Here's an tech tip from 2009 by Slot.it on how to straighten plastic slot car chassis. All the old pros know this, but not everyone is an old pro...
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Straightening plastic slot car chassis - Slot.it
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, Jul 31 2023 09:26 AM
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Posted 31 July 2023 - 09:26 AM
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Posted 31 July 2023 - 07:24 PM
Slot.it chasiss are made in plastic instead of nylon now.
A few minutes of bending by hand does the trick.
Mike Low
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Posted 31 July 2023 - 09:43 PM
You do realize that nylon is a plastic, right?
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Posted 31 July 2023 - 09:56 PM
You're right... I should be more specific – the new plastic material doesn't have memory like 'nylon' plastic.
Mike Low
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Give me enough rope and I'll build a fast car... or hang myself?
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Give me enough rope and I'll build a fast car... or hang myself?
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Posted 01 August 2023 - 01:38 PM
The "new plastic" does have memory. That's why you only get one shot at straightening using the Slot.ot (although it has been around way before Slot.it) method. If heating doesn't fix the chassis, you are forced to rely on dark art.
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Posted 01 August 2023 - 04:52 PM
If you bend it "just enough," it stays in place... maybe overstressed, but it is straight.
May not flex right... but some guys build many cars and one of those will be "magic."
Mike Low
Cry like a baby, drive like a girl, walk like a man.
Give me enough rope and I'll build a fast car... or hang myself?
Cry like a baby, drive like a girl, walk like a man.
Give me enough rope and I'll build a fast car... or hang myself?
