Thread: A few semis

Nice work ... Simple but effective lines. Are you gunna put decals on the sides ?

Greg

Good job I see happy kids

G'Day "oneye", Another fleet of good looking trucks ready for sale.....
The design is simple & strong ready for the rough & tumble of many hours of play.
They look like store bought wheels?
I've seen that pattern before; who's plan is it please?
And if you don't mind me asking, what sort of price do you get for them at the craft market, please?
Cheers, crowie

hi ,may i ask where you get you're wheels from

Originally Posted by woodmanoz

hi ,may i ask where you get you're wheels from

G'Day Woodmanoz,
I've bought them in bulk for Texas from Woodworks Ltd, great pricing & fair shipping costs. Wood Craft Products - Wooden Shaker Pegs, Balls, Wood Toy Wheels
They were recommended by one of our USA toymakers and I've had good experiences on 3 orders thus far.
I'm not sure who "oneye" gets his wheels from, but the USA has a heap of wooden toy wheel suppliers.
We only have a few in Australia and they are quite expensive from my investigations.
Cheers, crowie

thanks for the reply crowie, yes,the suppliers here are dearer than USA.i have got quoted prices from $45.00 upwards for postage from the US.is that about right? the 2" inch treaded wheels that i was after are $2.15 each from Timbecon + $11.00 postage

Originally Posted by woodmanoz

thanks for the reply crowie, yes,the suppliers here are dearer than USA.i have got quoted prices from $45.00 upwards for postage from the US.is that about right? the 2" inch treaded wheels that i was after are $2.15 each from Timbecon + $11.00 postage

$2.25 for a packet of 4, from Woodworks and the price goes down from there the more you buy......

The truck look great what kid would not want one

Originally Posted by woodmanoz

hi ,may i ask where you get you're wheels from

Have a go at making them, I did https://www.woodworkforums.com/f174/f...20/index3.html look at page 3

The trucks are finished no decals.
I bought the plans from Wood magazine but i have seen them from other places now.
I normally buy the wheels from caseyswood.com sometimes elsewhere.
It depends who has the best price on 500 at the time.
I sell them at $15.
The plans have a fleet of toys when i finish them all i will post pics of them all.

Thought i had sold out of dump trucks and tankers.
Found one of each.
Here is the rest of the toys with the plan.

Nice trucks. simple but really nice. making the wheels yourself is not really difficult but guess if you are making a heap of toys needing wheels, it would be a full on job.