Build a Winning Pinewood Derby Car: Step By Step
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Published 2022-10-13
See our original video ( • How To Make a Fast Pinewood Derby Car... ) for further explanation of our tips.
Video Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:37 Design Decisions
01:48 Marking and Drilling
03:57 Shaping
04:59 Weight Location
06:08 Painting
06:50 Preparing Axles and Wheels
07:25 Attaching Weights
08:12 Installing Wheels
10:03 Aligning Wheels
11:12 Final Assembly
11:51 Other Hints and Variations
13:53 Wrap-up
Music from: Bensound.com
All products shown in this video are items that we actually use and have found to work well. We have no relationship with any product supplier.
All Comments (21)
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Followed this tutorial 100% and we did paint the car. My scout won his pack! Thank you! 🚗
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Built our car as close to your instructions, although we did go with a rail runner. My son won his age group, (6th grade) and overall fastest car. We had never built a car before. Thank you.
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My son and I had our 1st pinewood derby yesterday and won 1st place in his pack and 2nd place overall! Great video… by using simple tools, my son was so involved, and so proud of himself! Thank you for this video!!
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Building one with my son currently and this video has been invaluable. Thanks a lot!
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Thank you! Very well explained. A lot of helpful information.
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I just scored 50 kits and the weights. They are cool as heck 🎉
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We just raced our car and won second place with your video! Thank you !
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Great video! And super simple design. By the end of my sons cub scout days, we had a very good design and he went all the way to regional finals with it in Webelos II. Thanks for sharing!
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Great video. We’re on our 2nd Pinewood Derby and we screwed up our first run at a car this year. Couldn’t follow this exactly because we can’t move the wheels forward or back but I needed a solution for a quick car that would be fast. Using the main principles of this build we were able to put together a car 4 days before the race that finished 2nd in his group and was significantly faster than our first try last year. Looking to build on that for attempt #3 next year.
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Wanted to thank you…using many of your suggestions in this video helped my daughter win 1st in her class and 2nd overall today in an Awana Grand Prix.
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너무 도움많이 되었어요 자세한 설명 감사합니다❤
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Thanks for the tips. We put several of them into our build and my Tiger scout won 2nd overall in the pack and missed 1st place by 0.001 seconds!
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Really great video!!!! Thank You……I do have a question when placing the nail/axles…..How far in do you place the axles?? How concerned are you to keep the inside of the wheel from rubbing against the side of the body????? Thank you
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I swear to God. If I watch ONE MORE "easy tutorial with basic tools" video and they come out with friggin industrial tools and random drill guides I'm going to scream. I'm just a useless, single mother!!!
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At the end you show the cars you? have built. Which was the fastest? Thanks for posting!
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Great video, can't wait to follow your guidance later this week! What thickness do you recommend to make the car? I saw the print but it doesn't mention the recommended thickness. Pls advise.
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Great video and thank you for all the tips. I wish i could attach pictures of the car my daughter and I made for her pwd race event. Her car averaged 218.07 MPH across 6 heats. She won the first place in the pack and the rank Thank you for making this video.
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Great video! Thank for sharing. Is there a link to where you go those weights?
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If I have to keep the wheelbase (distance between the center of the wheel axels) at 4.5inch, is it better to shorten the overall length or pull back the location of the front tire axel?
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cool
