Thread: The Road Graders

Looks good to me Col. The wheels alone are time consuming and you have to make 2 sets. I don't reckon you are any slower than the rest of us I hope to have my train finished at some point but too many more important things keep stealing my time away from it. Keep the pics coming.


Bret

Thanks for the encouragement Bret I plan to spend more time in the shed now I’m home maybe another month should see the road graders just about finished.
You may have noticed the black handles on the side of the engine I am not all that happy because I have used black plastic covered wire and that does not sit all that well being that the grader is supposed to be made of wood but because of the Boys wooden handles are not ideal they would be broken with in a day and that would be after telling them…….DON’T TOUCH. I still may change them any way
I like to make little jigs to make the build a bit easier.
With the handles I have a small wooden block with a grooves on the top and sides I hold the small pieces of timber in place and glue them I also thought if I routed a channel through a piece of timber and with bottom inside of the channel an inside radius and the outside edge with a small 45 degrees round over then cut of small slices about 1mm thick you would then have a small shaped handle ready to glue up
That’s the theory of it anyway?
I have a siege mill drill too small to mill steel but perfect for routing small pieces of
Wood and very accurate and flexible drill press I should take some pictures of it may be of interest to some forum members. I am always interested in what jigs and tools people use to make there models with.
I look very closely at the pictures people send in to see what tools and jigs I can see in the back ground I’m a bit of a sticky beck I guess.
Col

I know what you mean Col. I too love to see others jigs and tools. Sometimes the workshop in the background is just as interesting as the build. I have studied your shop through the pictures you have posted. Would love to see pics of your mill and how you use it.

I totally understand the modification you made for the boys. Out of the 4 wooden toys I have made for my boys all 4 are in the shop waiting to be repaired. All 4 have broken axles so I guess I need to upgrade them to 3/8" from 1/4"

Bret

G'Day Col,
That was a very quick trip back home from central Queensland.
I thought you said you'd be luckly enough if you made the WWWT Show at the end of the month.
Anyways, well home and welcome back to the toymaking shed.
I'll be watching your graders with interest.
Cheers, crowie

Originally Posted by crowie

.....I thought you said you'd be luckly enough if you made the WWWT Show at the end of the month....

Shhh don't remind him about the Wood show he will have another important distraction to delaying his progress.

Originally Posted by bj383ss

I know what you mean Col. I too love to see others jigs and tools. Sometimes the workshop in the background is just as interesting as the build. I have studied your shop through the pictures you have posted. Would love to see pics of your mill and how you use it.

I totally understand the modification you made for the boys. Out of the 4 wooden toys I have made for my boys all 4 are in the shop waiting to be repaired. All 4 have broken axles so I guess I need to upgrade them to 3/8" from 1/4"

Bret

HI Bret here are a couple of pictures of the mill you can see a router cutter set up in the machine the vice that is there at moment can be offset vertically to an angle, there is another vice that can be rotated to mill/route at any angle horizontally the other picture is on a rotary table that can be set up vertically or horizontally that arrived while I was away have not used it yet might try and make the next lot of wheels with it that would be a learning project and a distraction at the moment from the graders.
Col

Originally Posted by crowie

G'Day Col,
That was a very quick trip back home from central Queensland.
I thought you said you'd be luckly enough if you made the WWWT Show at the end of the month.
Anyways, well home and welcome back to the toymaking shed.
I'll be watching your graders with interest.
Cheers, crowie

Yes Pete once I caught up with Specialist (Robert) at Longreach and TTIT (Vern) at Emerald then to Wallumbilla….Miles I am now pointing South towards Home and the pace increased stayed at Goondiwindi overnight once I hit NSW I could smell the seaweed at Woy Woy and I bolted and here I am back in my paddock there was one other reason other than to meet you at the WWWT Show…. Pat and I missed two little Boys.
Col

PS I hope your watching will not be invain Pete!

G'Day Col,
I wish I know you were dropping in on Robert [specialist]; he did me a favour & I owe him a "Thank You".
Cheers, crowie

PS - Learning something for someone else is never in vain!!!!
PSS - I'll be at the Woodwork Forums stand first thing Friday for a couple of hours.
I need to do that sort of thing while I'm fresh as I would last if later in the day....will explain over a cuppa.

Hmmm metal lathe, mill, wood lathe, bandsaw, etc, etc . . . . . .. . I can see some precision Gidgee parts coming for these graders

Wow Col. 2 bandsaws and 2 lathes very nice. Why is the mortiser covered up

Bret

Originally Posted by bj383ss

Wow Col. 2 bandsaws and 2 lathes very nice. Why is the mortiser covered up

Bret

Hi Brett I live on the water front well fifty meters away and there is a problem with salt air I generally have ever thing covered over but in the second picture I removed the covers to show off my gear seeing you said that you like to have a look at what’s in the shed. I have seen your shed and its very impressive what a great thing the internet is.
Col

PS There is another workshop down stairs as well were I do my metal work.

A workshop downstairs? Now I want to see pictures of that. You leave near the front. I don't reckon I would ever leave your place what with an up and downstairs shop and access to water. Very cool. Don't forget those pictures

Bret

Originally Posted by bj383ss

A workshop downstairs? Now I want to see pictures of that. You leave near the front. I don't reckon I would ever leave your place what with an up and downstairs shop and access to water. Very cool. Don't forget those pictures

Bret

Hi Bret if you go to my colbra albums look in Some Other Machines you can see the other workshop under my house it’s not a big house and the garage is under the living quarters I will PM my location at Woy Woy and you can Google it.
Colbra

Hey Col thanks for the call today. Sorry was busy rushing at the time taking heaps of photos of a project.

Nice Mill and lathe love the rotary dudad.