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Post by PinewoodPerformance on May 3, 2004 6:34:51 GMT -6
We are looking to separate ourselves from other forums by providing information such as How to Polish Axles, a step by step on how "member X" gets that extra.02 out of his car etc. etc. We want you to post but sometimes we feel you shouldn't have to! What is your opinion?
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Post by PineCrawler on May 3, 2004 9:03:21 GMT -6
IT WOULD BE GOOD TO NOT HAVE TO ASK!
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Post by Pineslug81 on May 6, 2004 5:08:46 GMT -6
I would like to read about alignment. How you guys are making them go strait. You must be using the Pro-Body Tool, am I right? I wish you could raise a wheel with it though. Can anyone please explain what you do when you pull one way or the other?
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Post by PinewoodPerformance on May 28, 2004 7:53:29 GMT -6
Would any of our members like to write a column or an article on the way they like to shape wheels, or align axles, or paint or whatever pinewood you can dream up? If so let us know!
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Post by TurtlePowered on Jun 21, 2004 7:54:01 GMT -6
I would like to read about alignment. How you guys are making them go strait. You must be using the Pro-Body Tool, am I right? I wish you could raise a wheel with it though. Can anyone please explain what you do when you pull one way or the other? Just bend up a axel and you will have one raised wheel.
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Post by RacerX on Dec 20, 2004 14:11:21 GMT -6
Or you can just use the new Pro Body Tool 2 with the new raised wheel feature.
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GILLS
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Post by GILLS on Dec 21, 2004 0:00:13 GMT -6
Just bend up a axel and you will have one raised wheel.[/ quote] Using the old pro body tool I simply don't drill the axle slot on the wheel I want to raise. I simply take the drill bit andstick it thru the whole and make a slight indention in the wood using hand pressure. After removing clamp and the pro body tool I simply mark above the indention and drill.
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PrecisionPine
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Life is good if you want it to be.
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Post by PrecisionPine on Dec 7, 2005 13:17:57 GMT -6
Pinewood Performance, I love this site and visit it often looking for advice. I will tell you that a lot of the advice given takes some imagination to understand. Most lay persons don't know what a bore or a hub or camber is. If you want to make an excellent How To section, PLEASE ADD PICTURES. This is why I like MaxV's site, he has step-by-step pictures on how to use the tools he sells. PrecisionPine
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Post by RacerX on Dec 11, 2005 8:55:36 GMT -6
Precision Pine,
Thanks for your kind words about our board, we are glad to have you. Pinewood Performance /John is no longer with us here on the board and gave us the board around a year ago, so there are a few dead topics that need to be up-dated (hint for help here guys) or removed.
Yes Randy at Max-V has some great tool pics on his site, but this year we added short videos on how to use the tools as well. They can be found on the Derby Worx web site and I think Max-V has also linked them recently as well. We all keep trying!!! ;D
Now if we could just get some writers.
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Post by my4345track on Dec 11, 2005 15:45:14 GMT -6
Yes, i would like to see weekly how toos I need help with paint, align.But then you be seeing faster cars at wirl.....It will create more testing sounds like fun..
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Post by Mood Swing Productions on Dec 20, 2005 8:40:35 GMT -6
At one time i had a fairly complete tutorial written up on my computer with step by step photos. I will have to look for it as i made one to many adjustments on my last computer and it did not finish the race haha. I will let you all know as soon as i find it and i post it up on my webspace for you all.
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Post by Mood Swing Productions on Dec 20, 2005 8:51:58 GMT -6
Painting tip or tips:[/u]
Auto Motive paints and primers
this will help you in the sanding departement. or lack of sanding.
1. get a nice even to the eye sand. 2. automotive primer/filler -- 4 thin coats with a 600 wet sand in between coats. make sure to give it plenty of time to dry in between coats. you have now sealed the grain, as well as the thickness of the primer itself, not the coats, fills any imperfections. 3. automotive ppg paints -- once again thin coats, with light wet sanding in between coats. the more coats the deeper your paint job looks. 4. finish up with a few coats of clear coating. a day or two later i hit with some Zymol wax just to pretty it up some more so the paint pops!
if you are going to use decals of any kinds i suggest trimming them as much as possible and applying them before the clear coat stage. some wet sanding between clear coats will make the decal virturally disappear as if it were hand painted on.
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