Tuesday, January 31, 2012
I Don't Know What I Am Doing!
This weekend I saw the true value of schools maintaining a program for wood and metal shop. Unfortunately, the one opportunity I had to take wood and metal shop was the first two years of that Manchester Twp. Middle was open and we had no wood...or metal and we pretty much read text books on the subjects.
So now here I am at the age of 40 and can barely use a tape measure. Who suffers for it. My son Willie as I try to help him make a pine-wood racer.
The rules that go into making these cars are on par with that of Sprint Cup racing.
1) No more than 5oz in weight.
2) car can be no wider than...I don't remember.
3) car must clear 3/8 of an inch from the ground.
The car that me and W made was far too wide and I put the weights on the bottom so the clearance was messed up as well.
I realized we were in trouble when I went to put the wheels on and saw that I had cut the front end too close to where the wheels go into the front of the car. Putting in the wheels essentially split the wood in the front.
From there it was all down hill...
When I told W that I thought we were gonna have to scrap the Pine Wood Derby he was a true Trooper. He told it was all good and he would get to sleep in on Saturday...
However, I will say this. If W sticks with Scouts, next year watch out! Were coming back...and our car will ROCK...and ROll to VICTORY!
Labels: Pinewood derby, rob Kerns, Scouts
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