Home >> Tungsten Putty Weight >>Pinewood Derby Tungsten Cubes

What Is Pinewood Derby?

The pinewood derby is a racing event for Cub Scouts in the Boy Scouts of America. Cub Scouts, with the help of parents, build their own cars from wood, usually from kits containing a block of pine, plastic wheels and metal axles. With the popularity of the pinewood derby, other organizations have developed similar events, and a small industry has developed to provide tracks, timers, scales and other products.

Applications of Tungsten Alloy Cubes Pinewood Derby Weight

Tungsten heavy alloy cube is completely non-toxic and environmentally friendly so tungsten heavy alloy cube is often used in weighting applications,especially used in pine wood derby cube to offer a pinewood derby kits.where lead is not appropriate. For example, lead has been banned in many streams, so tungsten heavy alloy cube is often substituted for lead weight on fishing flies. The high density of tungsten heavy alloy cube coupled with the non-toxic nature makes tungsten heavy alloy cube an ideal metal for this application.
For similar reasons tungsten alloy cubes is a superior product for pinewood derby cars weight. Tungsten is 3.2 times the weight of the no-lead weighting material often used on pinewood derby cars, thus tungsten alloy cube enables tremendous flexibility in the design of the car and tungsten alloy cube is a good choice for racing car counterweight.
Tungsten heavy alloy cubes can be easily used for pinewood derby car weighting by drilling a series of 1/4 inch deep holes in the bottom of the car and then using a chisel or sharp knife to clean out the pocket. Since the tungsten alloy cubes are very hard, do not plan to drill out any extra weight. Instead, use an alternate method to make fine adjustments such as adding/removing tungsten beads.

If you have any interest in tungsten alloy cube, please feel free to email us: sales@chinatungsten.com sales@xiamentungsten.com or call us by: 0086 592 512 9696, 0086 592 512 9595. We are at your service.