3d pinewood derby car made from Sketchup Pro model download

[mccoy178]

A fellow teacher of mine wanted to carve a camaro for his sons pinewood derby race. So he grabbed the full scale model off of Sketchup, scaled it down, and exported it as a .dxf. I imported it into Cut3d and about an hour later it was done. Here are some pics for your enjoyment:

1966

1967

1968

1969

1970

1971

1972

1973

1974

1975

[david_gardner]

Very nice, I love projects like that. Very fast and mind blowing to others. Usually people have a much stronger positive reaction to this kind of stuff than the really difficult projects.

[erik_f]

FUN!

[joewino]

I thought the kids were supposed to do those?

[mccoy178]

They are?

[bcammack]

Hey, we're all kids at heart!

[carlosgmarroquin]

With very expensive toys

[david_gardner]

Did you hold that down with hot glue? That's a pretty good idea.

[mccoy178]

It was my first try with hot glue and it was awesome! I had to really pry that sucker off!

[khalid]

Thats very beautiful...
If you can post the picture of 3D Model... I love to see the projects like those...

[scott_smith]

Hot melt just around the edges?
If so that's cool! I'll be trying that with the next hard to hold project, Thanks.

[scott_smith]

I also like the hose clamp holding the extra long (it looks) brushes on the DC foot!

[mccoy178]

Thanks! Yes, the hot glue around the edge cleaned up easy with a chisel and held that board down as good as screws.

[john_hartman]

I bit off topic, but I have only carved one small 3D odject and this car has the same tool marks. Is there not a way to get a smoother finish?

[cliffn]

John,

Make the stepover smaller until the marks are small enough top suit you.

Cliff
CNCarvings.com