by chappyman66 » Sat Jul 06, 2013 9:35 pm
Thanks everyone for the kind words.
I got the particle board at Menards (local big box building supply store). They were in the close-out bin because corners and edges had been damaged. I just routed to avoid those, and one place got filled with Bondo during the smoothing stage. The tape (inexpensive as it was) was more than the wood, so I just did what looked reasonable.
It's made to be "portable" and storable. I can lay it sideways against the garage wall when it's not in use. I would like to get a couple sets of folding table legs to screw underneath so it's up off the floor, but this works for now. It's a small track but the lanes should be a good match for racing. The middle is clearly the fastest (as expected) but each gutter has some sharp corners so hopefully they will even out.
I got it all wired up and running tonight after dinner. My sons (17, 15, 13) were playing a game in the basement and I called them out to see....after several iterations of "we should go back to the game" the laps were still being run. Several moths and mosquitos became road kill. :lol: It's too hot in the garage to be out there long tonight, but it got a reasonable initiation considering I didn't clean it and just gave them Artin Lola prototypes to play with. Tires not sanded or anything, so hopefully the good cars will run better. I will try cleaning it and running some good cars tomorrow ;)