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    Top work Kev. Good thinking with the little jig for splitting the guards as you have certainly got plenty to do.
    What we take for granted you have to keep thinking outside the square to achieve what you want.
    Computers, we take them for granted and think they will never fail, but when they do we usually get caught out badly.
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    Smile Looking good!!!

    There's a whole different way of thinking when your building for kids, it's got to be heavy duty and painting them helps if there are repairs to be made plus you can more easily add names and the like to them.
    Plus kids like bright colors. LOL
    Plus number two, Your out in the shop having fun and it don't get no better than that.

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    G’day (Treecycle) Dallas,

    Sure is great to have me ole girl back up and runnin’, I learned a valuable lesson and will in future make sure I back everything up to me external hard drive. I had me Cabover version all drawn up as well as this I’m currently workin’ on so I will have to re do that one.

    Yes me little scrap blocks of wood came in very handy for splittin’ me guards, trouble is next time it might not work and I’ll have to come up with another idea. My right hand was always my dominate but now with that side of me body being a problem all I do I try and work around with my left hand. God how I wish at times I had been born ambidextrous, but I just gotta accept the fact that being born talented and good looking was all that was on offer at the time so I went for the latter.

    Hooroo Kev.

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    G’day htl,
    Yes mate when it comes to buildin’ kids toys there is a lot that one has to consider such as the age of the child and the sort of treatment a child will give it. I’m currently buildin’ in a small size and while small is not always better it is a size that I can handle and hopefully I’ll be able to make it as solid as possible. As for what age child my end product will be suitable for will end up being an adults decision, but I’m makin’ it as solid as possible.

    Yes some woodworkers like to paint and others don’t, we are all different in that respect. I personally like to paint and while I can see some areas of my build wont be as good as they could be hopefully a little paint will cover up those imperfections.
    So far ever thing is comin’ together pretty good, it’s a slow process and I’d spend a lot of time in me shed but unfortunately its not all productive, but its time that I can do a lot of thinkin’ about what is the best way to handle things. Thanks for ya comments and hopefully you wont get too bored as I plod along and if you got any suggestions please let me know because I’m willin’ to try anythin’.

    Hooroo Kev.

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    Hi Kev
    I notice that you're using pine for the mudguards. Try using some hardwood as it's a lot stronger and stands up to the work better than pine. Great stuff Mate.
    Superfoot

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    G'day Superfoot,
    Yes I have given a harder timber a go with me scroll saw, I tried a piece of my 'Crowie Wood' but it took longer for me to cut and durin' that time I struggled to keep it down flat on the scroll saw table. I over heated the blade and when I made a sudden un-planned movement bingo the darn blade breaks. Its all trial and error at present but I'll eventually be tryin' some harder timbers. My main reason I've started off usin' plantation pine is one that its cheaper, and two when a sudden movement occurs I don't break as many scroll saw blades, bend them a bit but don't always break em'. Gettin' 17 pairs of mudguards out 50 pairs planned isn't a really good achievement I know, but eventually I'll get to try out other timbers and then get some idea as to what will be suitable for me needs. So thanks for the tip mate, I aint given up on harder timbers just yet as I got heaps more stuff ups ahead to deal with.

    Hooroo Kev.

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    G'Day Kev, Just reading through the thread and posted with a big smile on my face...
    Sir, you're an inspiration not letting the health issues get the best of you and just having a go...
    I wish we lived closer as I'd be honoured to assist in what ever way you'd need..
    Keep up the GREAT work working our ways around issues, well done.
    Cheers, Peter

    PS - If one becomes anal about computer data as some of the IT blokes I used to work with, they'd tell me I need two backups of your daily backups; that's a total of 4 copies of the same stuff to be sure you get to keep it.....

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    That's a nifty trick using double sided tape and the blocks to split the guards down the middle.

    Thanks for sharing your progress

    Cheers
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    G’day Crowie how ya goin’?
    I’m doin’ pretty darn good so far but at times the sounds from me shed suggest to the wife other wise. Have many ideas still floatin’ around in me head to try out yet so all is not lost. Yes how far does one go at backin’ up ones computer info, well in my case just one would have been enough to my external hard drive but even that I got too darn lazy at doin’. With new internals now I’m back bashin’ the keys and will try to remember to do at least one backup each week. Its not the end of the world at least I have me prototype to work from even if me design drawin’s are lost. Hey always remember Crowie, it was you and all the others here and about the forums that gave me the courage to try and battle on with my love of workin’ with wood by all that you boys built. Once I decided that I could find a way to use my power tools by still respectin’ them and not fearin’ them, then it was just a case of doin’ what I always wanted to do ‘Turn Good Timber Into Sawdust’ and findin' ways to adjust to me tools.
    Take care and keep turnin’ out those toys that you all do, they are fantastic and I’ll keep pushin’ ahead with my crazy ideas.

