Thread: T&J 1950's Tow Truck

Thank You guys for the support.

Derek you are correct. Problem is I am trying to use up a bunch of small offcuts.

Peter thank you. Nick had a great birthday. Many screaming boys having fun for about 4 hours = His Mom and I had headaches! HA

HTL that is a great idea. I will have to mess around with my scanner and find out the correct percentage to scan them and print them out.



Sorry for the delay toy and scale makers. I had a small minor health issue of some discomfort coupled with the triple digit heat kept me out of the shop and not motivated.

I made headway today.

Gluing up the front axle and spring assembly

20170803_101659 by bjohnson388, on Flickr

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Next up was cutting a rebate at the front end of the frame. Cut it on the tablesaw.

20170803_104936 by bjohnson388, on Flickr

Cleaned it up with a file.

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Springs glued onto frame. I measured them 3 times hope they are in the right spot.

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I picked out two Walnut boards to make the wheels out of, but I plan on painting them black so I instead pulled to 100 yr pine boards that I just acquired from my stash.

They needed to be milled to 11/16" thick.

20170803_110418 by bjohnson388, on Flickr

My new super sled I made for the tablesaw made short work of cutting 2 3/4" square wheel blanks. I absolutely love the flip up stop.

20170803_111046 by bjohnson388, on Flickr

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The truck requires 10 wheels but I will be making 14 for some spares.

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Center marked out and used the compass to mark the rough shape so I could chop the corners off on the bandsaw for less work on the lathe.

20170803_111916 by bjohnson388, on Flickr

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Ready for the lathe.

20170803_114443 by bjohnson388, on Flickr

Turned to size on the lathe and treads cut.

20170803_120146 by bjohnson388, on Flickr

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Boring out the center with a 1 1/4" forstner for the wheel hub.

20170803_122045 by bjohnson388, on Flickr

Rough shape. Still needs some details.

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The grain of the Pine kinda takes away the tread detail but it should show up better once they are painted.

20170803_122612 by bjohnson388, on Flickr

Derek one of my stubbies.

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Andy's nephew is quite pleased with himself.

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Quick mockup for the front. Still need to turn 6 more wheels. I was just too hot in the shop to continue.

20170803_155115 by bjohnson388, on Flickr

That's it for today. Sorry the update took so long.

Bret