Thread: Model "T" Ford Ute - Norm Marshall Style

Another great toy made there Crowie. Thanks for showing us.

I need to get on and finish my Model T Tank Truck.

cheers.
Ray

Originally Posted by yosam

Another great toy made there Crowie. Thanks for showing us.

I need to get on and finish my Model T Tank Truck.

cheers.
Ray

Thanks Ray,
You best be quick or I'll get mine up first.
I have a tanker 2/3's finished....lol.
Looking forward to seeing your tanker photos.
Cheers, crowie

Another outstanding toy from Crowie. Great modification you made Crowie, and you choice of timber is spot on.


Bret

Hi crowie ,

Excellent job on your model T ford and great colour on the timber .
Keep up the great toy making .

Cheers Graham

HI Pete
Top job on the Ute great finish looks great.
I must ask is there a particular reason you were asked to use recycled telegraph poles it must have been like cutting steel was it a pressure treated
Would you like me to bring some more wheels down when I come down to the working with wood show at the end of the month I will do a run in the next week
Also did you know that Robert has not been well if you go to the safety part of the forum you can read what he has to say.
Col

PS Pete was it a cross arm rather than a pole my be !

Originally Posted by colbra

HI Pete
Top job on the Ute great finish looks great.
I must ask is there a particular reason you were asked to use recycled telegraph poles it must have been like cutting steel was it a pressure treated
Would you like me to bring some more wheels down when I come down to the working with wood show at the end of the month I will do a run in the next week
Also did you know that Robert has not been well if you go to the safety part of the forum you can read what he has to say.
Col

PS Pete was it a cross arm rather than a pole my be !

G'Day Col,
I'm sadden to hear Robert is unwell; I'll check out the safety part later.
The bloke the ute is for, I think, recycles the old telegrath poles [electricity power poles]; both the old old ones and the treated ones.
I believe they sell the resawn timber for flooring, decks, etc.
While I'd very much appreciate some of your wheels again, I'd be pushing the friendship & generiousity too far PLUS I bit the bullet & bought a wheel profile cutter for myself [found cypress pine flooring makes good wheels].
I can't do the tyre tread like you do as I don't have a lathe; might try to hold the wheel in the drill press on a mandle & runs a blade on it as it rotates??
You are also very right about the hardness of the timber as I mentioned it took the edge off my thicknesser blades.
See you in a fortnight, my shout for the coffee.
Cheers, crowie

That’s ok Pete great to hear you have a profile cutter for the wheels will take you up on the coffee.
My main concern is that the pressure treated poles could have been treated with a carcinogenic substance especially the older ones and these may be the ones he is using their use to be a health warning regarding these poles and Telecom as it was called in those day stopped using them might be best to find out a bit more before you mill any more.
Maybe more to the point if they are decking or flooring and there are small children crawling around on them the potential outcome could be very serious if this company is in business work cover should know about these things, in saying all this I could be altogether wrong about the type of poles they are using but I feel it is really worth me explaining the potential of things, should the wore case scenario be a fact.

Treated Timber - What is CCA?
Col