How To Build a Pinewood Derby Car/Tools

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General Tools

Bench Vise

Uses: Holding block.
Safety: Adult supervision

Coping saw

Uses: Cutting block.
Safety: Adult supervision

Scroll saw

Uses: Cutting block.
Safety: Adult use, safety glasses

Band Saw

Uses: Cutting block.
Safety: Adult use, safety glasses

Belt Sander

Uses: Sanding and squaring block.
Safety: Adult use, safety glasses

Hand Drill

Uses: Axle holes, weight holes, wheel sanding, axle polishing.
Safety: Adult supervision, safety glasses

Drill press

Uses: Axle holes, weight holes, wheel sanding, axle groove cutting.
Safety: Adult use, safety glasses

Specialty Tools

Axle hole tool

Uses: Drilling accurate axle holes and pilot holes for axle slots without a drill press (U.S. Patent 6,904,694).[1]
Safety: Adult supervision, safety glasses

Axle insertion tool

Uses: Axle insertion without hammer[2]
Safety: Adult supervision

Axle Press

Uses: Axle straightening and beveling/tapering (U.S. Patent Application 20060090536).[3]
Safety: Adult supervision, safety glasses

Wheel bore polishing tool

Uses: Polishing hub bore[4]
Safety: Adult supervision

Hub tool

Uses: Hub reaming, squaring and coning (U.S. Patent 6,969,312).[5]
Safety: Adult supervision

Wheel mandrel

Uses: Wheel sanding and polishing (U.S. Patent Application 20050110224).
Safety: Adult supervision, safety glasses

Wheelshaver

Uses: Wheel surface and side treatment.[6]
Safety: Adult supervision

Outer hub shaver

Uses: Flattening outer hub.[7]
Safety: Adult supervision

Wheel balancing tool

Uses: Static balancing wheels.[8]
Safety: Adult supervision

Commercial Tools

Lathe

Uses: Wheel and axle modifications.

Band saw

Uses: Body cutout.