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Re: Off topic. Cub Scout Pinewood Derby engineering

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When my son was 9 (he is now 23), we entered the Pinewood Derby. Looking for the easy way out, I took the block of wood and created a simple wedge shape with no embellishment, using a saw. We attached the maximum allowable weight, glued to the slope of the wedge, after applying minimal black paint to the wood. We liberally applied powdered graphite to the nail axles of the wheels which were just hammered in. No polishing or anything else. Voila! Done.
It won the Derby handily, much to the chagrin of the fathers who had done all the work, creating wood sculptures with fancy paint jobs, then claiming their sons had done all the work. Yeah, right.
I still have the trophy. Priceless.


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