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    Dylan Desrosiers
    Jan 15, 2020

    How Pinewood Derby Car Kits are Manufactured

    in General Discussions

    Pinewood Derby Car Kits are made in the USA! Here's a great video showing how the car kits are made: boyslife.org/video-audio/151289/where-pinewood-derby-kits-are-made/



    Step 1: Each car block begins its life as a ponderosa pine. The trees come from a sustainable forest (where cut-down trees are replaced by seedlings) in Idaho.


    Step 2: At Woodgrain Millwork in Fruitland, Idaho, the logs are split into planks. Those planks are fed through a machine that uses lasers to measure the wood and determine where cuts should be made. The goal is to get as many perfect 7-inch blocks as possible from each plank.


    Step 3: The blocks are transported nearly 2,000 miles to South Bend, Indiana, home to Kahoot Products, Inc. Each piece of wood goes into a box alongside four wheels, four axles, instructions and decals.


    Step 4: The Pinewood Derby kit boxes are sealed and placed in large shipping boxes, each containing 48 car kits. These boxes are sent to local Scout shops across the country.

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