Trying to do my own truck pattern

[Allen levine]

I'm not sure if I can post this so if it's breaking rules I'm not offended if it's deleted

the reason I say this is I was going to make another Steve good monster truck I blew up the wheel pattern 150 percent and decided to just make my own design

not

sure

of it will work but I'll give it a shot

 

i never designed anything except tables or cabinets so this is a stretch for me

good thing if it fails it's not a large amount of wood

im using the wheels I already cut but making my own pattern so this is where I'm  not sure 

the wheels are goods patterns I hade them made

i laid them out on grid paper and when I start cutting parts I'll mark off which lines I need to follow for each part

i plan on making the cab 3 sections approx 4 inches wide with 2 side sections

all accessories like roof rack spare tire fog lights etc will be measured an cut after I get initial body done so I don't waste a lot of time cutting them if I'm  it happy with the results

just finished pattern and made a bunch of copies

I saw a bunch of these suv type beach buggies on the beaches in florida

like broncos or jeeps all hyped up with over sized wheels so that's what I'm going for

[Allen levine]

Ok this one is a mystery to me

my buddies complained I need a shop dog so I made one months ago

 

[Hudson River Rick]

@Allen levine Hey Allen, great answer to your buddies, I bet that got a lot of laughs.  

If I were you, I would take FIFO out and teach him some manners. 

Thanks for sharing.

Rick

[preprius]

dog dust collector?

 

[rafairchild2]

6 hours ago, Allen levine said:

Ok this one is a mystery to me

my buddies complained I need a shop dog so I made one months ago

 

You allow your dog to poop in the shop????!!!!

For Shame.... for Shame!

[daveww1]

nice dog

[Allen levine]

I got this far today

this weekend is gone as I'm picking up the 4 year old little monster and he expects his old crippled grandpa to give him uninterrupted attention morning noon and night 

I made it a four seater with space in between seats I'll put a shift stick in when I do the dash board and ateeeing wheel and some dials

it will get a roof rack some fog lights light guards and whatever else I can make 

nothing is glued or sanded and I tried to hold it together with tape for a pic 

outer panels are sapele 3/8 th inch outside body parts are Spanish cedar 1 and 1/4 and inside body part is poplar 1 inch

used a Flying Dutchman psr 9 blade for body parts and psr 7 for sapele panels 

the 7 blade was a bit aggressive maybe could have went down to a 3 but I'm learning 

have a look 

[Allen levine]

Inside without body panels

[Allen levine]

i was already told the wheel supports grain orientation might make them suseptable to snapping off, but this one is going on a shelf in my office, noone, not even the monster boy coming over tomorrow gets to touch it. so it should be safe when its done

[rjweb]

Allen, looking good, keep us updated, enjoy your weekend, they grow up to fast, RJ

[Roberta Moreton]

That truck is looking pretty good!

[Allen levine]

I can't work on it this weekend got the little one but he can't seem to keep up with his grandpa 

I have to remake the wheels they are too thin for the look I want 

[Hudson River Rick]

@Allen levine  Great progress on the truck Allen, please keep the pictures coming.

Looks like the little guy is storing up some strength for PLAYTIME. 

Rick

[Roberta Moreton]

I am impressed! When I want something bigger, I usually take it to the copy shop. They can make things bigger easy. 

[Allen levine]

So this is where I'm at

its not really a monster truck as my grandson calls any suv with huge tires and raised high off ground

i m trying to remember the beach buggy that was a modified jeep grand Cherokee body that the kid let my grandson go in on the beach in st Augustine florida

i recall some details but it's just a wooden model

i out a stick shift inside im not happy I didn't do something with steering wheel but one more time it's just a wood model

laugh if you want I'm just having a little fun how does the song go? Boys just wanna have fun?

im making new wheels 1 and 1/8 inch thick the ones in pic are 3/4

i will make rear light guards and put the spare 5 th wheel on back as the vehicle I remember had the tire on back

it might block the rear light guards but hey its only a model

i need to do some light sanding to get rid of excess glue most of the glue stuck my fingers together 

I'm stink at pictures so I took a bunch for most angles

the guy in Florida had a double row of fog lights on top as well as a shovel gas can and 2 surfboards on top I'll skip all that

 

[Scrappile]

very COOL!

