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What I posted was from my observation, when I wrote the post this is the Trev, Keith and Johnny show, which was my main point, was that every time I looked at the toy forum one or the other were...

Will you be giving/selling it as a toy for a kid to play with? or will it be on display as a model for people to look at and admire?
Phil.

WHATS GOING ON HERE ITS TURNED INTO A MODEL FORUM.
iTS THE TREV, kEITH AND NOW JOHNNIE SHOW

Peter if you cant get good ply, put a piece through the planer so it is a bit thinner and glue them together on a cross grain with each other, you get a strong arm for the bobcat that way.
Phil.

Peter I think I would use ply arms that short cross grain will only give you grief.
When I drill near the end of something I drill first then cut it out no splitting timber that way.
"If...

Jim them rigid hitch scrapers were rough as anything to drive You really needed your seat belt on. Cushion hitch models much better. ...... Nice job you did on it.
Phil

Water and metho based stains. Spray them on
Phil

cattle trucks are here www.enjoymakingwoodentoys.com.au
Phil

G'day Fozzy,
Firstly let me just say I am a fan of your work.
Now thats done I am a ply guy(9.5mm, 3/8in) with the cabin and sleeper cab sides on all my prime movers.
Its just...

my son bought one a few days ago. It is absolute junk!!!!. it has a lot of movement in the fence that cant be adjusted or tightend. the depth gauge is out and the blade came out crooked. Don't watst...

this has been one of the best projects I have looked at.
Phil

Love the look and shape and build quality. BUT looking at them rockers this will be a very low powered four cylinder car.
Get rid of the stoppers and get more slope on the rockers hey presto big...

Hey Peter,
Great tractor, Love the colours and you should see the size of some of the pigs up here.
Phil

Hi, Here is a link to an Aussie site which has plans which have step by step instructions with pictures, full size patterns which you cut out and lay on your timber than trace around. Really easy to...

What crap. You cant internally treat timber.
If it is treated its on the outside that you can see, like the blue paint or the green arsenic treated timber that is on the kopplers logs etc it soaks...

You are doing a great job on this plane.
Phil

Hey Ray that a damm fine horse you have made. Whats next.

Phil

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Sould split the difference. Its 40c here nearly to hot in the workshop. Anything computer controlled goes on stike over 40c some times I think its the brainy one of us but then I just slap it and...

I think hole saws are the way to go for you Stinky. The childs one so a lot of toys over the years for him and his 2/3 sibblings. The startup cost of hole saws is a bit exxy but they will last...

Hey Col who was the fitter on that right front tyre.
Phil
PS Grader looks good. Spent the odd day or a lot on graders

Well I have 70 odd trucks on order already to make by xmas so head down bum up till dec 24
Phil

Hey you guys will buy overseas stuff instead of the good Aussie plans like Wooden Trucks Plans and Patterns for wooden toys Enjoy Making Wooden Toys

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A platoon at the top of the stairs would make it safer for unstable toddlers.
phil.

Hi,

Just to clarify, the backing plate for the belt sander should run along the length of the sand paper, this allows you to apply pressure onto the sander as required and move items of unusual...

because I am lazy I never bother to change the speed on my drill its just on fast like 2nd top speed. I use 3/8in (10mm) to 2 1/4in (56mm) forstner bits a lot, no problems. Just have to plunge a...

you need the backing plate made of steel rod to go through the table and fix underneath it, that way you can sand inside a U shape thats only say 5mm wide and 100mm long(1/4 by 4ins. for you blokes...

I think you misunderstood the kid, but a great plane never the less.
Phil

Hi Kina,

There is a plan for a rotating clothes line available at the following link.

Toy Clothes Line


Phil

I put a post up a couple of years ago about turning my 3 wheel band saw into a sander.
The advantage being it has more thoat space and is higher so you can move your work around the sanding belt...

Oh I forgot to say you can mix the ubeaut straight into your waterbased vanish and paint straight on gives it a richer finish (more that see through gloss look)after a few coats. only mix as much as...

I use U-Beaut dyes on about half my trucks with a water based varnish over the top. The rest I use 2 pack car paint because customers want their truck colours .I sell 10 to 15 trucks a week. $150 to...

I wood reckon woods slash pine or something else.
Phil.

hi pete thought you had dropped off the face of the earth.
US timber would be vastly different from what is grown here because of the weather patterns. their poplar would be a lot denser.
I...

Roger I would be using a lot thicker than 6mm ply. which when you start to add up the costs, ply $50/$80 per sheet get 2 blocks out of one sheet.paint $30each colour per block.
add the cost of the...

Suggestion.
Cut the tyre with hole saws that you have.
Mark the centre of the rim, use a compass mark the outside edge of rim, use your hole saw cut out inside edge of rim, on the bandsaw...

That looks like a good way to maim or kill yourself.
go buy some good quality hole saws.
Yes we do have quick release arbours(dunno how to spell that) in Australia. Suttons seem ok as hole...

great work as allways John.
I have a photo on my phone of a 793 that drove over a 10 mtr bank the other day and the driver was still asleep. truck parked on its nose. When I figure how I will put...

You are obviously confused about where you can get wooden wheels from in Brisbane.
As per my previous posts and links I can sell to you any of my standard wooden wheels or make ones to your...

Hi Peter,
You can come and feel and see my wheels as I live in Brisbane south side
You can see them on my web site and if you want to drop in and have a look give me a call...

Dunno what sort of scrollsaws you guys use but mine is a el cheapo and it cuts perfectly. Also on the bandsaw blades I only use 6 tpi by 1/4 and find they are very good for most jobs.
Phil

find something in the photo to relate to. It might be in the background but it gives you a size to go on.
Phil

I have had that many orders I have been toooo busy to post pics but getting closer to finished now so she who must be obeyed will put up some pics (I hope)

Attached a variety of photos of the...

150 wheels no problem. Cut them with a decent hole saw nearly through one side, flip timber finish last little bit. Put a washer on a scewdriver(so it wont melt the handle) put your wheel on it. ...

love it, but you put the steering wheel on the wrong side

The box full of sand stops any movement.
I noticed in the photo how far away the chisel rest was I would have it really close to the work peice and I would up the speed on the pullies to max for...

If someone came by with that sort of timber on a truck in OZ they would be going to a wood show and selling it for a few grand.
The rod you are building Fozzy looks like it was/is used on a dirt ...

Venetian cord is good for pullalongs and such, but not flexible enough for the acrobat man. Just plain old string's the thing to use for him. I have made the odd one or a hundred of them.
Phil.

Did you write that song " Back in the summer of 63"

G'day Mike,
I had really bad eczema as a kid and not too bad through my teenage years but it might have been the wood or the paint that upset the girl not the bike itself. I would...