The Pinewood Derby is next week, so Budding Bodhisattva and I are working on our cars! They really want to try to win this year, so we're following all the steps in a book we found at the Scout Shop. New axle holes drilled ✅
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@MeditatorMom whatever you do, don't skimp on axel polishing and breaking in the wheels. My kids last racer got faster at a later competition because it had been driven more
@MeditatorMom I polished them to 2000 grit wet dry sandpaper. I have a small drill press so I could actually have the kids do most of it safely. I'll admit to breaking in the wheels since spinning them by hand got boring pretty fast
@ibid we're working on the axles while the paint is drying. Got the burrs off and now it's straightening time, then we're polishing 👍🏼