It's Friday!!!!
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I put down 8k vertical on my board, snow shoe'd 3 miles, & xcountry'd another 4 miles last weekend. Supposed to lay tracks on another xcountry course in Northern WA this weekend.
Judowolf PE
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Hmmm dare I ask what the batteries are for tex??
Capt Worley PE
Run silent, run deep
Is Icy Hot involved?
Capt Worley PE
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Is it just me, or has ime ground to a halt?
wilheldp_PE
PE, LEED AP, SPAM KING
Capt Worley PE
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T time, I guess...
SCarolinaNiki PE
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Very glad it is almost the weekend. My parents are coming to visit for my daughter's birthday party! I'm so glad I moved back to the Carolinas and closer to them.
Dexman PE PMP
Internationally PMP'n his PE-ness
Looking forward to the weekend. Will be spending a bunch of time with mini-Dex as we build a pinewood derby car together for cubscouts. The competition is in a couple weeks and we want to get a head start on things.
Capt Worley PE
Run silent, run deep
^That was a lot of fun. I always liked Pinewood Derby.
Capt Worley PE
Run silent, run deep
'Bout time...
SCarolinaNiki PE
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I am glad to see this week end. Not the best of weeks.
Dexman PE PMP
Internationally PMP'n his PE-ness
This has been one of those weeks where I wish it would just get to the weekend, but in the same regard I'm not necessarily looking forward to this weekend because I know I have way too much shit to get done once I leave the office this afternoon...
knight1fox3
Jedi MASTER & Friend of Capt. Solo
Been a long week too....
Master slacker
Something awesome.
Da troof!
"couple of weeks" and you call that a head start. The planning starts moths in advance.
Here are the secrets......
1) make sure the car is a heavy as allowed. I used the official cub scout lead weights, because you break off little pieces. another tactic is to bore out the car and put in lead shot, then epoxy over the shot. Sand/shave car until you measure on a calibrated scale to 5.00g (-0.01)
2) make sure you polish the axles. Put the axles (nails) in a drill and spin them inside fine sand paper (start ~300 and do a couple of finer steps to ~ at least 800-1200+)
3) make sure the wheels are aligned and the car runs straight. Incline a long table and release the car down the slope. Tweak alignment until the car goes straigh without veering to one side. Set the axles so they wont move do to handling/use (expoxy them in)
Master slacker
Something awesome.
Is Pine Wood Derby more of an adult competition with the Cub Scout's name on it? Maybe it's just me. My dad helped me make mine, but didn't tell me do this or do that for "must win" performance.
