nev
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Todays output from the dusty garage, a Vespa 
Started out life from a 2 quid plan from a recent link that I think Naz posted... http://aobiworkshop.com/index.php/2017/ ... -plan-set/ but I adapted it a bit by drilling down through the body to make it steerable, redrawing (Inkscape) most of the plan especially the mudguard parts etc and making the wheel supports one sided a la vespa. So the wheels spin, centre stand pivots and so does the steering (with a little help from another washer tween the mudguard and frame.
Used some of the leftover eBay car wheels sliced vertically to thin them out and packed out with a few washers to take the wobble out of the wheels, also glued a washer to the 3mm sections of axle mountings to stop them from snapping when inserting and removing the axles.
Learned that oak is probably not the best material for very thin sections, but its what I had.
Seat, engine cover, exhaust and lamp in walnut. Steering column, stand pivot etc from cocktail sticks.
All stuck together with pound shop superglue in a bottle and finished with Chestnut acrylic lacquer aerosol, though I may try and dull it down a touch later as its a bit too shiny and shows up too much of my laziness in prepping
Started out life from a 2 quid plan from a recent link that I think Naz posted... http://aobiworkshop.com/index.php/2017/ ... -plan-set/ but I adapted it a bit by drilling down through the body to make it steerable, redrawing (Inkscape) most of the plan especially the mudguard parts etc and making the wheel supports one sided a la vespa. So the wheels spin, centre stand pivots and so does the steering (with a little help from another washer tween the mudguard and frame.
Used some of the leftover eBay car wheels sliced vertically to thin them out and packed out with a few washers to take the wobble out of the wheels, also glued a washer to the 3mm sections of axle mountings to stop them from snapping when inserting and removing the axles.
Learned that oak is probably not the best material for very thin sections, but its what I had.
Seat, engine cover, exhaust and lamp in walnut. Steering column, stand pivot etc from cocktail sticks.
All stuck together with pound shop superglue in a bottle and finished with Chestnut acrylic lacquer aerosol, though I may try and dull it down a touch later as its a bit too shiny and shows up too much of my laziness in prepping
