Thread: Tough Enough Articulated Front End Loader

Originally Posted by crowie

BUT, Firstly a HUGE THANK YOU to Kryn [aka KBs PensNmore] of Murray Bridge for making me a near prefect set of wheels for the loader in Red Gum on his CNC machine.....They look amazing!! Cheers, Peter

Thanks everyone for the comments/compliments on the wheels.
Peter, it's my pleasure to be able to put something towards a fantastic looking machine.
A comment to set the record straight, the wheels are hand made on a modified Pen Wizard, then shaped and finished on a wood lathe. In a PM to Peter, I did state that I would like to do them on a CNC machine, but it would take a lot of wheels to pay for one.
Thanks
Kryn

Originally Posted by KBs PensNmore

Thanks everyone for the comments/compliments on the wheels.
Peter, it's my pleasure to be able to put something towards a fantastic looking machine.
A comment to set the record straight, the wheels are hand made on a modified Pen Wizard, then shaped and finished on a wood lathe. In a PM to Peter, I did state that I would like to do them on a CNC machine, but it would take a lot of wheels to pay for one.
Thanks
Kryn

My apologies Kryn for misunderstanding and then misleading folk.....BUT all in all I'm just thankful for your kindness and wanted to acknowledge that....Cheers, Peter

Originally Posted by Uncle Al

Geez that came up well Peter. The clear lacquer tends to make the toy look more hand made than a really good paint job which could look too much like a factory produced item. Kryn's wheels look terrific, really look like the real deal.
It would be interesting to work out how many hours you spent on this, then apply your hourly charge. I normally ask for $100 an hour, which would be getting towards the actual cost of a real front end loader.
Note that asking for and getting that hourly rate are two totally different things, but as they say, no harm in asking!

I'm sure the grandkids are going to have loads of fun with your masterpiece.

Alan...

How about 40hrs plus .....

Sounds good but highly unlikely ......

Thank you gents & ladies for all the kind words.....appreciated!!!!



PS - The pallet my neighbour got me for the pallet toy Christmas challenge took 1.5hrs to strip, all the nails were turned down on the back side of the boards , stiil that project has started...

No problems Peter, just didn't want people thinking that I'd found a money tree and bought a 4 axis CNC machine.
I'm good at making people misunderstand me, just SWMBO.

Hi Peter ,I just caught up with model.Sorry
I love it where did you get the time to do this?
Keep it up , you will be making full sized ones shortly
Aussie

Originally Posted by AUSSIE

Hi Peter ,I just caught up with model.Sorry
I love it where did you get the time to do this?
Keep it up , you will be making full sized ones shortly
Aussie

Thank you Ross,
I have always very much appreciate your encouragement and praise from someone with your talent and skills..

Again THANK YOU, Cheers, Peter