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Thread: Powertool Drag Races!
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13th June 2006, 10:31 PM #1
Powertool Drag Races!
G'day,
Here ya go! Bored with your normal 240v tools, not enough grunt in them? Wondering what a belt sander and a drag strip have in common?
"Blown big-block belt sanders...Nitro burning funny-saws...Wheel standin' weed wackers...MAKE Magazine is here "live" at the annual Power Tool drag races - lots of electricity, beer, fire and fun - here's our coverage, photos and video from the races!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syEt52aZ2U8
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13th June 2006, 11:08 PM #2
I see the inaugural Ubeaut tool races coming!!!!
Make a more interesting stand at the WW show than soft cushions!"Clear, Ease Springs"
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14th June 2006, 12:10 AM #3
I worked for a bloke years ago who liked to race belt sanders in the back alley behind the job.. hugely entertaining, we'd call it the first sander to get to the end of a 20mtr extension lead.
many a smoko was spent pondering the best grit for acceleration and speed.
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18th June 2006, 03:20 AM #4
Of course one would never condone the misuse of power tools, and all OH&S rules must always be followed, all tools tagged and tested, etc., but...
When I was working for the best hardware store in Adelaide (the orginal Flintware in Grote Street back in the 80's) we discovered that the secret to success in belt sander racing was in the way you laid out the extension cord. The cord needs to be completely free of twists and tangles and laid out in long loops in the direction of travel of the sander. Think of loops about 1.8m long x 300mm wide. Feeding the extension cord by hand actually makes the belt sander work harder. The best extension cords were made up from the thinner 23/0076 cable. The prepacked ones used 40/0076 cable which was a lot heavier in diameter and weight. To make the start fair all entries should be plugged into the same powerboard and the starter simply flicks the switch.Rob
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18th June 2006, 02:23 PM #5
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18th June 2006, 05:53 PM #6
I have done this in my driveway, albeit not intentionally, but it was good to watch and a service fit for an Ozito belt sander.
Stupidity kills. Absolute stupidity kills absolutely.
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18th June 2006, 06:50 PM #7
G'day,
I reckon this would make a beaut event for a Woodies get together as Stuart has mentioned. Maybe even local drags with times recorded in a state/city event and then compete nationally state vs state on over a set distance with time trials - exactly the ways normal drags operate.
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19th June 2006, 08:41 AM #8
I can see it now, super modified deWalt sander, 80 grit racing belt for wet track, mag rollers, super slick graphite slipsheet, turbo wound armature, spoilers.
Need a pit crew too for those super fast belt changes!!!Stupidity kills. Absolute stupidity kills absolutely.
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19th June 2006, 09:32 AM #9
Let see the 'Darkside' guy's come up with an entry for this one then!!!!!
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