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  1. 5th April 2010, 04:29 PM #1
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    Cool Simple ride-on plane and tractor

    Hi everybody

    Just thought I would post a piccy of some easy to make toys.



    The whole unit is made from pine and when I have entered it in a show I make solid wooden wheels.



    This is a ride-on tractor also made from pine.

    Both have been finished with either several coats of Danish oil and some over the years have been finished with a glossy urethane finish (looks nice) but a little expensive except for immediate family, oh, and their friends, and their neighbours... you know the story.

    Hope you like them.

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    I love the back wheels on the tractor! I am all for the 'simple' ones that I can make in time for the kids to use! How easy does the tractor ride?

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    Cool

    Hi Mick

    The tractor is supposedly an indoor-only sort of toy - though I have seen them ridden on concrete paths.

    It rides smoothly and is quite stable with a toddler neatly attached, hanging on to the steering wheel, feet scooting along the ground

    The body is generally made up of several (6 or 7 pieces) bits pine (19mm) laminated together. To lighten it a tad, I have used meranti sometimes but that is a very soft wood.

    The rear wheels are 2 bits of 19mm pine laminated and are quite easy to make.

    The front wheels are usually also laminated pine unless I have some thick stuff in the 'projects-in-waiting' box.

    Overall, the tractor is speed limited by how fast the parents can keep up with the thing buzzing down the drive way

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