    Hooroo Kev.

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    G’day Rod T,
    Worked very good but after a while the sticky got covered in too much fine dust so had to change tape often. I at first thought of using a medium grade sand paper glued to both blocks but gave that idea a miss because if me right hand decided to go walkabout I’d have nothing holdin’ the block in place either side of the guard. For a person with two good hands sandpaper might be the go, wouldn’t need to be changed as sawdust wouldn’t stick to it. After trying to make single guards at a time there was no way on earth could I come close to havin’ two the same, hence the idea of sticky double sided tape and makin’ guards a little over twice the width seemed the best way for me to go.

    Hooroo Kev.

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    I just love ya trucks too!!

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    I thought I had already posted here but readinmg through it again realised that I had not. The trucks are looking good and like you when I make anything for children I will not use any metal fixings.
    I am working on a truck at the moment but not as a toy but for an article I am writing for a woodworking magazine, but it is on hold at the moment and I should be returning to the build soon.
    I hope that by building these that it helps with your health problems as I certainly find woodworking very enjoyable and soothing

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    G'day Dalboy,

    Yes I have always worried about hidden nailing in wooden toys, children always seem to do the unexpected with toys and if there is a way to pin part of a toy with a small wooden dowel I think is the way to go. Yes I realise that its not always possible but that just my opinion.

    Yes puttin’ things on hold happens around here quite a lot, currently my problem is in a bit of a progressive stage, I’m not a happy little vegemite and keeping away from the workshop is hard to take. Yes I do get a good feelin’ when I do achieve something that helps me with my build, I built my prototype some months ago and now what back a few months ago I struggled with is now unfortunately just a little bit harder to do. I aint givin’ up though, I haven’t gotten this far by lettin’ me problems stop me and while this build may take a long time to achieve I’ll have something to show in time. Please don't get the impression that I'm moanin' because I do know there are others out there who struggle more than I do, but I'll get there eventually so keep an eye open Dalboy because I'll get this build completed one day.
    Now I'm off to see what ya all been up to.

    Hooroo Kev.

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    Hell look what the cats dragged in! G'day all hows things goin'?,
    Well I've had several big breaks from me shed but when I've been up to it I've managed to create some more saw dust and added to me waste timber box more fire wood for this winter. I got a piece of timber and have tried to put together some images showing how I created me mudguards. The mudguards I need to be 10mm wide so I make them outa 22mm thick timber so that after they are shaped I can split them on me scroll saw.
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    I have a few measurements that are important to me at this stage, 28mm bein' the trucks wheel size and 4mm for the mudguards thickness. Then it's seat of the pants stuff from then on.
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    Firstly I drill out on me drill press the inner of me mudguards.
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    I cut them into manageable sizes ready to cut out on me scroll saw, by keepin' them reasonably small I find is a good size because I do most of the scroll saw work usin' me left hand. Not the best but it's amazing what a little piece of sand paper can do later on.
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    I try and cut as close to the lines as possible so that there isn't much sanding to do to get the shape of the mudguard I want. So there is that which I lost in me computer crash that should have been in front of me mudguard buildin'. I apologise for not bein' quicker with this build but currently I sorta progressed into another stage of what ails me and I have everyone racin' around tryin' to work out what's goin' on. The good news is that it aint gunna effect me workshop activities so I wont be lookin' at havin' to make another jig up.

    My next plan is to get onto the bonnet and the bottom half of the cabin and that I shouldn't take too long to do because most of the cutin' can be done on me table saw sled usin' clamps for an extra pair of hands. I trust that those of you who had to endure the rain from Cyclone Debbie got through it ok and remained safe and suffered no damage. For some reason we didn't get what was bein' predicted for our area so we dodged a bullet, while a few klms away people got heaps more rain than we did.

    Hooroo Kev.

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    Good to see you getting some shed time Kev and well done on the photos & progress... Cheers, Peter

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