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10th August 2018, 06:26 AM #46GOLD MEMBER
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10th August 2018, 06:28 AM #47GOLD MEMBER
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PS. looking forward to the rest of this build, and that, what cant be mentioned........
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10th August 2018, 08:28 AM #48
Thank you guys. All I can say is Wood chips and sausages don't go together next time I will try making chips with potatoes.
I did forget to say that I also had some miniature bird houses to make which I managed to squeeze in. I am now starting to feel quite done in. The bird houses I will post in the turning section.
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14th September 2018, 03:39 AM #49
Thought I would update here. Unfortunately no progress on the waggon. As some may have seen in the turning section I did do a demo last month but other things still getting in the way. The last few weeks I seem to be busy with converting wood that I keep getting offered.
This involves cutting the tree up into managable sections as well as into slabs of various thicknesses and finally cut into rounds for turning before sealing and storing.
I have nearly caught up but I will be continuing the stool build for my sister before getting back onto the waggon.
The problem is that I have a load of Yew being dropped off tomorrow which also will need converting and storing, my poor storage sheds are now to the point of overflowing.
To give you an idea of the wood that I am working on here are some photos. It still will take me over a week to finish all of it
Walnut before cutting into slabs but after cutting to managable size
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Walnut after slabbing I have started to round these ones
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A slab of lightly spalted beech this is 47" X 17" X 3" so quite heavy
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A few bits of yew I could get into the car still some big pieces to be dropped off. Ruler is 12"
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14th September 2018, 10:09 AM #50GOLD MEMBER
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It is a credit to you Derek that you can turn pieces of timber like this into the masterpieces that we see on the Woodturning Forum
Please keep up your excellent work
Regards
Keith
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14th September 2018, 09:03 PM #51
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9th April 2019, 11:29 PM #52
Well I thought that it is about time I continued with the build on the waggon.
Some photo's of where I left off as you can see still plenty to do, However I may have to stop to make a piece for the club competition but that should only take a few days a month to do so the rest of the time will be working on this
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A quick assembly so that I can see where I need to cut some more half lap joints which will be the next job.
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10th April 2019, 12:06 PM #53
Yes sir, Derek; I’d forgotten all about this project of yours with the over 6 months that have passed. Life does sometimes get in the way of us blokes having fun shed time.
Looking forward to seeing it come alive.
Cheers Peter
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10th April 2019, 03:50 PM #54GOLD MEMBER
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Looking forward to more work on the wagon Derek
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Keith
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11th April 2019, 06:43 AM #55
Well today did not start too well as I can not find where I put the plans luckily I also have a book with the complete plans in it but at a much smaller scale, so not all was lost. looks like tomorrow I will have to enlarge one of the pages to start another piece.
In the mean time I made a start by cutting out lap joints on the swivel assembly top bar as well as the matching ones on the underside of the main waggon bed.
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Glued in place and clamps removed after it had dried
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A quick photo of through mortice and tenon joints to give an idea of what scale I am making joints at
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11th April 2019, 11:23 PM #56
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12th April 2019, 03:19 AM #57
Back on track but still not a great deal doneas it seemed to take ages to mark out and cut the first two mortice and tenons. If these are not at the correct angle it will put all the others out to make things worse the plans are slightly off as the two shafts are identical but when rested on the plans it show the drawing has one longer than the other this is not the only mistake. Double checking everything, however I do appriciate that when these waggons were originally built they made them without plans.
Tenon cut on the shaft cross piece, this is quite a long tenon as it has to pass through the shafts into the shaft braces
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next was to cut the mortice for the tenon I tried to drill three holes in linebut due to the size of the bit it kept trying to wonder off so I went with just two holes and the cut them out using a marking knife as even the smallest chisel I had was too thick to pass through. it was then cleaned up with needle files to the size of the tenon.
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Dry fit of one side
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As can be seen both are now cut ready to mark out the shaft shutter this on the plans showed it protruding out one side more than the other. next job cut the tenon on the end of the shafts and nortices into the shaft shutter.
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12th April 2019, 09:53 AM #58GOLD MEMBER
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A skilled craftsman at work - I love it
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Keith
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13th April 2019, 03:31 AM #59
Thank you Keith.
A slow day today first off i did another check of measurements and found that one of the pieces did not match the thickness of the shafts when I checked with the plans they showed them the same but the cutting list and diagram of the piece in question match what I cut it to.
Have now cut it as can be seen.
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Marked out and then the tenons on the end of the shafts cut as well as drill the holes for the mortices. One tenon looks longer than the other and it is but will be cut to correct length later once it is assembled.
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I also dug out some of the pieces that I had prepared at the very beginning as I am sure I will need them later
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13th April 2019, 02:07 PM #60Intermediate Member
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Have got to ask WHY is this thread in the Toy making section, would have thought that what Dalboy is doing, is far superior to a lot of wooden toy postings in the Model section.
This is no clunky wooden toy here at all, but true model making at it's finest.
He's using true to scale drawings, made by somebody who actually had access to a full sized vehicle.
Maybe the Mods could rectify this and place it where it should be.
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