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Old Power Tool Mods: My Sander Can Whup Your Grinder

popsci.com — In cities everywhere, old power tools are getting a new life: drag racing each other down 60-foot tracks. The rules are simple: Build something that gets its drive from a handheld power tool (loosely defined). Each race pits two rigs against each other on wooden tracks, 60 feet long and one foot wide. The winner is the first to reach the end.

Who dugg this? Made popular Dec 13, 2006

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  • RichStevenson, on 10/12/2007, -1/+18The first 3 words in the article explain it. ;-)
  • IHaveIssues, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13Am I allowed to read this if I'm not a redneck?
  • burke, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12Sure, you just don't get to scream "Yeehaw!" at the end.
  • crawfishsoul, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10RoboWars for handymen. Give it a month, ESPN2 will be covering the nationals.
  • Habemus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Can't let this thread go without a link to the Benny Benassi power tools video:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ub98Zg1wozo
  • MrMysterious, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4What a piece of ***** ramp in the video!

    Oh, and this looks totally awesome! What a great way to recycle (errr destory) some old power tools!
  • sfslim, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2PTDR at Ace Auto Wrecker's International Speedway FTW!

    http://www.powertooldragraces.com/

    The first, the best, the ONLY Power Tool racing event worth risking your meager lives spectating. Dr. Hal Robbins! Chicken John! Jim Mason! Cheerleaders! Chaos!

    Photos:

    http://laughingsquid.com/pix/2003_05/power_tool_drag_races/
    http://laughingsquid.com/pix/2004_06/ptdr/
    http://mindfart.com/pic/ptdr2004/
  • profOblivion, on 10/12/2007, -9/+11Am I the only one who thought it looked like a vibrator at first glance?

    ...shh, my mind is quite happy in the gutter, thank you.
  • meerdog, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I took part in the NEBSRA 2006 competition. It was great fun, lots of clever contraptions and plenty of tasty beer. Here is a link to the a Hello Kitty themed beltsander - Hello Gritty, my friends and I created, with some photos & videos of the other racers: http://www.nathanielmarsh.com/hellogritty/
  • Dedarded, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I never knew that the Volkswagen crowd was big on power tool mods.
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -7/+6Looks like this grinder needs more power! grunt grunt grunt

    Sincerely

    -Tim "The Toolman" Taylor
  • mynameistim, on 10/12/2007, -3/+22 circular saws + an old skateboard + 2 very long extension cords + 5W33T engineering skills = hours of fun.
  • ozstrike, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Does anybody know the music from that video?

    Looks like fun, but most of them didn't go very far. Might have a go at this myself.
  • thesimo, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1this is the stupidest arty crap ive seen posted in years
  • sendakseuss, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1The guys in the video don't look like rednecks. They look like a bunch of Emo, Death Cab for Cutey wannabes. At least they aren't using the power tools to cut themselves.o
  • TheNico, on 10/12/2007, -6/+0This has been going on for years... my old shop teacher was telling us about this stuff 15 years ago...

    *yawn*
  • schroduggity, on 10/12/2007, -10/+3because you are a tool.
  • egotripping, on 10/12/2007, -15/+2Why does that skull have a big black pole lodged in his mouth?

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