Nerdy Derby – Poundin’ Sand
If you saw my last post about the Nerdy Derby we are planning, you probably figured at some point you’d see a car. Well, here’s my progress so far. I cut the pieces from 3mm Baltic Birch plywood using...
View ArticlePoundin’ Sand – Complete!
In my last post about my Nerdy Derby car, all you saw was a bunch of laser cut wood pieces… well, here’s the final car. It’s almost dimensionally the same as a standard Pinewood Derby car. The body is...
View Article(Additional) Nerdy Derby Cars
There’s a great post over on the Milwaukee Makerspace site about Milwaukee’s First Nerdy Derby, including some sweet video, but I’m mainly going to talk about my own cars here. :) I spent a lot of...
View ArticleDerby Wheels
If you remember Milwaukee’s last Nerdy Derby, we tried to supply lots of pieces for people to build cars with. I ended up laser cutting a bunch of wheels, as well as 3D printing some wheels… take a...
View ArticleA Nerdy Derby Thanks
Well, we somehow survived another Nerdy Derby event, and while it was a little chaotic, those involved definitely had a good time. None of this would have been possible without the help of Frankie and...
View ArticlePrinting 4-Up
We’re planning a Nerdy Derby event at Maker Faire Milwaukee, and like last year, I wanted to 3D print a bunch of wheels, and yes, it is fun designing strange wheels. Most of my designs this year are...
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