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4th August 2017, 12:39 PM #16
Progress Finally!!!
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
20170803_102049 by bjohnson388, on Flickr
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.
20170803_105122 by bjohnson388, on Flickr
Springs glued onto frame. I measured them 3 times hope they are in the right spot.
20170803_105630 by bjohnson388, on Flickr
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
20170803_111057 by bjohnson388, on Flickr
The truck requires 10 wheels but I will be making 14 for some spares.
20170803_111142 by bjohnson388, on Flickr
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
20170803_113123 by bjohnson388, on Flickr
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
20170803_120141 by bjohnson388, on Flickr
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.
20170803_122601 by bjohnson388, on Flickr
20170803_122618 by bjohnson388, on Flickr
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.
20170803_122651 by bjohnson388, on Flickr
Andy's nephew is quite pleased with himself.
20170803_122659 by bjohnson388, on Flickr
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
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7th August 2017, 09:54 AM #17
Nice lathe work Bret, you have mastered it well...
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7th August 2017, 10:49 AM #18GOLD MEMBER
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Bret,
Sorry I missed your post until today.
Your work is first class mate. Doesn't matter what you look like in the shed.
It's you shed and you are achieving top outcomes
Regards
Keith
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8th August 2017, 06:29 AM #19
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13th August 2017, 02:49 AM #20
bj383ss
Hotrod
It should be a straight copy unless your shrinking the plans like I like to do.
The smaller pictures are 1/2 size.
One other thing that comes in handy if you need to make extra like 9 copy's of some thing just go into print and select 9 or what ever #picture to a page they will be smaller but there are times when this has saved my bacon.
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21st August 2020, 06:46 AM #21
3 years later but better than never...
Andy pulled the tow truck out of the drawer and got to work on it again.
1950's Tow Truck by bjohnson388, on Flickr
1950's Tow Truck by bjohnson388, on Flickr
1950's Tow Truck by bjohnson388, on Flickr
He seems pretty happy with himself.
1950's Tow Truck by bjohnson388, on Flickr
Now that all the tires are made time for the wheels.
1950's Tow Truck by bjohnson388, on Flickr
I am planning to paint all the tires Black so I tested one to see how it's going to look.
1950's Tow Truck by bjohnson388, on Flickr
All the rear wheel hubs made.
1950's Tow Truck by bjohnson388, on Flickr
Front hubs are a bit more involved.
1950's Tow Truck by bjohnson388, on Flickr
1950's Tow Truck by bjohnson388, on Flickr
1950's Tow Truck by bjohnson388, on Flickr
Then on to the lathe for final shaping.
1950's Tow Truck by bjohnson388, on Flickr
Center and lug holes drilled and then lugs glued in.
1950's Tow Truck by bjohnson388, on Flickr
Andy is all smiles today!
1950's Tow Truck by bjohnson388, on Flickr
Thanks for stopping in,
Bret
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21st August 2020, 08:08 AM #22
Well done Andy, no use gathering dust when sawdust can be made.
Great to see you back on the woodwork toys Bret.
Cheers Peter
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