Rubber Band Car With Cd Wheels

Then place a washer on the screw.

Rubber band car with cd wheels.

I ve made these cars with groups of kids at library programs several times and it s always lots of fun. If the wheels. In this video tutorial viewers learn how to make a toy car with cd wheels. Fit rubber band chain through the holes in the middle of tube.

2 thread spools long piece of thing wood 4 cd s 2 screws 2 washers and 2 bolts. Then you could have one for the car and one for the ballister to shoot at the car with. Now place the cd on the washer. The peg will help when winding up the rubber band car to make it go.

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. The materials required for this task are. Tie 2 rubber bands together. I bet you could make a pretty tough torsion spring out of a bicycle tube rubber a heavy map tube cardboard.

On one of the toothpicks drill a very small hole in the center. Build a rubber band powered car. To wind up the car hold the car with the back axle toward you and turn the front wheels counterclockwise. Finally to give your wheels added traction attach rubber bands around the cd wheels four on each wheel.

You ll need a paper towel tube two old cds a couple of pencils o. This is an easy to make rubberband car using a paper towel tube for the body. Then add another washer and secure it by screwing on a bolt. Push rubber down to one end of the tube.

Rubber bands are a convenient and effective way to teach energy transformation and this rubber band car makes that lesson a blast. Begin by drilling a hole in the spools and 2 holes in the wood. Use the rubber band s on the dvd wheels for traction if needed no limit on the rubber band. 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. Or like gary says above use rubber cement. Then get 4 cds and glue a wooden spool to one side of each cd and a button to the other side.