Thread: A Couple of Monster Trucks for my mate Ian's grandsons.....

Amazing detail caught in there crowie ... once again bringing tremendous amounts of joy to both kids and woodworkers alike....

Lovely job

Very cool!
I like seeing how everybody comes up with different styles of the same thing.

Fantastic stuff Peter the kids are going to go nuts over them!.
You and Handy are working in fine form mate.

Cheers
Trev.

Great looking trucks, the kids should have a hard time destroying them. Surprising how much time goes into these, definitely an advantage in making more than one at a time.
Glad to see Handy is still helping you out.

Alan...

Top work Peter

Well Done Mate

Keith

Thank you ladies and gents...

I forgot a photo of the under side of the monster trucks and the measurements....

Length - 360mm or 14"
Body Width - 100mm or 4"
Overall Body width - 170mmm or 6 3/4"
Wheels - 95mm x 38mm or 3 3/4" x 1 1/2"
Height - 210mm or 8 1/4"

Some nice work there Pete.Very solid looking trucks,should take heaps of punishment from the Kids who are going to love them.

Peter,
How did you make the radiator grilles? They look very similar to some I've made by slicing a piece off of a scrap piece of merbau decking (with the grooves). It certainly saves having to go to any trouble and it looks great. Once again Mate, a truly great job on the trucks.
Superfoot

Originally Posted by Superfoot

Peter,
How did you make the radiator grilles? They look very similar to some I've made by slicing a piece off of a scrap piece of merbau decking (with the grooves). It certainly saves having to go to any trouble and it looks great. Once again Mate, a truly great job on the trucks.
Superfoot

Nailed it sir.... I just run a piece of scrap Merbau decking through the bandsaw at 6-8mm thick...

On the larger trucks I have added a surround to give the decking slice more depth though these are normally 10mm thick....

The hard part is ensuring the bandsaw blade is sharp, well tensioned and the piece your cutting stays hard against the fence....

Have fun, Cheers, Peter

Great job Peter they are built to last and should take some rough handling. Great idea using decking for the grill save having to rout or saw the grooves

The underneath is the showstopper on these toys to me, great details!

What did you use for the head lights?

Originally Posted by htl

The underneath is the showstopper on these toys to me, great details!

What did you use for the head lights?

G'Day Bruce, The headlights are very simple.

I used an old 7/8" dia [22mm] broom stick/handle.

Marked the centre with my centre finder on a clean cut end.

Recessed the end with a 3/4" [18mm] forstner bit while holding the offcut in an engineers vee block on the drill press.

Cut off the piece of the broom stick to length, approximately 3/4" [20mm].

Using a 7/8" [22mm] forstner bit, recess the front of the toy to 5/8" [16mm] then glue the brrom stick piece in place....

Wal-arr "ONE HEADLIGHT" crowie style....

Of course you can use dowel you like, it just so happened I had a broken broom stick/handle in the shed "ubeaut box" ....

Cheers, Peter

PS - The underneath is a bit of a paintaking process, I never seem to get the drive shaft holes drilled at the correct angle so they have to be redone oversize then fixed with clear epoxy....

Peter that's kinda how I make my moveable drive shafts, just drill the hole extra deep then move the drill bit up and down, now with a long dowel it can't fall out but can move up and down.
It can be a pain finding the right length for the dowel.


What are you using to make the wide groove in your tires???

Originally Posted by htl

Peter that's kinda how I make my moveable drive shafts, just drill the hole extra deep then move the drill bit up and down, now with a long dowel it can't fall out but can move up and down.
It can be a pain finding the right length for the dowel.


What are you using to make the wide groove in your tires???

G'day Bruce, I used a "dado blade set" I bought off Amazon....

I first used them in the thread....

While the toymaking has been quiet Monster Trucks have multiplied in my shed....

I've attached the photos from that build...

I hope that helps sir, Cheers, Peter