01-12-2019 01:56 PM
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It has been 10 months gone by since the previous blog in this series. What can I say? Sometimes life gets in the way of woodworking.
I didn’t take pictures during the making. Here are a few pictures of the finished bin in which I will highlight some aspects
I used a box joint for strength using my 5 Min Kerfmaker. See my blog Kerf Maker Box Joints #1: Easy Box Joints - How To for details.
The swivel back flap
The hinge block for the bin
Yet again I used dowels to se...
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03-12-2018 06:54 PM
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Here are just a few photos of the assembly so far. This project is going slower than I anticipated – sometimes life just gets in the way of woodworking
A little accident on the belt sander weakening the the front back wheel axle holder. Beefed up the axle holder. Remember this is a toy that must withstand play from a little boy.
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01-11-2018 04:09 PM
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After the radiator was glued to the engine block
Now to round the bonnet corners. I could either sand them round or I could use the round over on the router table. This last option is a bit more risky ito tear out. Despite that I decided to go the router route, but there was a problem. I still need to make one of those fancy router table fences where the gap for the router bit is adjustable. The present fence’s gap is a bit big for the size of the engine.
So I made a temporary fen...
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01-06-2018 06:53 PM
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Now to cut out the center of the radiator to make a hole for the grill.
That necessitated a diversion as I don’t have a scroll saw and the part is too small to use the jigsaw in the normal manner.
First Idea – quick and dirty jigsaw table.
NOPE! NOT A GOOD IDEA! That will result in some shorter fingers!
Next plan. Make a jig saw table similar to some ideas I saw on YouTube.
After I did a test cut, I realized this is also a DANGEROUS machine!!!!!!Fortunately my ji...
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01-04-2018 07:27 PM
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Next up is the engine. I used a darker wood (off cuts lying around, and I’m not sure exactly which type of wood) for the engine block and a lighter wood for the bonnet (I recently learned that in American English this is referred to as the hood )
Next is the radiatorOn my first truck (Old Time Farm Truck #5: Engine Block) I glued some thin strips of wood to the radiator to form the grill and loose strips to form the frame. I found that to be a bit difficult to get the spacing rig...
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