Tuning board
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Here's mine..
Mine is just a 2x4 frame with a good quality (one side sanded) 3/4" pywood on top.... sides are 1x4 pine, top cap is 1x3 pine... My surface over the graphic is a piece of plexiglass, but I would reccommend glass. Plexiglass scratches too easy... The side 1x4's stick up to the top of the plegiglass and the 1x3's hold the plexiglass into place. You can get a generic graphic at my site or you can get a cool NPWDRL graphic as a gift for racing 15 entries!
Mine is just a 2x4 frame with a good quality (one side sanded) 3/4" pywood on top.... sides are 1x4 pine, top cap is 1x3 pine... My surface over the graphic is a piece of plexiglass, but I would reccommend glass. Plexiglass scratches too easy... The side 1x4's stick up to the top of the plegiglass and the 1x3's hold the plexiglass into place. You can get a generic graphic at my site or you can get a cool NPWDRL graphic as a gift for racing 15 entries!
oooh and you could add some kind of legs... mine, as you can see, just sits on the top of a desk and I prop one end up with a BSA block when I am ready to tune.
Thanks man. Is that about 8ft x 3ft?Here's mine..
Mine is just a 2x4 frame with a good quality (one side sanded) 3/4" pywood on top.... sides are 1x4 pine, top cap is 1x3 pine... My surface over the graphic is a piece of plexiglass, but I would reccommend glass. Plexiglass scratches too easy... The side 1x4's stick up to the top of the plegiglass and the 1x3's hold the plexiglass into place. You can get a generic graphic at my site or you can get a cool NPWDRL graphic as a gift for racing 15 entries!
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Here's mine..
Mine is just a 2x4 frame with a good quality (one side sanded) 3/4" pywood on top.... sides are 1x4 pine, top cap is 1x3 pine... My surface over the graphic is a piece of plexiglass, but I would reccommend glass. Plexiglass scratches too easy... The side 1x4's stick up to the top of the plegiglass and the 1x3's hold the plexiglass into place. You can get a generic graphic at my site or you can get a cool NPWDRL graphic as a gift for racing 15 entries!
How critical would you say the surface texture of the tuning table is? Mine is currently a piece of smooth, but unfinished, particle board shelving material. I am planning to build a new board soon, using a mirror as a base.
Also, is there any real benefit with making it longer than 4 feet long?
I don't think the texture messes up you tuning, it is just nice to have a smooth surface to listen to the wheels..... on a nice smooth surface you can hear any ticks from dirty wheels or wheels that may have a piece of plastic from machining that needs to be removed...
For league racing you can really tune better on a 6 ft. or 8 ft. table... for scouts you only need 4 ft.
For league racing you can really tune better on a 6 ft. or 8 ft. table... for scouts you only need 4 ft.
Here's mine:
http://www.pinewoodderbyonline.com/threads/since-the-npwdrl-is-stepping-up.3216/#post-38107
Link to the post where I added the guides (aka- the Rocket Car Tuning Board Mod):
http://www.pinewoodderbyonline.com/threads/update-to-my-tuning-board.4093/page-2#post-50339
Link to the whole thread about the guides:
http://www.pinewoodderbyonline.com/threads/update-to-my-tuning-board.4093/
http://www.pinewoodderbyonline.com/threads/since-the-npwdrl-is-stepping-up.3216/#post-38107
Link to the post where I added the guides (aka- the Rocket Car Tuning Board Mod):
http://www.pinewoodderbyonline.com/threads/update-to-my-tuning-board.4093/page-2#post-50339
Link to the whole thread about the guides:
http://www.pinewoodderbyonline.com/threads/update-to-my-tuning-board.4093/
For a scout race I would say 3-5" in 4 ft.... If in doubt a little more is better. 1-2" usually makes for a car bouncing off the rail..
I am just starting to get serious about the tuning board stuff so pulled out my home made corn hole boards to use as my tuning board. My son has his pack race on Thursday and we have is steer set between 4 and 5 inches. He will be racing on a wood track with about 5/8 com.
I will probably look at doing something like that in the future especially if I can get into some builds for npwdrl. I want to try and create a car for Mid America.
I use glass as the surface (I'm assuming all those pictured are doing the same). It's also nice to have the start guide/rail like BracketRacer suggests to get a consistent read on your steer setting. Super easy to add.
For you yes... for me me no... I think you have moved 5 times since I met you... me? none!
I've tried to get the 5Kids tuning graphic printed at 3 different places (Staples, OfficeMax, local printshop) and the quotes are much more ($50+) than prices mentioned on this forum. I asked for plain paper, black and white. Is there something else I should specify/mention to get the price lower?
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