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Rubber Band Powered "Hot Wheels" type Car Launcher

Step 2Measure and Prepare the Wood Block

Measure and Prepare the Wood Block
Ensure that your wood scrap is slightly taller than the tallest car you want to use (pic #2), and slightly longer that a typical car. Cut down if necessary. (Ours was 1.25 in tall, and about 3.5 inches square.)

Find the center of your block, and using a car as reference (centered on the block), mark just outside of each wheel.
(see pic 3)

After you mark the car's width, remove the car. Use a pencil and straight edge to draw reference lines for cutting. Ours were about an inch in from either side of the block (see pics)
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