| Blog series by Dutchy | updated 09-19-2015 07:46 PM | 6 parts | 214090 reads | 72 comments total |
Part 1: Take-off
I started making wheels for my two cranes and aslo this new blog. Could have published it in the crane blog but preferred a new blog because you can use this wheels for many other toys. There is a special wheel making video you can buy from Toys and Joys but I didn,t bought it and do it my own way. I hope this blog will help some others to make special toy wheels. Perhaps the video way is a better one but this blog is for free ;) When I can improve my method please let me know, I am al...
Part 2: Jig
For the wheel grooves I needed a jig. Used my tractor wheel jig and made a little expansion. The pieces A,B and C are from the tractor wheel jig. Part D is new. On the pictures below you can see how it works. Thanks for watching
Part 3: Continuation
In this blog you can see how I made a cove profile on my small router table. Also made the grooves in the wheels on my table saw. Below you can see how I did it: Making grooves: Thanks for watching.
Part 4: Tire
The wheels were split and again glued together. I love woodworking. First destroy and then reassemble. Below the process Thanks for watching
Part 5: Rims part 1
Today I started making the rims. See pictures below, Next time more. Thanks for watching.
Part 6: Rims part 2
Below pictures of making the “circle” parts for the rims. Also pictures from how the nuts are made. Thanks for watching
