Project by gepatino | posted 03-11-2016 07:25 PM | 19802 views | 14 times favorited | 18 comments | ![]() |
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I wanted to make one of these for a while, and the kids grow fast, so I decided to finally spent some time on it.
It’s made of half inch plywood, construction grade, nothing too nice, but it works, and it was cheap.
The model is a mix of different ones I’ve found on the net. The only tricky part was how to attach the front fork to the body, I decided to sandwich a wedge of wood between the two parts of the body, and then drill a hole where the piece of threaded rod goes. It’s working fine and seems to resist the abuse of Felipe (3).
I couldn’t apply any finish yet, as soon as I’ve put the wheels to test if everything fits, Felipe said “my bike!!” and I couldn’t disasemlbe it again to paint it.
Maybe we let him pait it as he wants, it’s his bike anyway.
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Ivan
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#1 posted 03-11-2016 08:06 PM
What could be more fun for such litle kid?
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#2 posted 03-11-2016 08:21 PM
Wow wow! Excelent. Like a lot. Are really very bussy!! Thank for share.
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#3 posted 03-11-2016 10:56 PM
Certainly looks like Felipe approves !
Nice job !
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ByronH
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#4 posted 03-11-2016 11:06 PM
My son loved his when he was three – I bought one, but he was so short I had to make a custom lowered seat so he could ride it. And they work – kids with balance bikes seem to get onto regular bikes a lot faster.
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Pointer
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#5 posted 03-11-2016 11:38 PM
What a great thing to do for your young one. Letting him paint it himself is a wonderful idea. Might consider one of these if my sons ever get off their duffs and give us some grandkids.
-- Joe - I am not entirely worthless, I can always serve as a bad example.
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#6 posted 03-11-2016 11:47 PM
I made one for my daughter since I couldn’t find one small enough. I used an old hinge for the pivot, just popped out the pin and used a long threaded rod. I had a hard time sourcing wheels, eventually got some used ones from a bike shop.
She went straight from a balance bike to a pedal bike, no training wheels since they already learn balance from the wood bike. Wish they had these when I was 2
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TopamaxSurvivor
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#7 posted 03-12-2016 12:40 AM
Looks like fun for a happy boy!
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Ropelie
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#8 posted 03-12-2016 01:13 AM
Very nice, are there any plans out there?
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#9 posted 03-12-2016 03:37 AM
I like it. Good to see kids on bikes.
woodshaver Tony C
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#10 posted 03-12-2016 03:46 AM
Great looking bike! Felipe looks really happy!
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#11 posted 03-12-2016 04:21 AM
Excellent, something the little one will remember in years to come.
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#12 posted 03-12-2016 05:01 AM
What a great build. I’m sure it will be used for some time. Congrats on top 3
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gepatino
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#13 posted 03-12-2016 05:07 AM
Thanks all for the nice comments!
Ropelie: I don’t have plans, but some free hand sketches and a couple of templates in cardboard. I transfered the templates to the plywood sheet and that’s it. I’ll try to make some plans when I have some time (though I’m no expert on CAD… maybe just a freehand drawing)
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gepatino
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#14 posted 03-12-2016 05:14 AM
wow… I never expected to get a top 3, I thought that was for real woodworkers.
Thanks again to all of you for the comments and inspiration, I may not comment on every project but silently steal (ehem… borrow) ideas from here and there ;)
Cheers
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#15 posted 03-12-2016 02:38 PM
Nice work and it looks like it would be a fun project.
helluvawreck aka Charles
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