Thread: Does anyone have this book?

G'Day "srichard",
I have the ebook so will have a read after this morning medical appts.
Cheers, crowie

Srichard,

I think if you just make the depth of the hole a 1/64th or 1/32nd shy of 3/8" it will stick out enough to allow the link to turn.

Bret

Originally Posted by srichard44

I just got the book 'Making Wood Trucks and Construction Vehicles.'

Looking at making the bulldozer thread calls the 1" nail cut down to 3/8" to use for the links. How can they be pushed/hammered so that they are not to tight so the links will move?

How would you do this?

The outside links are only tin.The hole in tin is slightly larger than the nails used
Part 7 (treads)The hole for the cut off nails is the same size as the nail dia.Or very slightly smaller,just enough to have the nail grip in the wood.I would put a bit of Superglue on each nail.You would try all this on scrap before doing it on actual model.Links will move freely as long as you dont hammer nails in tightly

G'Day "srichard",
As both Bret & Aussie have said!
They have given a great explaination of how to fix the nails & plates.
Cheers, crowie

Hi “Srichard” & All
I also have the book and have built the forklift see attached picture; I found the diagram of the forklift a bit hard to follow in some details.
I have not bothered to do any more with book out of frustration; I think the drawings were done by a graphic artist and not a drafts person.
I have found this in some books and other articles on the internet, an example of a drafts persons work would be the model crane in my last post.

Wooden truck crane model plan | Scale model plans
Please keep in mind this is only my opinion
Regards colbra Col

I also thought that the illustrations and details were hard to follow. I was be able to build it but not like the picture on page 30.
I am sending a changes to the Material List and the notes.
I will be posting pics after I get the camera back.

Colbra, what do you think?

srichard44

Hi guys,- If you really want to test out your construction skills at building a realistic, working Mobile Crane, which is set to 1:20 scale for realism, and balance, etc, AND is Genuine Aussie designed, & made, ( the original is sitting on the shelf here in my Port Vincent Lounge ), have a look at my webpage in the members business section,- got two websites now,- one is generalized, the second specializes.
Also I can offer something of value that books cannot,- technical support, and advice when you, ( the toy-maker ), run into a problem, or three.

** Had a look over the Truck-mounted Crane plan you recommended,- Yes it is well thought-out, and drawn by someone who knows what they are doing, and from what I could read,- Also knows a fair bit about woodworking too,- which makes one HUGE difference to how a Wooden Toy / Model-Toy is designed. Believe me there's an enormous difference between someone who simply DRAWS up projects, and the person who Draws up a Project to actually suit timber, & / or Timber-based products. Over the years have borrowed numerous books on toy-making, and bought several of the Blizzard books, and have noticed that the majority of the publications don't really clarify various items, or sections, or quite often the parts list don't match up with the Diagrams, or, ( worse ), the instructions, ( destructions ? ) are very basic, and occasionally leave out the most important section, which leaves the toymaker,'"scratching their head," wondering, " How is this meant to go together," etc.
The Blizzard Books are about the best ones I have found to date for clarity to detail,
( there's probably others too ), only problem with most of Richard Blizzard's toys is they are, " B-I-G " and quite often need to be scaled down a bit and simplified.
Roger

Hi Srichard & All
I’m pleased you come up with the same thoughts on the book as I did when I built the fork lift and seen things weren’t coming together as per plan; I just flew by the seat of my pants and made up bits to fit after all I thought its not a scale model just a toy I cannot remember now what I altered I did not keep a record of what the changes were.
I have printed your changes and comments for further reference if I have another go at it.
I have attached a pic from another book by Richard Blizzard called MORE OF BLIZZARDS WOODEN TOYS I was going to use his fork lift cover and put it on the fork lift that I had made but I never got around to it I am sure it would fit . Hope he doesn’t mind!
I have his three books and he has plans of two fork lifts in great detail as I'm sure Bj383ss (Bret) can vouch for https://www.woodworkforums.com/f201/1...-truck-136676/ anyway its all good fun
colbra
I am sorry about the size of the pic for some reason I had trouble down sizing this picture If you want a copy I can email it may come out better

Yes please send me a copy.
[email protected]
Thanks