Thread: Toys & Joys pattern 150 diesel locomotive

Originally Posted by Barry Fuller

Hi. Just wondering if anyone has made this pattern? I am wanting to know how to cut the straight lines and squares on the side of the train? Any help would be appreciated.

Need pictures to know what you need,don't know that plan.

i’m not familiar with that plan, but i make kerf lines for car and truck doors by making a pattern 1/8 inch outside the line and use a router with a1/16 inch bit and a guide bush (the distance from my guide bush to the centre of my bit is 1/8inch)

regards david

someone asked for photos explaining that so i will try to do that .. i have taken the photos this morning using flash so they may not be best quality, also the truck is on a high shelf in my shed so the angle of that photo is a bit odd

four photos to be included show the truck door, the pattern both back and front and the router with guide bush and router bit

i use the pattern on a larger piece of timber BEFORE i cut the door out ... the two guides on the back are on with double sided tape and get moved to the other side to do the opposite door ... i also double side tape the pattern to the timber and hold them on a vacuum clamp to do the routing the pattern is marked so i can align the pattern to where i want on the door blank .. the router bit is a standard carbitool bit bought 40 or so years ago and is 1/16inch diameter

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regards david

G'Day and welcome Barry to the wonderful of toymaking!
Their are a few top blokes here on the forum all to willing to assist and share their "know how".
On the "kerf" question; I've only done a little of it in detailing.
I've used the "mini tablesaw" with it's thin kerf blade but also I've used a small "Vee Profile" carving chisel.
The only trick with the chisel is putting a cut with a "scoring knife" first if you are going across the grain [learnt that one the hard way].
Love to see the photos of your handiwork please sir, Cheers crowie

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wow .. that's a lot more lines than a door frame BUT they are straight ... for that i would use my dremel with a "router base" attachment and just double side tape a straight edge to the blank ... i would have to see the plan in detail but i imagine i would do the lines in an oversize blank BEFORE i cut the piece to size


regards david

I would use a cnc machine

G’day again Barry, Just a thought!
If the lines are all straight or vertical,
you could just rip some colour contrasting timber very thinly.
Then using a good quality CA like “Starbond” to glue it in place.
It’d just as fiddly as kerfing the timber but the raised bead would add a unique detail.
Cheers crowie

If you are talking about the lines as in Crowies picture I made a half track see picture below and I used a router with a small bit from a dollshouse router set by Trend the link shows the individual cutters


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Originally Posted by Peter White

Need pictures to know what you need,don't know that plan.

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It's new new plan

Thanks everyone for all your help with this.