[Allen levine]

I cut new wheels today

went from 3/4 inch Spanish cedar to almost 1 and 1/4 sapele and it was a difficult cut using a 9 blade

still need a touch of sanding and I need to glue the wheels on

prolly spray with a bit of lacquer to darken it up

water bottle in pic to show size

i might add a surf board rack on top with a board

[Scrappile]

Great job!  The little guy is going to be real excited about it!

[Allen levine]

Finished 

added a surf board rack not glued on so I can remove it made a wooden board but I wanted some color 

as spicoli would say knarley dude 

for my shelf in the future I'll add a jet ski on a trailer 

[Hudson River Rick]

@Allen levine GOOD on YA Allan.  The new tires really bring it up a notch, and how can you go to the beach without a board.  I ask you, WHAT LITTLE GUY WOULDN'T WANT THAT BEAUTY, especially when it was made by GRANDPA.

Thanks for sharing.  RICK 

[Allen levine]

I started a new one yesterday. my woodworking buddies over on another site tell me from experience something like this truck will be too fragile for my grandson to play with. like the first steve good download monster truck, it only took him 15 minutes to snap off one of the smokestacks exhaust pipe. not a big deal, I shouldnt have put them on....and this beach buggy, the axels are 1/4 inch, and the support holding them might be too delicate for rough play. so Im making him his favorite, spidey, Im using all poplar, because the entire truck will be painted red and blue, with black tires. 

I didnt use steve good tire pattern, even though its great, Im just puitting red hubcaps on all the wheels, I used a 2 and 1/8th forstner bit, to cut out inside of wheels, took a chunk of skin off my thumb yesterday when I tried to hold the wheel and the bit just caught it and spun it, ripping off some skin and I bled like a stuck pig.....had to endure 20 minutes of my wife screaming you need a stitch or two.....but I told her when we went to endocrinologist today, if it looks bad, Ill have him elook at it.....it looked like it was healing already, so eh. when Im in shop tomorrow Ill shoot some pics of my progress, painting with spray paint is tedious as each section needs to be painted before glue up....much easier just using wood and no paint.oh, I made the sides that hold the axles 5/8th inch instead of a 1/4 and Im using 5/8 th thick dowel for axle instead of 1/4 ich, I dont think he can break that too easily, although he is a little monster.

Edited May 20 by Allen levine

[Allen levine]

4 sets of wheels later, I finally was ok with the wheels I made for the spidey truck. I clamped it together, sanded it best I could and started painting individual parts. if glue up is off, its off, paint touch up will be near impossible since its spray paint, hes 4, he wont notice, this build is strictly for him, 

I need to make light guards and he wants a spidey web shooting cannon on top, but I want to have it usuable by saturday when my family comes here for dinner.

i have stickers, and Ill try attaching some coating with lacquer to see if they hold in place, Ill experiment on a piece of scrap wood tomorrow, if it works, Ill put them on next week. 

Ill attach some pics tomorrow when Im out there. Ive never painted seperate parts and then tried to glue up straight, will be interesting.

btw, he showeed me what he wanted, it looked like a pregnant volkswagon bug, but he has an old toy and it looks like that....I didnt care...I made the wheels super large because he wanted them really big grandpa, he spread his arms and got excited so I told him ok, big big wheels

Edited May 21 by Allen levine

[rjweb]

Allen, you have to give the customer what he wants, RJ

[Allen levine]

Big wheels the humidity is brutal nothing will dry 

tomorrow I'll cut the light guards/bumpers and the web cannon on top 

hoping I can glue it all up and get it ready for him Saturday 

Edited May 21 by Allen levine