Abstract: The axle guide has a generally rectangular base having a thickness, a top surface, and an opposite bottom surface, a first end and an opposite second end, and a right side and an opposite left side. The top surface has a lengthwise spine with less height than the thickness of the base. The first end has a threaded aperture receiving a screw which secures a planar gauge. The gauge has its own thickness, generally that of the desired gap between a wheel hub and the car body. The gauge has a generally slotted shape secured by the screw to the first end. The gauge is preferably H shaped or alternately C shaped. The slot of the gauge receives the shaft of an axle.

Abstract: The axle guide has a generally rectangular base having a thickness, a top surface, and an opposite bottom surface, a first end and an opposite second end, and a right side and an opposite left side. The top surface has a lengthwise spine with less height than the thickness of the base. The first end has a threaded aperture receiving a screw which secures a planar gauge. The gauge has its own thickness, generally that of the desired gap between a wheel hub and the car body. The gauge has a generally slotted shape secured by the screw to the first end. The gauge is preferably H shaped or alternately C shaped. The slot of the gauge receives the shaft of an axle.

Abstract: The axle straightening press has a female jaw and a male jaw each with a rectangular shape, a mating surface, and a transverse half channel. The dowels of the male jaw fit into holes in the female jaw upon a diagonal line on the mating surface. Preferably, the press has two identical jaws, inverted, and closed upon each other. Each jaw has a generally rectangular shape with a mating surface, a dowel, a transverse half channel, and a hole. The half channel is less than one tenth the thickness of said jaw and has flared ends for shaping the head of an axle into a cone. A Cub Scout places an axle in the channel between the jaws and strikes the press with a hammer. Removing the axle from the press, the Cub Scout places a wheel on the axle, and installs the axle upon a model car.

Abstract: Wheels of model cars rotate upon axles and their rims contact a track. The present invention is a palm size hand powered lathe for rounding and truing a wheel upon a spindle. The lathe has a bracket that admits a blade to contact the outer edge of the wheel. The blade advances into the wheel by the turning of a threaded rod contained within a housing. The housing limits the inward and outward movement of the blade. The threaded rod has a handle upon one end and a rounded head upon the other end that engages a slot in the blade. A clip provides a rigid connection of the threaded rod to the bracket. The housing has a shape comfortable in the hand. And the invention provides a child the ability to remove wheel material within thousandths of an inch.

Abstract: The hub conditioning and alignment tool for a wooden car has a cylindrical handle with two opposed faces. A first shaft extends perpendicular to the first face and a second shaft extends perpendicular to the second face. The shafts terminate in tips with depressions. In use, a child squares the hub on the first face and cones the hub on the second face with sandpaper. A child twists the first tip into the axle hole of the wheel for reaming. The steel tool reduces friction between a hub and a car and aligns a wheel with the track to increase the speed of a car.

Abstract: The body tool has a rectangular shape with two projections and a central passage for a Pinewood Derby® car body. The holes in one projection align with the other projection. A child places a car body into the passage so the kerf for an axle aligns with the holes in the projections. Alternately, the body alignment tool has two jaws upon a threaded rod closed by a wing nut that grasp a car body. The child then drills through the holes and the car body to straighten the kerf to accept an axle. The child then removes the car body from the body tool and inserts an axle into the new kerf.

Abstract: The hub conditioning and alignment tool for a wooden car has a cylindrical handle with two opposed faces. A first shaft extends perpendicular to the first face and a second shaft extends perpendicular to the second face. The shafts terminate in tips with depressions. In use, a child squares the hub on the first face and cones the hub on the second face with sandpaper. A child twists the first tip into the axle hole of the wheel for reaming. The steel tool reduces friction between a hub and a car and aligns a wheel with the track to increase the speed of a car.

Abstract: Wheels of model cars rotate upon axles. The axle straightening press has a female jaw and a male jaw each with a rectangular shape, a mating surface, and a transverse half channel. The dowels of the male jaw fit into holes in the female jaw upon a diagonal line on the mating surface. Alternately, the press has two identical jaws, inverted, and closed upon each other. An alternate jaw has a generally rectangular shape with a mating surface, a dowel, a transverse half channel, and a hole. In both embodiments, a child places an axle in the channel between the jaws and strikes the press with a hammer. Removing the axle from the press, the child places a wheel on the axle, and installs the axle upon a model car.