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Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 2:23 pm
by Gene Howe
Tom, They'll be there for 4, maybe 5 years. We're planning on visiting in 2 years.
Tim, The shovel is a feed scoop from the feed store. I just cut the handle off.
The plans from Cherry Tree Toys provided a cut pattern for a metal one.
Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 4:46 pm
by john
Great Job!
As others have mentioned, it will be treasured for years to come. If they weren't moving, your next job would be a bigger sand box.
John
Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 10:29 am
by rolands
Very nice. They have one down at the park here and there are always kids using it. Lots of hours of fun.
Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 7:33 pm
by guitarnut
Gene Howe wrote:Made this for the grand kids.
Gene, this is very cool! Making it for your grandkids makes it even more special. Better check the height of that backrest though, may not be OSHA spec.
Peace,
Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 9:19 pm
by Gene Howe
guitarnut wrote:Gene, this is very cool! Making it for your grandkids makes it even more special. Better check the height of that backrest though, may not be OSHA spec.
Peace,
I thought of that, too. Them design guys always colluding with marketing and never give a thought to the hassles they cause us guys that build.
Thank you Mr. Howe,
Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 11:49 pm
by Nicholas
After seeing the back hoe picture you posted last month I decided to try and built one as a Christmas present for our first grandson. He will be a year old September 24th so I figured I have a few extra months. Like most projects I've built over the years, someone seems to come along and would also like one also so I decided to just go ahead and built four at the same time. One for the first grandson as I earlier stated and one for my own son by a previous marriage who isn't even married yet. I'm using walnut, hard maple, red oak, purple heart and yellow pine. I modified the wheels to be 1 1/2" wide by 3" in diameter. Thru Cherry Tree Toys I purchased the plans and one full kit so for the other three, I just put my own kits together (and so much cheaper I must say). Everything is done so far on all four sets up to building the booms and operating handles which will be probably next week. Again, thank you for the inspiration. One think I need to mention...guess I didn't realize how labor intensive this was going to be building four complete units...
