I have a 4" but will upgrade to a 6" next time. If you can find a 6" in your price range that's what I would get. There are a lot of good brands out there. I haven't heard of bad ones yet.
Hey Paul, it looks great. Maybe you could cut a 3/4" walnut slab sized to create an inch border around the fretwork. Maybe even put a 1/2" bevel on it. That may give it a nice frame, just not the traditional frame.
Len, it's plenty tough enough for the kids to play with.
Ron, thanks for the nice words. I think your cars are better but I'll keep trying to make mine better.
This one is from the full sized pattern. I got the wheels in yesterday so I stained them last night. It's walnut and ash. This was cut on the bandsaw and sanded on the spindle sander and by hand. It measures 5" x 7" and is 3-3/4" wide.
Wow, what a beauty! Like Paul said, fit and finish are great. That must have been a bear to cut. I agree, cut thinner and stack them next time. You could even slide a thin piece of walnut between the two halves for accent.
If you group all the objects you can constrain the size and resize proportionally to fit the page. Another way is to save the image as a PDF and open it with a PDF viewer. When you go to print an option you can select is to size to fit page. Hope this helps.
This isn't scrolling but it is useful. I've seen other methods but this is so simple I had to try it. IT WORKS!! I'm making a fire truck and needed a walnut dowel for the ladder. I made the jig and dowels in about 15 minutes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNp6Gen-PVU#Intent;scheme=http;package=com.google.android.youtube;S.browser_fallback_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DCNp6Gen-PVU;S.android.intent.extra.REFERRER_NAME=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com;end