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3d pinewood derby car made from Sketchup Pro model download
mountain:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on April 16, 2009, 12:29:08 pm ---
Very cool. Can't say I follow his project so I am not familiar with that juke. I'll see if I can find it.
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Here it is.
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: JimmyU on April 16, 2009, 11:42:42 am ---Sweet, I've enclosed a Sketchup model of a Donkey kong Cabinet. It would be cool to see it reproduced in acrylic.
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fixt ;D
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: pinballjim on April 16, 2009, 01:09:42 pm ---That acrylic cutter is perhaps the coolest tool I have ever seen. It demands to be tested for pinball plastics.
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You should see the laser cutter CPR uses. Fantastic.
Ummon:
When I was in Cub Scouts, we did make them ourselves. The year I won the race, another kid won the prize for nicest car*, and it was. Totally. By hand, he made something almost as snazzy as that camaro. Something in the vein of an aston martin or something. And did they increase the size of the block they use? Looks larger.
*He also came in third in the races. It was an interesting circumstance. Everyone thought the kid who'd cut his down to about three-quarters of an inch, and drilled out the back and put long fencing nails into it, would win because of the aerodynamics of it. Mine was a VERY basic sedan design, that was complimented by a little hood scoop from a plastic model car, and the back accidentially being lower than the front, I've since figured reducing drag and increasing reflex (or whatever one might call it). He came in second.
mountain:
There are a ton of tricks that can be used to make it fast. We put a bevel on his plastic wheels and then repolished them. The bevel on the wheels limited the footprint of the wheel for less drag. Polishing the axles works wonders too.
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