of the Silver Bullet Pro, one or two versions of the Goat Boy tool and a "clear jig". All of these do NOT need a drill press to be accurate. There is a new version (3rd generation?) of the Silver Bullet Pro being built as we type. I believe it is called the Silver Bullet Extreme? Again, no need for a drill press to drill the axle holes with this latest version.

I am not a pro and have only been around for a couple of years, so someone may jump in here with more accurate information about the timeline of the various drill tools. The long and short ...all of the new tools do NOT need a drill press to drill your axles at 3*.

We built our car for my boy's first cub scout race by using the "Cub Scout Build Tips" on 5kidsracing as kind of a guide. There's a link for it on this website. The instructions must have been put together when a drill press was needed for a silver bullet.