Rubberband ShopBot Racer

[chiloquinruss]

Its been a few years ago but we cut a bunch of these at the San Mateo Maker Faire. Well its Cub Scout season in our house soooooo. Anybody got the plans, I can't find them here or on the 100Garages, or . . Thanks. Russ

http://www.talkshopbot.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=2615&d=1201042318

[penman]

Hi Russ,

attached, hopefully, is what you are looking for.

Cheers,

Roger.

PS: In Metric.

[bill.young]

The original files are available in www.100kprojects.com in the toys category.

[chiloquinruss]

Thanks Roger and Bill. My Great grandson will be thrilled. Russ

[WoodMarvels.com]

Didn't even know 100KGarages.com offered digital toy files - learn something everyday!

Jon

[steve_g]

I'm curious...
What kind of distance/speed are others getting with the rubber band racers? Even though my racers wheels spin freely, it slowly creeps 5' to 8' and stops... I seem to remember these zipping around the booth area at a maker fair in the distant past...

FWIW I've attached an image of a version I'm working on. It uses the same basic chassis but has been made into a 4 wheel front wheel drive version.

SG

[myxpykalix]

I'll bet it has more to do with the type of rubberband you use. Maybe something smaller and thicker That offers more resistance when stretched?:confused: