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#1 ·
Wheels

I could have bought the wheels for my new T and J project, but decided to make my own. I prefer wheels from oak (a bought wheel is from beech) because ebonizing and I also I prefer a rim that is separate from the tire. Her you can see how I did it:

First wood selected and signed wheels:
Wood Gas Wire Circle Electrical supply

Bandsaw work:
Wood Tints and shades Cylinder Circle Temperature

Drilling a hole 35 mm, 11 mm deep:
Wood Cuisine Dish Ingredient Circle


Turning the wheels a little oversized:
Natural material Wood Tints and shades Plant Tree

Made a hole 8mm for the axle pegs:
Wood Natural material Tree Art Circle


Putting about 10 wheels on a rod for final diameter turning;
Wood Gas Cylinder Machine Engineering

Than made with an angle grinder out of HSS steel a wheel profile maker. I have the benefit of a crossing table on my lathe. As you can see below the HSS blanc is mounted in the lathe:
Light Wood Material property Gas Auto part


After profiling and sanding 10 fixed wheels:
Automotive tire Tire Cloud Wood Sky
 

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#2 ·
Wheels

I could have bought the wheels for my new T and J project, but decided to make my own. I prefer wheels from oak (a bought wheel is from beech) because ebonizing and I also I prefer a rim that is separate from the tire. Her you can see how I did it:

First wood selected and signed wheels:
Wood Gas Wire Circle Electrical supply

Bandsaw work:
Wood Tints and shades Cylinder Circle Temperature

Drilling a hole 35 mm, 11 mm deep:
Wood Cuisine Dish Ingredient Circle


Turning the wheels a little oversized:
Natural material Wood Tints and shades Plant Tree

Made a hole 8mm for the axle pegs:
Wood Natural material Tree Art Circle


Putting about 10 wheels on a rod for final diameter turning;
Wood Gas Cylinder Machine Engineering

Than made with an angle grinder out of HSS steel a wheel profile maker. I have the benefit of a crossing table on my lathe. As you can see below the HSS blanc is mounted in the lathe:
Light Wood Material property Gas Auto part


After profiling and sanding 10 fixed wheels:
Automotive tire Tire Cloud Wood Sky
Very interesting Jan. Your tire making jigs are brilliant. Can't wait to see your next blog in this series.
 

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#3 ·
Wheels

I could have bought the wheels for my new T and J project, but decided to make my own. I prefer wheels from oak (a bought wheel is from beech) because ebonizing and I also I prefer a rim that is separate from the tire. Her you can see how I did it:

First wood selected and signed wheels:
Wood Gas Wire Circle Electrical supply

Bandsaw work:
Wood Tints and shades Cylinder Circle Temperature

Drilling a hole 35 mm, 11 mm deep:
Wood Cuisine Dish Ingredient Circle


Turning the wheels a little oversized:
Natural material Wood Tints and shades Plant Tree

Made a hole 8mm for the axle pegs:
Wood Natural material Tree Art Circle


Putting about 10 wheels on a rod for final diameter turning;
Wood Gas Cylinder Machine Engineering

Than made with an angle grinder out of HSS steel a wheel profile maker. I have the benefit of a crossing table on my lathe. As you can see below the HSS blanc is mounted in the lathe:
Light Wood Material property Gas Auto part


After profiling and sanding 10 fixed wheels:
Automotive tire Tire Cloud Wood Sky
Thank you Mike.
 

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#4 ·
Wheels

I could have bought the wheels for my new T and J project, but decided to make my own. I prefer wheels from oak (a bought wheel is from beech) because ebonizing and I also I prefer a rim that is separate from the tire. Her you can see how I did it:

First wood selected and signed wheels:
Wood Gas Wire Circle Electrical supply

Bandsaw work:
Wood Tints and shades Cylinder Circle Temperature

Drilling a hole 35 mm, 11 mm deep:
Wood Cuisine Dish Ingredient Circle


Turning the wheels a little oversized:
Natural material Wood Tints and shades Plant Tree

Made a hole 8mm for the axle pegs:
Wood Natural material Tree Art Circle


Putting about 10 wheels on a rod for final diameter turning;
Wood Gas Cylinder Machine Engineering

Than made with an angle grinder out of HSS steel a wheel profile maker. I have the benefit of a crossing table on my lathe. As you can see below the HSS blanc is mounted in the lathe:
Light Wood Material property Gas Auto part


After profiling and sanding 10 fixed wheels:
Automotive tire Tire Cloud Wood Sky
I like the way you are attacking this. Well done.
 

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#5 ·
Wheels

I could have bought the wheels for my new T and J project, but decided to make my own. I prefer wheels from oak (a bought wheel is from beech) because ebonizing and I also I prefer a rim that is separate from the tire. Her you can see how I did it:

First wood selected and signed wheels:
Wood Gas Wire Circle Electrical supply

Bandsaw work:
Wood Tints and shades Cylinder Circle Temperature

Drilling a hole 35 mm, 11 mm deep:
Wood Cuisine Dish Ingredient Circle


Turning the wheels a little oversized:
Natural material Wood Tints and shades Plant Tree

Made a hole 8mm for the axle pegs:
Wood Natural material Tree Art Circle


Putting about 10 wheels on a rod for final diameter turning;
Wood Gas Cylinder Machine Engineering

Than made with an angle grinder out of HSS steel a wheel profile maker. I have the benefit of a crossing table on my lathe. As you can see below the HSS blanc is mounted in the lathe:
Light Wood Material property Gas Auto part


After profiling and sanding 10 fixed wheels:
Automotive tire Tire Cloud Wood Sky
Thank you Brian.
 

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Wheels

I could have bought the wheels for my new T and J project, but decided to make my own. I prefer wheels from oak (a bought wheel is from beech) because ebonizing and I also I prefer a rim that is separate from the tire. Her you can see how I did it:

First wood selected and signed wheels:
Wood Gas Wire Circle Electrical supply

Bandsaw work:
Wood Tints and shades Cylinder Circle Temperature

Drilling a hole 35 mm, 11 mm deep:
Wood Cuisine Dish Ingredient Circle


Turning the wheels a little oversized:
Natural material Wood Tints and shades Plant Tree

Made a hole 8mm for the axle pegs:
Wood Natural material Tree Art Circle


Putting about 10 wheels on a rod for final diameter turning;
Wood Gas Cylinder Machine Engineering

Than made with an angle grinder out of HSS steel a wheel profile maker. I have the benefit of a crossing table on my lathe. As you can see below the HSS blanc is mounted in the lathe:
Light Wood Material property Gas Auto part


After profiling and sanding 10 fixed wheels:
Automotive tire Tire Cloud Wood Sky
Sometimes I wish I had room for a wood lathe when I see how easy folk can make things like these beaut wheels…well done "dutchy".....
 

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#7 ·
Holes in axle

It always was difficult for me to make the holes parallel in the axle. I made a little jig to solve this problem.

From plywood I made a 100% right-angle "jig". On this plywood I put two wheels The screw in the "middle" of the wheel has an offset from 2 mm. By turning the wheel I can clamp the axle. Below you can see how it worked out:
Wood Hardwood Wood stain Plywood Adhesive


Below is the situation on the drill press:
Wood Gas Tool Natural material Circle
 

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#8 ·
Holes in axle

It always was difficult for me to make the holes parallel in the axle. I made a little jig to solve this problem.

From plywood I made a 100% right-angle "jig". On this plywood I put two wheels The screw in the "middle" of the wheel has an offset from 2 mm. By turning the wheel I can clamp the axle. Below you can see how it worked out:
Wood Hardwood Wood stain Plywood Adhesive


Below is the situation on the drill press:
Wood Gas Tool Natural material Circle
Another great jig Jan. This would be very useful for so many similar drilling situations. Thanks for sharing!
 

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#10 ·
Making the cabin

First I made the pieces I needed. None of them is exactly.

Here you can see them:
Wood Rectangle Flooring Office ruler Hardwood


I started sanding the botom exactly. Therefore I mostly glue a piece of paper on the part that has to be sanded. Below the situation on the disk sander:
Brown Rectangle Wood Flooring Floor


Then I glue the back of the cabin and the dashpanel to the bottom. This two pieces both are over sized:
Wood Gas Machine Tool Auto part


After the glue has dried again I sand the pieces exactly according to the bottom;
Wood Flooring Rectangle Wood stain Hardwood


Now it,s time to glue the oversized engine hood on it:
Wood Hardwood Creative arts Flooring Plywood


And again making it exactly on the disk sander. Below you can see the result after sanding:
Wood Rectangle Wood stain Hardwood Wooden block


No its time to glue the sides on it. Below one side oversized:
Rectangle Font Parallel Space Plant


First I sanded the botom of the sides exactly flat. Also the window is already there. Below you see the sanded sides:
Ruler Wood Rectangle Office ruler Font


Now it,s time to glue the sides on the body.
 

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#11 ·
Making the cabin

First I made the pieces I needed. None of them is exactly.

Here you can see them:
Wood Rectangle Flooring Office ruler Hardwood


I started sanding the botom exactly. Therefore I mostly glue a piece of paper on the part that has to be sanded. Below the situation on the disk sander:
Brown Rectangle Wood Flooring Floor


Then I glue the back of the cabin and the dashpanel to the bottom. This two pieces both are over sized:
Wood Gas Machine Tool Auto part


After the glue has dried again I sand the pieces exactly according to the bottom;
Wood Flooring Rectangle Wood stain Hardwood


Now it,s time to glue the oversized engine hood on it:
Wood Hardwood Creative arts Flooring Plywood


And again making it exactly on the disk sander. Below you can see the result after sanding:
Wood Rectangle Wood stain Hardwood Wooden block


No its time to glue the sides on it. Below one side oversized:
Rectangle Font Parallel Space Plant


First I sanded the botom of the sides exactly flat. Also the window is already there. Below you see the sanded sides:
Ruler Wood Rectangle Office ruler Font


Now it,s time to glue the sides on the body.
Keep up the blog. I am really enjoying it. If I ever get my other projects caught up. I want to try a T&J project.
 

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#15 ·
Radiotor front

I make more things at once for my truck. Here you can see how I made the radiator front.

First I made the inner site exactly on the disk sander. To do this first I glued a piece of paper on the ash wood:
Rectangle Wood Road surface Flooring Floor


Before i removed the paper I marked the position for the radiotor front strips on the end grain;
Road surface Asphalt Triangle Wood Tar


Then I glued the radiator strips from wenge on it:
Wood Tints and shades Font Gas Asphalt


Wood Wood stain Hardwood Varnish Electric blue


Road surface Wood Sky Asphalt Table


To sand the strips a little thinner I put double sided tape on a piece of plywood:
Rectangle Wood Road surface Font Material property


Put the radiator inner side on this tape and sanded it on the drumsander:
Wood Building Tints and shades Font Ceiling


Glued the up and down side to the inner side:
Wood Tool Gas Metal Cylinder


Sanded it on the disk sander:
Wood Wood stain Flooring Hardwood Tints and shades


Glued the left and right side to the inner side:
Wood Material property Gas Tobacco Rectangle


Next time more.
 

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#16 ·
Radiotor front

I make more things at once for my truck. Here you can see how I made the radiator front.

First I made the inner site exactly on the disk sander. To do this first I glued a piece of paper on the ash wood:
Rectangle Wood Road surface Flooring Floor


Before i removed the paper I marked the position for the radiotor front strips on the end grain;
Road surface Asphalt Triangle Wood Tar


Then I glued the radiator strips from wenge on it:
Wood Tints and shades Font Gas Asphalt


Wood Wood stain Hardwood Varnish Electric blue


Road surface Wood Sky Asphalt Table


To sand the strips a little thinner I put double sided tape on a piece of plywood:
Rectangle Wood Road surface Font Material property


Put the radiator inner side on this tape and sanded it on the drumsander:
Wood Building Tints and shades Font Ceiling


Glued the up and down side to the inner side:
Wood Tool Gas Metal Cylinder


Sanded it on the disk sander:
Wood Wood stain Flooring Hardwood Tints and shades


Glued the left and right side to the inner side:
Wood Material property Gas Tobacco Rectangle


Next time more.
There is always ways of getting the completed task at hand done. Sometimes you need to try a couple of ways to get the desired effect.
Nice you have a drum-sander to help make your job a bit easier….one tool I do not have.
Well done Dutchy.
 

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Glueing the cabin on the frame

Today i glued the cabin on the frame. I hope this blog isn,t boring. But I started this blog and want to finish him.

Below you see the frame:
Rectangle Wood Flooring Floor Road surface


Glueing the cabin on the frame:
Automotive tire Bicycle part Bumper Gas Automotive wheel system


After drying first saw the frame a liitle smaler on the bandsaw:
Wood Rectangle Flooring Tints and shades Road surface


Then made the frame and the cabin exactly flat:
Wood Flooring Floor Chair Hardwood


The result after sanding:
Wood Rectangle Shade Road surface Flooring


Sanded the nose from cabin and frame flat:
Wood Rectangle Wood stain Floor Flooring


Glueing the radiator front on the cabin:
Hand tool Wood Tool Metalworking hand tool Garden tool


After sanding the results:
Product Wood Font Art Material property
 

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#19 ·
Glueing the cabin on the frame

Today i glued the cabin on the frame. I hope this blog isn,t boring. But I started this blog and want to finish him.

Below you see the frame:
Rectangle Wood Flooring Floor Road surface


Glueing the cabin on the frame:
Automotive tire Bicycle part Bumper Gas Automotive wheel system


After drying first saw the frame a liitle smaler on the bandsaw:
Wood Rectangle Flooring Tints and shades Road surface


Then made the frame and the cabin exactly flat:
Wood Flooring Floor Chair Hardwood


The result after sanding:
Wood Rectangle Shade Road surface Flooring


Sanded the nose from cabin and frame flat:
Wood Rectangle Wood stain Floor Flooring


Glueing the radiator front on the cabin:
Hand tool Wood Tool Metalworking hand tool Garden tool


After sanding the results:
Product Wood Font Art Material property
This is not boring. keep up the blog I enjoy follonwing it even if I don't always comment.
 

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(before) Making the roof

Before I could glue the roof on the cabin I first had to do the interior.

I made the gearshift on the lathe:
Wood Gas Bicycle part Cylinder Bumper

Doing this by sanding:
Wood Gas Machine tool Machine Bumper

After sanding the final result:
Wood Bumper Automotive exterior Gas Auto part

I Also made a steering wheel. Drew it in Acad:
Audio equipment Font Material property Wood Circle

Made the chairs before but didn,t take a picture.
Below you can see al parts mounted in the cabin:
Wood Rectangle Wood stain Hardwood Plywood

Another picture of the interior cabin:
Wood Hardwood Wood stain Flooring Varnish

Then glued the roof on it and like always oversized:
Guitar accessory Wood Musical instrument String instrument accessory Musical instrument accessory

Sanded it:
Automotive lighting Motor vehicle Wood Automotive exterior Headlamp

After it I made some carves in it. Also sanded the sides of the cabin with a smaller grit. (When I saw the picture I still could see some scratches, so I have to do more sanding):
Wood Rectangle Window Automotive tire Automotive exterior
 

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#27 ·
(before) Making the roof

Before I could glue the roof on the cabin I first had to do the interior.

I made the gearshift on the lathe:
Wood Gas Bicycle part Cylinder Bumper

Doing this by sanding:
Wood Gas Machine tool Machine Bumper

After sanding the final result:
Wood Bumper Automotive exterior Gas Auto part

I Also made a steering wheel. Drew it in Acad:
Audio equipment Font Material property Wood Circle

Made the chairs before but didn,t take a picture.
Below you can see al parts mounted in the cabin:
Wood Rectangle Wood stain Hardwood Plywood

Another picture of the interior cabin:
Wood Hardwood Wood stain Flooring Varnish

Then glued the roof on it and like always oversized:
Guitar accessory Wood Musical instrument String instrument accessory Musical instrument accessory

Sanded it:
Automotive lighting Motor vehicle Wood Automotive exterior Headlamp

After it I made some carves in it. Also sanded the sides of the cabin with a smaller grit. (When I saw the picture I still could see some scratches, so I have to do more sanding):
Wood Rectangle Window Automotive tire Automotive exterior
You do nice work Dutchy,
 

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#30 ·
Air filters mount

Made the air filters before on the lathe. The wood I used is Auwora (a beautiful (west) African wood)

First started sanding the radius in the air filter mount:
Liquid Fluid Plastic bottle Bottle cap Cylinder

Then made the mounts to witdh of 12,7 mm (1/2")
Amber Gold Wood Rectangle Flooring

Saw and sanded the mount to the correct length. Below you can see al the parts:
Cork Wood Bottle stopper & saver Font Material property

Glued the mounts to the airfilter:
Wood Chainsaw Air gun Shotgun Hunting knife

And finally sanded the mounts to the correct thickness. The reason I did this after glueing and at last is to make the mount backside exactly parallel to the filter. And also it is easier to hold.:
Brown Wood Wood stain Table Rectangle
 

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#31 ·
Air filters mount

Made the air filters before on the lathe. The wood I used is Auwora (a beautiful (west) African wood)

First started sanding the radius in the air filter mount:
Liquid Fluid Plastic bottle Bottle cap Cylinder

Then made the mounts to witdh of 12,7 mm (1/2")
Amber Gold Wood Rectangle Flooring

Saw and sanded the mount to the correct length. Below you can see al the parts:
Cork Wood Bottle stopper & saver Font Material property

Glued the mounts to the airfilter:
Wood Chainsaw Air gun Shotgun Hunting knife

And finally sanded the mounts to the correct thickness. The reason I did this after glueing and at last is to make the mount backside exactly parallel to the filter. And also it is easier to hold.:
Brown Wood Wood stain Table Rectangle
Looking good man!
 

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#34 ·
Schaft drive

Below you can see how I made the schaft drive on the axes.

First made some rounds:
Wood Tints and shades Chemical compound Tobacco Soil

Cut them in half and sanded them:
Road surface Asphalt Wood Tints and shades Space

Then I glued them to the axes:
Automotive lighting Tints and shades Guitar accessory Personal protective equipment Wood

And rounded the edges with radius 2mm and sanded them:
Wood Font Material property Rectangle Parallel


Thank you for watching.
 

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#35 ·
Schaft drive

Below you can see how I made the schaft drive on the axes.

First made some rounds:
Wood Tints and shades Chemical compound Tobacco Soil

Cut them in half and sanded them:
Road surface Asphalt Wood Tints and shades Space

Then I glued them to the axes:
Automotive lighting Tints and shades Guitar accessory Personal protective equipment Wood

And rounded the edges with radius 2mm and sanded them:
Wood Font Material property Rectangle Parallel


Thank you for watching.
looks good
 

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#38 ·
Bumper

The bumper is made out of small pieces.

Glueing of the first part:
Schematic Font Parallel Rectangle Engineering

After sawing and sanding:
Wood Ruler Line Office ruler Font

Glueing al the other parts:
Wood Handwriting Wood stain Font Material property

After sanding:
Handwriting Rectangle Wood Font Line

Mounting:
Wood Flooring Gas Writing implement Office supplies


Thank you for watching.
I like that bumper.
 

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#41 ·
Fenders

Below you can see how the fenders are made.

First I glued the template on the wood. Below you can see the fenders and also the spacers:
Wood Rectangle Hardwood Font Publication

Outside bandsaw work:
Wood Floor Flooring Wood stain Hardwood

Outside sanding:
Wood Floor Hardwood Flooring Tints and shades

Inside sawing:
Wood Gas Flooring Tool Automotive exterior

Inside sanding:
Gas Tints and shades Cylinder Circle Auto part

Out of one piece I could saw two fenders:
Wood Tints and shades Natural material Trunk Gas

Then I sanded the fender to the right angle:
Hood Automotive tire Automotive lighting Bumper Automotive design

Checking the angle:
Wood Material property Road surface Flooring Electrical tape

Glued a spacer on the fender (The spacers are made the same way as the fenders):
Hood Motor vehicle Bumper Automotive exterior Gas

After the spacers where sanded I mounted them to the cabin. I also mounted the bumper. Then sanded the spencers and the bumper parallel and to the right width:
Wood Vehicle Tints and shades Hardwood Flooring


Thank you for watching.
 

