VERY OT. 1/32 Slot Cars

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Unless the price of HSS has gone through the roof, 100$ for that is insanely stupid crazy high. Last time I bought blanks, 2 to 3$ for good cobalt ones....

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You should replace the screw with an ACME screw and nut, or a ball screw and give it to your enemies....

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Think I’ll make one of these…...

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5” long sounds like 1/32 scale which is the most popular. 1/24 is popular with the scratch build crowd. The little cheap crappy ones are HO scale and...

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Well, people pay extra to have metal frames, ball bearing pillow blocks, metal wheels that connect to axles with set screws instead of the push on plastic...

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Interesting…

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Nice, I still have all of my dad’s and uncles post war trains....

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Ok, here’s the video of driving my car on a professional 6 lane track at Electric Dreams in LA. The car has magnets on the bottom that help keep it...

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I’ve flown over the Persian Gulf many times, been to Saudi Arabia, various Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait, etc, but never flown low enough over the water...

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This guy fly's the airplane, I'm just a system admin that handles paperwork and does takeoff's and most landings.


I'll see if I can...

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Well, maybe not too OT, there’s some machining opportunities with these things like any mechanical hobby. There’s slot car tracks at two of the cities...

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On a side note about oiling, I bought a new 1/32 slot car few days ago and was racing it for a few hours. I didn’t oil it. The drive shaft and bushings...

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At least in the airplane we can starve the fire of Oxygen. However, LiPo batteries create oxygen when they ignite, why I hate carrying those things. That’s...

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I suppose I was wondering how it got to the point so easily that harder to burn things became fuel.

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Well, start turning some metal! Dive right in, just don't try parting something and using the tailstock at the same time(parting between centers).

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I had a SS bolt and nut seize on my 3D printer, destroyed a part to remove it. No 3D printer to print the part that broke, I now put anti seize on ALL...

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Desperate for a hobby to do on the road, I discovered 1/32 slot car racing. I’m frequently in LA and there’s a great hobby store called “Electric...

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Is the paint flammable? I’m guessing the fire would have to find a flammable liquid in feed lines? Seriously, how do these things go up?

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What does a 10ee have? 3MT?