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This is what I have been working on this week. Using lathe and scroll saw. about 7" long tanker. I have made 20 of each so far
. Tanker and cement truck.jpg
You will bring a smile to the face of whoever gets these.
Betty
"Congress needs to realize it is a government of the people, by the people and for the people. Not of the people, by the people and for Congress." - Dr. Benjamin Carson, Pediatric Neurosurgeon, Johns Hopkins Hospital
You do some really nice work. Those trucks are are really nice. I don't hink I have ever seen a cement mixer before.
Are they your own design?
Rolf
RBI G4 26 Hawk, EX 16 with Pegas clamps, Nova 1624 DVR XP
Philosophy "I don't know that I can't, therefore I can"
Proud Member of the Long Island Woodworkers Club
And the Long Island Scrollsaw Association
You do some really nice work. Those trucks are are really nice. I don't hink I have ever seen a cement mixer before.
Are they your own design?
Yes my own design. I use the cab and hood outline to make Tankers and Semis also. I just search for a line drawing of what I want to make and adjust it to make a template. I make anywhere from 20- 120 at a time so I tweak the template a bit after the first few.
Hegner Polymax- 3,Hegner Multimax-3,
"No PHD, just a DD 214"
Jim - you are indeed the master at making these toys!
I am sure you get almost as much pleasure out of making them as do the kids who eventually get to play with them.
They remind me very much of popular 'folk art' toys produced in Michoacan state here in Central Mexican with one major difference . Yours are very much better crafted!
Thanks for sharing your work and giving us great ideas to follow.
Cheers
Jim
Jim in Mexico
Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.
- Albert Einstein
Rolf
RBI G4 26 Hawk, EX 16 with Pegas clamps, Nova 1624 DVR XP
Philosophy "I don't know that I can't, therefore I can"
Proud Member of the Long Island Woodworkers Club
And the Long Island Scrollsaw Association
Installed a metal hinge on the bottom of the lift bed and the rear of the truck frame. I now make them using a 3/16" dowel as a pivot. I need to make a photo of it.
Hegner Polymax- 3,Hegner Multimax-3,
"No PHD, just a DD 214"
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