New Projects

[john]

It's been a long time since I was last here but health issues and other things kept me away from the shop.

Like most woodworkers, I collected a large number of scraps and so I decided to use them by making toys vehicles. The attached pictures show my first attempts this time around. As usual, I made some adjustments to the plans I had. First I added headlights and tail lights and on the tractor trailers I added poorly painted windows.

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The plans for the pick-up trucks called for a solid sided truck bed as seen in the middle truck but I decided to be creative and make them a bit different. The first attempt (the brown one) was using popsicle sticks to make a rustic looking truck. It worked out well but is a little flimsy so I used 1/4" BB plywood to do the red one. The other change was to pin the fenders on with three 1/8" dowels to help prevent them from breaking off if the truck was dropped.

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I am now working on a couple of "coupes" similar in design to the pick-ups.

Sorry for the quality of the photos. I took them with my tablet and they looked good but turned out dark when transferred to the PC.

Enjoy Your Shop!

John

[Gene Howe]

Quite creative and cute as the dickins.
Really like the color schemes. Especially the white cab interiors.
Your pics look great on a kindle.

[reible]

I enjoy your projects. Keep on keeping on with them!

Ed

[mbcabinetmaker]

Those are very nice!

[RobertTaylor]

Very nice

[rjent]

Absolutely outstanding!

[Hobbyman2]

Toys are neat!!

[john]

Thanks for the comments!

It's been a long time since I made toys and am now realizing, again, how little tension there is with making these projects in spite of the mistakes I make.

I just finished the two "Coupes" I was making and now have take a couple of pics to post.

Have fun!

John

[charlese]

Reallly happy to see you back in the shop.

Seems it has been a long time for Both of us. I just love your projects and look forward to seeing more. These vehicles are very innovative!

[john]

Thanks Chuck:

Good to be back and to hear from you.

I will probably follow your lead and donate some of my output as Christmas gifts. A local real estate company collects toys every year and if they accept hand made items, they will get them.

Take care.

John