Scouts Greater Christchurch Zone sources materials and assembles Pinewood Derby car kits and wheels for use by Scout groups across New Zealand. Our aim in making the kits available is to make holding a Pinewood Derby easier for leaders so that more youth can learn and have fun at a derby. The kits are designed for maximum accessibility. By pre-drilling the axle holes, the wheels can be pressed in without without needing a drill or special sized drill bits, and we include templates and instructions to guide the building process. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Work starts in February estimating the number of kits required for the year and placing orders for the materials. Wheels are ordered from the USA and come in multiple shipments over the course of about 8 weeks. Pine blocks are machined and cut to order by a local timber yard. Sourcing 27,000 lead sinkers can be a bit tricky. We try to source them domestically, but were unable to find a suitable supplier this year, so a fishing supplies wholesaler is importing them for us. For the printing we use TheOnlinePrinter<\/a> which I can recommend as reliable and low cost, although their lead time from order is about 5 weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n