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10th August 2015, 04:07 PM #1Intermediate Member
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Couple of cars
Hi Everyone
Couple of cars that I made over the last few weekends.
This fist one has Pine for the body, African Sapelle for the sides (The thin bit with windows), Camphor Laural for the Guards and
Tasmanian Blackwood for the door panels.
Mayberry1.jpgMayberry2.jpgMayberry3.jpgMayberry4.jpgMayberry5.jpgMayberry6.jpg
This 2nd one has Camphor Laural for the Body, Tassy Blackwood for the sides and New Guinea Rosewood for the Guards.
Ciccarelli4.jpgCiccarelli3.jpgCiccarelli2.jpgCiccarelli1.jpgCiccarelli5.jpg
Cheers
Rod T
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10th August 2015, 05:39 PM #2
WOW, Rod, they are excellent sir.....and just over the weekend, fast worker and good....
Love the mix of timbers, they look racey just sitting there..
Thanks for all the photos too, they're great..
Cheers, crowie
PS - What is the finish you've used??
PLUS who's the very lucky recipient to be??
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10th August 2015, 07:32 PM #3
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10th August 2015, 07:57 PM #4GOLD MEMBER
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They are beautiful mate.
Well Done
Keith
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11th August 2015, 01:27 AM #5GOLD MEMBER
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They both look great, but the sportscar is very nice.
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11th August 2015, 11:25 AM #6Intermediate Member
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Hi Crowie
Took about 3 weekends these ones. The little racing car took about 3-4 hours all up.
The gluing up takes the longest time, as I was waiting for the glue to dry at various times, I would cut out bits for the next one.
I am trying to figure out how I can batch them. Maybe cut out templates and then use the router, rather than scroll sawing each piece.
I used Howard's Orange Oil on these, seems to work really well.
These ones went to my 9yr old. She wants a School Bus now, so I guess that is next.
Cheers
Rod T
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11th August 2015, 01:21 PM #7Senior Member
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very nice cars
I like the different colored woods.
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11th August 2015, 07:36 PM #8
If doing batches that is the way I would go. When I made the rocking bike and horse even though there may have been only two pieces of the same size to make sure I went the router route, as long as the first one or template is good then it speeds things up as you only need to rough cut on the outside of the line and the rout around.
Also the other up side is that once you have a template it is ready for any other future builds
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12th August 2015, 02:44 AM #9
very beautiful cars
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12th August 2015, 08:41 AM #10Skwair2rownd
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Bewdiful!!!!
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12th August 2015, 12:35 PM #11Intermediate Member
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12th August 2015, 07:07 PM #12
Yes I use double sided tape make sure it is a good one as some will let the pieces twist. For larger pieces where room is not a problem I use the tape and clamps. There is a video of someone routing small pieces which is good and helps keep fingers out of the way when using a router table if I can find it I will post here.
Found it.
This is not the one I had in mind but worth watching
And in PDF
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13th August 2015, 04:29 PM #13Intermediate Member
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Thanks Dalboy
I'll make some templates and see how it goes
Cheers
Rod T
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