Hi folks,
First, thanks to everyone for a very enlightening saturday afternoon. That was my first exposure to slots since I did it in the 60s and technology was far behind what’s out there now. We built chassis by soldering brass tubing, rewound armatures that would sometimes last a couple of races, sometimes not, and used all kins of tire “treatments”. I’m hooked. I just downloaded the membership application and will probably bring it Thursday night along with more questions, many more
That said…
I looked at some of the pit boxes you guys have as well as the ones online that had links to them. There is around $30 worth of material in one of these, and once you have a jig set up to do repetitive cuts, one can be cut out in around 45 minutes to an hour and glued up in about another hour. All it takes is a table saw and a dado, of which I have both. If I get into this like I think I will, I’m going to need one also. I would certainly be willing to offer some xpertise on building these in return for some guidance on setting up slot cars and naking them competitive. If anyone thinks they might be interested, feel free to email me and we’ll see what we can work out. Have a great day. all..