Race Car - The Woodcrafter Page© 2004

Home Depot sponsored driver Tony Stewart in their Chevrolet car #20 at the 2005 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series race at California Speedway. How about cutting out the pieces to this project and let your Junior Woodcrafter assemble it for a cool little race car.
This simple project can be left unfinished or you can stain or paint it. The Jr, Woodcrafter actually made this item at the March Home Depot children's workshop.

Start by downloading the full scale drawings in the Acrobat file by clicking on the link below. Cut all the pieces as indicated in the drawings, drill the axle holes, and predrill all the nail holes with a very small bit. Paint all surfaces of the pieces with the basic color and black for the wheels and axle pegs. You may wish to print up window and door decals on self sticking labels (look on the web for pictures of cars) or let the builder(s) paint the car. You can also elect to use pre-made 1" diameter wheels from a craft store.
The Jr Woodcrafter will need the ten project pieces, the directions, four (4) ¾" finishing nails, one sheet of 150 grit sandpaper, a really cool workshop apron small enough for kids, and safety goggles.
Construction.
1. Nail the base to the upper body with four nails.
2. Now, locate the four wheels and the four axle pegs.
3. Insert an axle pin into each wheel.
4. Place a bead of glue around the end of the peg and push it into the axle pin hole.
5. Be careful you do not glue the wheel to the pin and do not push tyhe pin in so far the wheel binds.
6. Paint on windows and decorations or apply printed decals.

* * * * Click here the picture above to download the drawings as an Adobe Acrobat (pdf) file. * * * *

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