RE: Pinewood Derby weight options?

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May 16, 2017
4:57:30pm

boogers Playmaker

RE: Pinewood Derby weight options?

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Time

Pinewood Derby weight options?

jdub All-American

5/16/17 4:50pm

I used pellets for my air rifle to get it close...and then a couple of pennies

PharmD

5/16/17 4:54pm

Buy sinkers at Wal Mart? Drill a hole and patch it up? Some attach washers to a

TaiJuan

5/16/17 4:54pm

RE: Pinewood Derby weight options?

boogers

5/16/17 4:57pm

I pour melted lead into drilled holes on the bottom of the car.

5/16/17 4:57pm

I don't have an iron ladle. I like the idea of melting lead, though. Do you use a mask?

jdub

5/16/17 5:06pm

A small steel bowl or pot that you don't care if it gets ruined works, too.

Left Shark Coug

5/16/17 5:25pm

I bought a spoon from DI and used a butane creme brulee torch with lead sinkers.

My Soapbox

5/16/17 5:41pm

I take a typical size food can that has been emptied, peel the label and pinch

BYUFam1

5/16/17 10:20pm

Here's the opinion of a NASA mechanical engineer

61_Shasta

5/16/17 4:59pm

Tease.

cheezedawg

5/16/17 5:11pm

Click the link...

61_Shasta

5/16/17 5:37pm

Tape quarters to the bottom.

douglasturtle

5/16/17 5:05pm

Coins are easy to add.

Tricky

5/16/17 6:23pm

You still have time for Amazon prime

cheezedawg

5/16/17 5:10pm

Pennies work surprisingly well

ConnCoug

5/16/17 5:16pm

Pennies, fishing weights, or get something from Amazon.

Skeptical Optimist

5/16/17 5:18pm

Hobby lobby has stick on weights

byusuvu

5/16/17 5:37pm

The "stick on" type tire balancing weights. I just went to my local

Whip

5/16/17 6:21pm

It's all in the axels and wheels

I'mBatman

5/16/17 7:56pm

I heard somebody say the best hack is to only have 3 wheels touching

buffgato

5/16/17 10:25pm

Heard that too

I'mBatman

5/17/17 4:54pm

We just had our pinewood derby. They required all 4 wheels to touch the track.

Faceman

5/26/17 2:40pm

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