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#42 ·
Fenders

Below you can see how the fenders are made.

First I glued the template on the wood. Below you can see the fenders and also the spacers:
Wood Rectangle Hardwood Font Publication

Outside bandsaw work:
Wood Floor Flooring Wood stain Hardwood

Outside sanding:
Wood Floor Hardwood Flooring Tints and shades

Inside sawing:
Wood Gas Flooring Tool Automotive exterior

Inside sanding:
Gas Tints and shades Cylinder Circle Auto part

Out of one piece I could saw two fenders:
Wood Tints and shades Natural material Trunk Gas

Then I sanded the fender to the right angle:
Hood Automotive tire Automotive lighting Bumper Automotive design

Checking the angle:
Wood Material property Road surface Flooring Electrical tape

Glued a spacer on the fender (The spacers are made the same way as the fenders):
Hood Motor vehicle Bumper Automotive exterior Gas

After the spacers where sanded I mounted them to the cabin. I also mounted the bumper. Then sanded the spencers and the bumper parallel and to the right width:
Wood Vehicle Tints and shades Hardwood Flooring


Thank you for watching.
well done
 

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#43 ·
Cab guard

Below you can see the making of the cab guard.

As usual starting glueing the template on the wood. The black tool you see I use more and more
(I now understand why the picture is blurry, I was not wearing my glasses):
Automotive design Font Gesture Urban design Pattern

After sawing:
Map Font Urban design Schematic Parallel

Sanding:
Tobacco Fluid Cigarette Gas Asphalt

Before removing the template I marked where the holes had to come:
Furniture Table Wood Line Font

Cab guard after mounting:
Wood Natural material Hardwood Flooring Wicker



Thanks for watching
 

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#44 ·
Cab guard

Below you can see the making of the cab guard.

As usual starting glueing the template on the wood. The black tool you see I use more and more
(I now understand why the picture is blurry, I was not wearing my glasses):
Automotive design Font Gesture Urban design Pattern

After sawing:
Map Font Urban design Schematic Parallel

Sanding:
Tobacco Fluid Cigarette Gas Asphalt

Before removing the template I marked where the holes had to come:
Furniture Table Wood Line Font

Cab guard after mounting:
Wood Natural material Hardwood Flooring Wicker



Thanks for watching
great job
 

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#50 ·
Exhaust

Here you can see the preparations for mounting of the exhaust on the chassis.

Below the connection marked with a red line was not exactly 90 degrees.
Handwriting Wood Font Material property Parallel

For that reason I made a very simple jig (an exact parallel and width piece of scrap) to make the spot to glue after sanding 100% parallel to the excaust and also had the correct length:
Wood Rectangle Publication Flooring Floor

I also made holes in the mounting spot for putting a dowel in it. This dowel was to reinforce the glue connection:
Wood Font Schematic Material property Engineering

Then I marked the position on the chassis and drilled holes in it for the dowel:
Wood Material property Rectangle Hardwood Tints and shades


Thanks for watching.
 

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#51 ·
Exhaust

Here you can see the preparations for mounting of the exhaust on the chassis.

Below the connection marked with a red line was not exactly 90 degrees.
Handwriting Wood Font Material property Parallel

For that reason I made a very simple jig (an exact parallel and width piece of scrap) to make the spot to glue after sanding 100% parallel to the excaust and also had the correct length:
Wood Rectangle Publication Flooring Floor

I also made holes in the mounting spot for putting a dowel in it. This dowel was to reinforce the glue connection:
Wood Font Schematic Material property Engineering

Then I marked the position on the chassis and drilled holes in it for the dowel:
Wood Material property Rectangle Hardwood Tints and shades


Thanks for watching.
Hi Dutchy,

I have been following this blog and just wanted to congratulate you on such fine work.

snoman
 

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#57 ·
Trailer

The "trailer" is almost ready.

