Rubber Band Car With Cd Wheels

Now place the cd on the washer.

Rubber band car with cd wheels.

If the wheels. Use the rubber band s on the dvd wheels for traction if needed no limit on the rubber band. Begin by drilling a hole in the spools and 2 holes in the wood. Once the hole is drilled you will place the toothpick ends the point that you cut off to make a peg see picture below.

Tie remaining rubber band tightly around the push pins. I bet you could make a pretty tough torsion spring out of a bicycle tube rubber a heavy map tube cardboard. Fit rubber band chain through the holes in the middle of tube. Build a rubber band powered car.

Push rubber down to one end of the tube. To make a rubber band car start by inserting 2 dowels through a cardboard tube 1 at each end for the axles on your car. The holes in the wheels will be drilled just large enough for the toothpick to fit snug. I ve made these cars with groups of kids at library programs several times and it s always lots of fun.

Finally to give your wheels added traction attach rubber bands around the cd wheels four on each wheel. This is an easy to make rubberband car using a paper towel tube for the body. Then you could have one for the car and one for the ballister to shoot at the car with. In this video tutorial viewers learn how to make a toy car with cd wheels.

Then add another washer and secure it by screwing on a bolt. You ll need a paper towel tube two old cds a couple of pencils o. A quick google search for rubber band car project yields tens of thousands of results so why reinvent the rubber band powered wheel the top results show cars with small wheels without traction or cd wheels which are difficult to attach to an axel both of. Then place a washer on the screw.

The materials required for this task are. Then get 4 cds and glue a wooden spool to one side of each cd and a button to the other side. Do this by stuffing a piece of sponge into the hole in the middle of the cd then using tape to secure the cd and prevent it from wobbling. To wind up the car hold the car with the back axle toward you and turn the front wheels counterclockwise.

Tie 2 rubber bands together. On one of the toothpicks drill a very small hole in the center. The peg will help when winding up the rubber band car to make it go.