06-21-2018, 12:40 PM
Wanted to post this for a long time and today I was doing some work in the studio and happened to remember these.
I was cutting some holes with a hole saw in the 5/4" popular and looking at the plugs I was thinking these would be made great tires on a little car, so I saved them. A couple of days latter I took the rest of the scrap 5/4 and sketched out some car shapes, cut them on the bandsaw, drilled the holes on the drill press, rounded over the edges on the router table and in a couple of hours I have three little cars. Axles are just dowel stock.
Never really considered myself creative but am really happy with these and wanted to share the idea since I don't have any need to make any more. I rarely play with toy cars anymore. :-)
I made one from some 3/4" stock and I recommend sticking with 5/4 or thicker. They look MUCH better!!
SJH_7623 by Jeff Horton, on Flickr
I was cutting some holes with a hole saw in the 5/4" popular and looking at the plugs I was thinking these would be made great tires on a little car, so I saved them. A couple of days latter I took the rest of the scrap 5/4 and sketched out some car shapes, cut them on the bandsaw, drilled the holes on the drill press, rounded over the edges on the router table and in a couple of hours I have three little cars. Axles are just dowel stock.
Never really considered myself creative but am really happy with these and wanted to share the idea since I don't have any need to make any more. I rarely play with toy cars anymore. :-)
I made one from some 3/4" stock and I recommend sticking with 5/4 or thicker. They look MUCH better!!
SJH_7623 by Jeff Horton, on Flickr
I have found how much a boat is used is inversely related to how much it weighs.
Kudzu Craft Lightweight kayaks
Kudzu Craft Lightweight kayaks