Hello! I just bought my very first slot car track. I bought the Carrera digital 132 peak performance set. I just finally finished setting up the track, and when I power on the main board thing, it just starts beeping and none of the lights turn on. I can’t pair the cars or anything it just sits there and constantly beeps at me. I surprisingly can’t find anything about this anywhere but I can’t be the first person to experience this? Anyone else have this issue or know what to do? Id really like to start using this track but I literally cannot do anything at this point :(

Hello Guys,

I hope I am allowed to post this here, but if not, I apologise and please remove.

I have been into slot cars all my life like most of us here and my latest Slot Track Build was Crow Valley Sprint Track, it was track No11 at the SlotRacer proxy race last Monday.

I have a new little project that I am making to sell as a product, that being an affordable Slot Car Tyre Truer. I have all but finished the masters need to make my truer and the parts that will be cast in brass have been posted off to the moulder already. The resin casting will be done by me as part of my normal business.

I am aiming at a retail price of £135 ready to use with a speed controller. Attached is a quick picture of the truer in its very basic 'master' form before it gets surface finished and moulded. There are a few small adjustments I want to make before casting, and one of those is to cut a recess into the sanding bar tray so the bar can be double sided. The main body will be cast resin, the pulleys and axle fork will be cast brass and the sanding bar will be alloy. There will also be an LED PWM speed controller mounted in a housing on top of the truer.

Here is the link to my website where it will be uploaded to when finished ready for sale.
https://www.swiftsixteen.co.uk/target-room

Yours,
Rob.
   

G&S Tire Grinder
A new kind of tire truing machine, suitable for most kinds of 1/32 and 1/24 wheels and axles.

   

First, the name. G is for Gaub, or Greg, whichever you prefer. S is for Samson, as in Dennis Samson. His original design for a rotating sanding drum machine for whole axles (e.g. pressed on wheels) inspired this design to a great extent. It was with his input and feedback, along with others in the community, that this machine was finally realized as shown. I also owe thanks to Giacomo Verlini, aka JamieG from Sweden, for his design for the sanding sleeve drums that I have used for this machine. You can find his Tyre Truer MKIII for slot cars 1/32 and many other great models on his Thingiverse page.

This machine is intended to be a "good enough" machine to get casual racers started with their tire truing needs. It is not intended to replace or compete with precision milled machines for high level competitions. As it's designed to facilitate tire truing on a variety of 1/32 and 1/24 size tires on pressed-on plastic wheels, it's not meant for racers who are using precision metal wheels, though it can also be used for those kinds of wheels/tires. Someone who has no cars with pressed on wheels should probably look elsewhere for a more precise machine, if they don't already have one.

This machine will be provided free to download, print, and build your own. The license is Creative Commons, Attribution, Non-Commercial, Share-Alike. From a practical standpoint, that just means no one else is allowed to market or sell the files, plans, prints, or completed machines without my express permission. Credit to my project must be given any time the machine is shown or shared. Since I'm releasing it as open source, the "Share-Alike" part of the license means that if you design a machine that is derived from this design, you must also share it as open source with the appropriate credit to me. If you are contacted by someone to print the parts as a printing service, you have my permission to do so, but you cannot advertise that you are printing the parts for sale. I reserve the right to market and sell prints and/or machines until I am no longer able to do so. Pricing for prints/kits/machines TBD.

All of the parts are designed to be printed on any FFF (filament) 3d printer with no need for supports. PLA can be used, and is preferred, for the majority of parts due to its rigidity. Parts that are subject to heat, such as the pulleys and sanding drums, should be printed in PETG, or similar high temperature material. The largest piece, the base plate, measures 168x120mm, and so should be able to be printed on most machines, even many of the "mini" printers.


BOM

• 19x - M3x10mm Socket Head Cap Screws
  
• 10x - M3x6mm Socket Head Cap Screws
  
• 2x - M3x6mm countersunk screws
  
• 2x - M3x4mm set screws
  
• 16x - M3 Square Nuts
  
• 1x - 1/4-20 x 4.5" Hex Head Bolt, fully threaded
  
• 2x - 1/4-20 x 2" Hex Head Bolt, fully threaded
  
• 3x - 1/4-20 x 7/32" Hex Nuts
  
• 1x - 1/4-20 Nylon Lock Nut
  
• 1x - 1/4-20 Acorn Hex Nut
  
• 1x - 1/4x3/8x1/2" steel spacer
  
• 1x - RS550 DC motor
  
• 1x - 1x7 20x53x13mm Conical Spring
  
• 4x - R188 bearings
  
• 3x - 1-1/2" ID, 1-11/16" OD, 3/32" Width O-Rings
  
• 2x - 1"x1" spiral band sanding sleeves, 80 grit
  

Printing instructions:

Most parts can be printed in PLA, but there should be at least 4 perimeters (1.6mm thickness) and most parts should have a strong and dense infill, such as 30% Cubic.

The round/pulley parts should be printed in PETG or other high temp material, with a random seam position to reduce a “lump” from an aligned seam.

The small pulley for the motor, and the split pulley for the slot car axle should be printed 100% infill because they need set screws to stay in place and will split easily if not solid.

https://www.printables.com/model/459450-gs-tire-grinder

I have just seen a Ninco Arrows F1 for sale,  they seem difficult to find info on, does anyone have one or know much about them ?  (or any Ninco F1) I thought it may be a better option than the old Scalextric Williams look a like I am using...

I have an old Ninco Opel Calibra with a very tired motor, it has a short can mabuchi type  (i think) and I have a new unused nc-2 motor (long) is there an easy way to make this fit ? I tried turning the motor cradle to see if it would take the long motor but didn`t work,  Or should I wait and fit the Scaleauto motor I have just ordered for another car ?

Well it's now been four years since we threw open the doors of SlotRacer HQ, so whatever you might be drinking tonight, please raise your glasses and join us in a chorus of "Happy Birthday to us!!!".

It's great to have you all here, so thanks for joining us. Long may it continue.

Greetings from Maine!
Age 69, retired, hooked on this hobby since my first Eldon set in 1963. Veteran of a brief HO detour and 5 years of 1/24 racing. Am migrating from Scalextric classic track to new Policar track. Currently have a 2-lane, 100’ analog road course - half Policar, half Scalex.

Hello,

Member of Abergavenny Slot Rally Club and owner of the newly made Crow Valley Sprint Track. 

Hello 

Rob.