Post by roosclan on Jan 19, 2009 1:03:19 GMT -6
Well, I got stupid when trying to thin the nose of my Bear's car and it broke in 3 spots.
Here's the car:
And here is where it broke. Right at the axle slot/hole on the non-dominant side, and in the front.
Gluing the nose back on isn't a big deal. I've already glued the body at the axle hole, but I'm not sure how that will affect it. It will have either a guide pin screwed in there, or a raised wheel.
I meant to have the body 5/16" thick at that area, but it came in just under that (.308" instead of .3125") and we're going to glue a 1/64" sheet of birch plywood on the bottom of the car to give it added strength and one on the top of the car to provide a painting surface.
Should I just start over or will gluing be effective enough to keep it together during the derbies? I think I'll need the plywood on the bottom to help with strength and rigidity. I used the Pro Body Jig to lower it, so if putting the 1/64" plywood under the car will make the body too low, then I may just start over with a different block, putting a layer of plywood on the jig when drilling the holes, to compensate for the thickness of the plywood.
What say the DerbyWorx forum?
Here's the car:
And here is where it broke. Right at the axle slot/hole on the non-dominant side, and in the front.
Gluing the nose back on isn't a big deal. I've already glued the body at the axle hole, but I'm not sure how that will affect it. It will have either a guide pin screwed in there, or a raised wheel.
I meant to have the body 5/16" thick at that area, but it came in just under that (.308" instead of .3125") and we're going to glue a 1/64" sheet of birch plywood on the bottom of the car to give it added strength and one on the top of the car to provide a painting surface.
Should I just start over or will gluing be effective enough to keep it together during the derbies? I think I'll need the plywood on the bottom to help with strength and rigidity. I used the Pro Body Jig to lower it, so if putting the 1/64" plywood under the car will make the body too low, then I may just start over with a different block, putting a layer of plywood on the jig when drilling the holes, to compensate for the thickness of the plywood.
What say the DerbyWorx forum?
