01-12-2019 04:39 PM
by George_SA |
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The next step is to cut the wheels on the bandsaw.
I used my Bandsaw circle cutting jigThe inspiration for this jig came from this YouTube video.
My jig differs from his as I made my jig for making toy truck wheels, but I used his basic idea to design my jig.The SketchUp plan for my jig is available over here
I also added a venire scale to help cutting very precise circles. I used SketchUp to make the printable venire scales
To calibrate the scale I cut a wheel and measured th...
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01-12-2019 02:43 PM
by George_SA |
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I made a few jigs for making the wheels
1st I made the wheel blanks 10×50 x 50mm for this truck. My final wheel size is 44mm diameter. I marked 1 corner for consistency on the drill press.
All the blanks for the wheels plus a few spare
Mark the centre of the blank. I only mark one to set up the drill press.
The set up in the drill press with a stop block against the drill press fence.
I used a 25mm Forstner bit to drill the holes for the centre hub.
Then I drill the axl...
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05-25-2015 08:05 PM
by George_SA |
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Making the wheels was a bit of a head scratcher. Since I have a lathe I thought about turning the wheels on the lathe. I had a problem however, because I don’t have a chuck for the lathe and I wanted to do some face turning on the wheels just to make them a bit more interesting.
I thought about making a homemade chuck and seeked some advise in the Woodturning forum. I again experienced the brotherhood of LJ’s with quite a bit of good advise. In the end I decided to leave the la...
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