It’s been a while since I made a toy, so I decided to make this car out of a few pieces of plywood I had in my shop.
First of all I made a rough sketch of my idea. I then designed my templates in illustrator.
I joined two plywood pieces together with double sided tape and used spray adhesive to glue the template on it.
I cut all the pieces on my bandsaw. For the inner cuts I made entry holes on my drill press and cut them out on my scroll saw.
I used WD40 to remove the templates from the wood.
I gave all the pieces a sanding with a sanding block.
I began glueing the pieces together. I also used a few nails here and there.
I clamped everything until the glue dried.
I then used my block plane, to round over one edge of a scrap spruce piece.
I cross cut it with a handsaw and a miter box.
I then glued two spruce pieces in the back of my truck. Those pieces act both as reinforcements and seats.
I then glued the bumpers in place. I used a hole saw to cut two pieces to act as lights and glued them on the front of the car.
I also used a hole saw to cut the four wheels. I clamped them together using a bolt and two butterfly nuts. I mounted the whole piece on my drill press and used it as a lathe to sand them all flush with a sanding block. I also used this method to created a rounded edge, to all the wheels.
I sanded everything again and filled all the gaps with glue and sanding dust.
I made the holes for the wheels. I glued only two wheels to the edges of two dowels.
I gave all the pieces a coat of white primer. I sanded afterwards and then applied another coat.
I sprayed a few coats of black on the wheels.
I masked the bumpers and the lights with blue tape and applied a few coats of orange spray paint to the truck’s body.
I then glued the rest of wheels. Cut the dowel flush with a flush trim saw and added a few shots of black paint to the exposed wood of the dowels.
I finished the piece with a few coats of clear varnish to protect the paint.
My truck is ready, I hope you liked it!
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