Derby Days Contest Ad

[BulldogRacing]

I was in Lowes today and I walked by the display for Dremel products and what do I see? A picture of my sons Derby car that won the contest last year and raced at MA's. Thought it was so dang cool! Dremel asked me to ship the car to them for pics and it looks like they used actors for the ad to pose as my son and I, LOL. I knew thew would never post my ugly mug, but the car is famous!

 

[mxquad]

Thats AWESOME!!!!! Congrats buddy, what a way to represent our hobby

 

[Kinser Racing]

Nice job Bulldog.

 

[Redstone Racing]

Now that is cool!

 

[Rat Pack Racing]

Very nice Mike! Hit Dremel up for a sponsorship

 

[Maglev]

Wow, way to represent. Your story epitomizes your slogan NPWDRL- "Where dads go to become Pros!"

 

[GravityX]

Wow! That is AWESOME Bulldog! You have the most famous car in the whole league, heck all the leagues. Job well done!

 

[Quicktimederby]

Looks sweet! I thought maybe you got a make over Bulldog!

 

[ccw13175]

Seen the car also pictured in scouting magazine

 

[HurriCrane Racing]

Yeah, that was Bulldog before him MMA days!

 

[bracketracer]

Does anyone else find it odd that Dremel would put out an advertisement of two people using a high speed rotary tool and no one is wearing safety glasses?

 

[BulldogRacing]

You guys crack me up! Thanks a ton. Here is a link to there site.

http://dremelderby.com/

 

[BulldogRacing]

Seen the car also pictured in scouting magazine

I would love to see how I can get a copy of that.

 

[BulldogRacing]

So I just did a search for the ad in scout magazine and found the ad. I also fond a blog called "Bryan on Scouting" This dude was talking a ton of crap about the ad and how a kid did not build the car and cubs can't use power tools. The dude assumed a lot about something he did not know, he did what a ton of people do and assumed that if a car is sweet looking and fast the kid did not build it. Well, I sent him a link to a video of my son and I building the car. I wish adults would not assume a kid did not help build a car. We have so much fun as father son working together, just like Murphy intended. Here is a link to the dudes comments.

http://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/forums/topic/derby-days-2016-dremel-tool-ad-in-jan-feb-2016-issue-of-scouting-magazine/

 

[ccw13175]

We are in the dells til Friday. If I can find it when I get home I certainly could mail you my copy. It is just ad but as soon as I saw it I remembered the car from forum. I thought it was you guys that built it but I wasn't sure.

Bryan normally has pretty good articles it's kind of surprising for him to be negative. Kids can easily use a dremel you just have to turn the speed down so they can handle it. Our pack does.workshops for.our.scout and the scouts do most if the work. I drill all the holes with my silver bullet. And actually I just line the bit up for them and the scout drills the holes. Then they go with the adult they came with to either the scroll saw or band saw and they cut the design. For safety most of the time the adults are cutting. Then to the belt sander the cubs do most of work with that. If want to make weight pockets. I have a dermal setup in a dermal drill press stand. With a xy slide vise that I clamp the car into then they router out weight pockets. The cubs can operate the xy vise. It's very simple setup and it works.

 

[BulldogRacing]

here is how we did it. Man we've learned a lot since then.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPnCbEFOIZs

 

[Mojo Racing]

here is how we did it. Man we've learned a lot since then.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPnCbEFOIZs

They are envious Brother.... Don't sweat it.

The cubs that I am helping this year are using power tools... I am there with them, and it is all with the permission of their parents. I mean... come on... until they actually get the power in their hands, what is going to bring them over the edge? We aren't teaching these boys to be cave men... we are teaching them to be MEN men.

I couldn't believe the negativity myself... and then the reply from Daisy... come on people (not you guys)...

 

[Rocket car]

I think you may have a future Bob Vila!!

 

[B_Regal Racing]

I do lend out my garage to the scouts to build cars. Yes, they all have 1/4" blocks. No, they did not rip the planks. Yes, they did use the Dremel, the scroll saw, the drill press, etc. to to the extent of my perception of their capability. No, they did not use the belt sander. Yes, they all did polish their own axles, wheels, and assemble their own cars. And yes, they can all find their own images on the interwebz to make a nice sticker for to the top to make the car not only fast, but nice looking as well.

There is little value to have a kid struggle with a coping saw and endlessly sand by hand, which in fact, may turn them off, when they know it can be done in minutes instead of hours. Sometimes, people just miss the point...

 

[Kinser Racing]

There is little value to have a kid struggle with a coping saw and endlessly sand by hand, which in fact, may turn them off, when they know it can be done in minutes instead of hours. Sometimes, people just miss the point...

My dad tossed me the kit and a pocket knife and said "Here, carve it!" I was eight an barely got the edges rounded over. He painted it Road Stripe Yellow and pushed the axles and wheels into it. It looked like a little bus. The car never made it to the end of the track. There was no double elimination, my dad didn't come and there was no other dad to help me, one half run and I was done. It took over 30 years to get another chance.