Pinewood Derby Car Designs and Tips from Dremel

Learn how to make a pinewood derby car. Dremel shows you the best pinewood derby car designs and derby car tips. You can use the Dremel rotary tool to build and customize a fast derby car that will crush the competition.

Be sure to follow the derby car guidelines and rules when building your car:
- Your car must not exceed 7" in length or 2 3/4" in width
- Wheels must be 1 3/4" apart
- Ground clearance must be at least 3/8"
- Your car's weight must not exceed 5 oz in weight
- No wheel bearings, bushings, springs, starting devices, or loose or moving weights or parts

The most important factors when building a fast derby car are: weight, lubricant, wheels and axles. Below are pinewood derby tips to make your derby car faster.

Weight: you want your pinewood derby car to be as close to the maximum weight as possible. Route out an area in your car for the weights so they are flush with the bottom of the car.
Wheels: Smooth wheels mean a faster car, so sand your wheels smooth.
Axles: Polish the axles to help the wheels roll smoothly.
Lubrication: Dry graphite is the best lubricant for your axles.

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[mbriandunson]

Excellent information...very well made video!

[jabbawockeezrock101]

to bad i didn't watch this video when i had to make a co2 car for school

[bturksmith]

where do you buy that Dremel kit?

[dmuccillo]

I spent $20 on your Dremel accessory kit. Would have been nice if you guys would have included the Wheel Turning Mandrel. You even reference it in this video!

[roccotool]

I thought the student had to make his own car?

[dbgirardin]

Great video. The only thing that an engineer friend recommended when we made our car was to put the add-on weights in the area of the center of gravity of the car.

[poopingpenguin1]

Thanks I don't race them or do boy scours but I still like to make them

[Henry92RLC]

You guys should head on over to CERN and get some antimatter. Who gets my reference? Haha!

[electriceel9]

where do you get the kits?!

[CarsoChrome]

i'm i the only one that skipped the safty tips?

[skadar]

This leaves out a ton of important speed tips.  But I guess that wasn't the point of the video, eh?

[Icekiller20]

I WOULD WHOOP ASS I GOT A [PINEWOOD INDYCAR... LOL I WON EASLY