Thread: Log Truck and Lowboy trailer

Welcome to the forums Bret,

No pictures!

G'day Bret and welcometo the nuthutch!!

You have a lucky pair of boys!! That is a great toy!!

G'Day & Welcome Bret,
What a top fleet of trucks.
One can see you've got some miles under your belt;
great workmanship, good details, beaut workshop.
Very good to see that you're making the wooden toys for your boys
who'll get hours of enjoyment out of your enjoyment.
Keep them coming.
Cheers from "On Top Down Under", Crowie

G'day Bret .
Welcome to the forums top job on the trucks .
Your boys should have a lot of fun with those trucks . The one thing with wooden toys they last for along time and your will be able to hand them down to their kids . Keep up the great toy making .

Cheers Graham

I like the work.



What I should be saying I like the fun that you created.

Terrific, your youngsters will get a lot of pleasure from those toys that's for sure., well done.

I like the trucks. But what really opened my eyes was when I had a look at your blog page. I suspect it was yours.

The title Model Area caught my eye because I do so many things my shop area is very disorganized but i am trying to bring in some type of order. I think you are well in control. It appears to me that you are either a professional model maker or have or work in a business that sells models in different mediums.

I like how you have looked at a manufactured commercial model and adapted that as a basis for making the wooden ones. At least that is what I think was happening. That concept has allowed me to think beyond my box as I am l always looking for new subjects both in my carvings and wooden toys.

Perhaps you might find the time to give us a rundown on how or what your thinking is regarding the organization of a shop. The tools you find most useful, the slightly different ones for specific jobs, etc.

Also, one of the problems I have is how to organize all the Little bits of timber I have, Their is plenty of information on the net on how to store larger pieces, but it is the cut offs that still have a usable size, too good for kindling, collectively too expensive to throw a way because they save cutting into a new board before you have to.

Thanks

Pete

Ps. If you do reply please start or put it under the new thread I have just started because a collection of ideas might help us all.

Star,

Thank you for the compliments. I am by no means a professional model maker. I still consider myself an amateur in models and woodworking. I have been interested in all things cars, trucks, and trains my whole life.

The flow of my shop is setup by milling the wood. I really couldnt live without any of my machines. Its possible but it just takes longer to do some things. I think the thickness planer and jointer together allow you to mill your wood square and to the thickness you need.

The bandsaw and drill press would be the next important machines. Alot of the cuts you need to make are just not possible on the tablesaw. I use the drill press to make wheels. Last summer I bought a Ridgid OSS sander and it is a god blessing for curves rough cut on the bandsaw. It saves me a ton of time. It can either be a belt sander or spindle. It has 6 different size spindles. I want to get a scrollsaw and lathe next.

The other part of my shop that i prefer is having all my tools I use most in the drawers of my workbench or directly behind in my tool cabinet. I stay organized by putting everything up at the end of each work section so that I always start fresh the next time.

The two trucks you see in the background are actually scale models of a 1977 Mack Superliner. I have the plans from a book called Blizzards Dazzling Wooden Toys circa 1983. I found it at the used book store. I have almost 120 hours in the two trucks so far.

I hope that answers all of your questions if you have more please feel free to ask.

thanks,
Bret
http://public.fotki.com/bj383ss/

Bret.

thank you for your honest appraisal of what you do and the time you have invested in these trucks.

One of the biggest turnoffs for a beginner is to see a project that says " can be completed in a few hours " which for a gun may be possible but for the rest of us

Pete

Very impressive work ... Realistic.

thank you for posting. Greg

very nice work
the tanker is really interesting

Originally Posted by oneye

very nice work
the tanker is really interesting

G'Day "oneye",
I'm pretty sure it's an adaption of the Norm Marshall pattern from the book "Great Book of Wooden Toys" .....
It's a top book, I have it in hard copy & digital copy!!

I'm sure Bret will confirm the source of the plan for you.....

Cheers, crowie

Oneye the trailer is from the Norm Marshall book. But instead of the octoganal shape. I made mine square and then rounded the edges over with a 1" roundover bit in the router table. Heres a couple of pics.

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Bret

Thanks for more pics. Now i will have to add it to my list of 100 other projects to make!