nev
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Lesson 1: make sure the table is 90deg to the blade.
Lesson 2: check to make sure your workpiece fits under the arm #-o
Maybe they should be the other way around.
Thought I'd have a go at making a toy car. Lightning Mcqueen seems to the fave at the moment so found a wooden toy on Amazon, saved a pic and drew my own using Inkscape. I already had some pre-made wheels and axle pins so designed the car around the wheel size, in this case 38mm. Not having any decent wood and this being attempt number 1 I resorted to some mdf scraps I had hanging about. I'm currently waiting for the primer to dry so thought I'd share this in case any other newbies fancy a go. I may cut the lightning decals from a thin strip of something and affix to the sides if I can work that finely.
If anyone wants the SVG file of pattern to amend or have a go just pm me your email address.
0.Print pattern, affix to wood (or MDF)
1. The outer pieces. screwed together in the 'scrap' areas and wrapped in clear tape. Cut just the bottom edge and the wheel arches. (I used a bandsaw to roughly cut most of the scrap off). The plan being that all 4 pieces of the car are to be cut at the same time, therefore reducing the need for sanding and shaping later on.
2. The inners. Fixed together as before and axle holes drilled.
3. Separate outers, and sit one on top of an inner to check for wheel fit and arch clearance. Trim if necessary
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4. At this point the plan was to fix all 4 pieces together and drill/ cut window and outer. See lesson 2 above :roll:
So I cut the outer pair and then the inner pair, leaving 'lugs' at the fixing points. Re-tape the two pieces together before cutting off the lugs with fixing screws in.
5. Glue and clamp all together.
6. Sand rough edges and mis-aligned window edges (see lesson 1 above).
7. round over edges.
8. Paint
9. Affix wheels and axles
10. Play.
I'll update with a pic of the finished article once its painted.
Lesson 2: check to make sure your workpiece fits under the arm #-o
Maybe they should be the other way around.
Thought I'd have a go at making a toy car. Lightning Mcqueen seems to the fave at the moment so found a wooden toy on Amazon, saved a pic and drew my own using Inkscape. I already had some pre-made wheels and axle pins so designed the car around the wheel size, in this case 38mm. Not having any decent wood and this being attempt number 1 I resorted to some mdf scraps I had hanging about. I'm currently waiting for the primer to dry so thought I'd share this in case any other newbies fancy a go. I may cut the lightning decals from a thin strip of something and affix to the sides if I can work that finely.
If anyone wants the SVG file of pattern to amend or have a go just pm me your email address.
0.Print pattern, affix to wood (or MDF)
1. The outer pieces. screwed together in the 'scrap' areas and wrapped in clear tape. Cut just the bottom edge and the wheel arches. (I used a bandsaw to roughly cut most of the scrap off). The plan being that all 4 pieces of the car are to be cut at the same time, therefore reducing the need for sanding and shaping later on.
2. The inners. Fixed together as before and axle holes drilled.
3. Separate outers, and sit one on top of an inner to check for wheel fit and arch clearance. Trim if necessary
.
4. At this point the plan was to fix all 4 pieces together and drill/ cut window and outer. See lesson 2 above :roll:
So I cut the outer pair and then the inner pair, leaving 'lugs' at the fixing points. Re-tape the two pieces together before cutting off the lugs with fixing screws in.
5. Glue and clamp all together.
6. Sand rough edges and mis-aligned window edges (see lesson 1 above).
7. round over edges.
8. Paint
9. Affix wheels and axles
10. Play.
I'll update with a pic of the finished article once its painted.
