Just wanted to get the first post thing out of the way and get my feet wet on this pretty cool forum.
You guys know a lot stuff and have some pretty innovative and just plain cool looking cars.
5 weeks ago I didn't even know racing pinewood derby cars was THAT big of thing,man was I wrong.
What got me started was my neighbor building a car for his kids scout race,and with only a week to go before the race he gives me a BSA kit.The deal was supposed to be,I'd race my car against his AFTER the cub scouts were done...but no,they throw my car in with all the little guys..man was I embarrassed!/images/boards/smilies/confused.gif
Now I'm hooked,wheels are turning with ideas,theory's and who knows what else !
A little bit about me,I live down south in the warmer part of Utah ,retired from Boeing about 13yrs.ago out in Cali. and play a LOT of golf.I also build golf clubs as a hobby,so I have quite a few tools in my basement shop that should work out good for PWD,drill press,mini-lathe,scroll saw,routers,belt sanders,time etc.
Well look forward to learning how to make a block of wood go fast and maybe getting the racing bug again.
Gravity wins!
You guys know a lot stuff and have some pretty innovative and just plain cool looking cars.
5 weeks ago I didn't even know racing pinewood derby cars was THAT big of thing,man was I wrong.
What got me started was my neighbor building a car for his kids scout race,and with only a week to go before the race he gives me a BSA kit.The deal was supposed to be,I'd race my car against his AFTER the cub scouts were done...but no,they throw my car in with all the little guys..man was I embarrassed!/images/boards/smilies/confused.gif
Now I'm hooked,wheels are turning with ideas,theory's and who knows what else !
A little bit about me,I live down south in the warmer part of Utah ,retired from Boeing about 13yrs.ago out in Cali. and play a LOT of golf.I also build golf clubs as a hobby,so I have quite a few tools in my basement shop that should work out good for PWD,drill press,mini-lathe,scroll saw,routers,belt sanders,time etc.
Well look forward to learning how to make a block of wood go fast and maybe getting the racing bug again.
Gravity wins!