Below you see the results. Only the rims still need to be made:
Font Engineering Parallel Automotive design Space


Those who follow this blog have already seen that I make two trucks simultaneously. So I made two tubes for the trailer. First sanded the deck to a thickness of 2,4 mm:
Wood Flooring Floor Font Hardwood

Sanded 3 bars:
Wood Rectangle Font Tints and shades Shade

Glued the first bar to the deck
Office supplies Handwriting Font Material property Rectangle


After drying I placed the second bar. in order to determine the position I first put the drawbar in it. This drawbar must be able to slide.
Musical instrument Office supplies Musical keyboard Font Keyboard


Third and last bar:
Handwriting Font Wood Office supplies Material property


Put the upper deck on it:
Wood Flooring Tints and shades Wood stain Varnish


After drying I could saw it seperately:
Wood Road surface Flooring Floor Wood stain


Sanding the tubes on the drum sander:
Wood Rectangle Tints and shades Font Hardwood


And then there are two tubes. To me it looks like two organ pipes;
Handwriting Wood Font Flooring Parallel


I also made two beams for the trailer. Below you can see the benefit of glueing the template on the wood. It is very easy to see where you have to drill:
Bicycle part Bumper Gas Nickel Automotive tire


And after this work first have to clean my bench:
Wood Gas Tin can Drink Soil


Thanks for watching
 

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#58 ·
Trailer

The "trailer" is almost ready.

Below you see the results. Only the rims still need to be made:
Font Engineering Parallel Automotive design Space


Those who follow this blog have already seen that I make two trucks simultaneously. So I made two tubes for the trailer. First sanded the deck to a thickness of 2,4 mm:
Wood Flooring Floor Font Hardwood

Sanded 3 bars:
Wood Rectangle Font Tints and shades Shade

Glued the first bar to the deck
Office supplies Handwriting Font Material property Rectangle


After drying I placed the second bar. in order to determine the position I first put the drawbar in it. This drawbar must be able to slide.
Musical instrument Office supplies Musical keyboard Font Keyboard


Third and last bar:
Handwriting Font Wood Office supplies Material property


Put the upper deck on it:
Wood Flooring Tints and shades Wood stain Varnish


After drying I could saw it seperately:
Wood Road surface Flooring Floor Wood stain


Sanding the tubes on the drum sander:
Wood Rectangle Tints and shades Font Hardwood


And then there are two tubes. To me it looks like two organ pipes;
Handwriting Wood Font Flooring Parallel


I also made two beams for the trailer. Below you can see the benefit of glueing the template on the wood. It is very easy to see where you have to drill:
Bicycle part Bumper Gas Nickel Automotive tire


And after this work first have to clean my bench:
Wood Gas Tin can Drink Soil


Thanks for watching
Looking good Jan.
 

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#65 ·
Rear wheel rims

A lot of picture,s Making the rear wheel rims.

Standard you use an axle peg for mounting a wheel on the axle. On the picture below you can see this on the left side. This time I made a long dowel and with a press fit it is glued in the wheel. You can see this on the right side of the picture:
Font Circle Visual arts Diagram Paper


I made the rims out of two pieces. The first one is a disk. After sanding it to the right diameter I had to drill a lot of holes in it. Total I needed 16 rims and each rim disk has 21 holes and that makes 336 holes to drill. Below you see the disk on the drill press:
Wood Metal Fashion accessory Table Circle


After drilling I removed the paper templates with thinner and this is the clutter:
Water Wood Road surface Floor Art


And this are the clean discs:
Font Cuisine Food Circle Pattern


Then I put toothpicks in the small holes. This toothpicks are about 1,7 mm and the holes I made are 1,4 mm in diameter. This toothpicks has to propose the bolts:
Font Finger Line Material property Musical instrument


Then the sticks were cut:
Gesture Font Circle Handwriting Coin


And on the backside I did a small drop of CA glue:
Finger Recipe Thumb Font Nail


After drying I sanded the toothsticks to the required lenght and also made axles of 6 mm dowels:
Font Material property Circle Button Design


After mounting and sanding the axle to the required lenght I glued the discs into the wheels:
Tire Wheel Automotive tire Motor vehicle Tread


After making and mounting the discs it was time to make the rings. After glued a template on the wood I drilled 30 mm holes in it:
Dishware Food Cuisine Jig grinder Tool


Then I sanded the holes:
Wood Paint Art paint Gas Font


After bandsawing:
Product Dishware Font Material property Circle


Sanding the outside:
Wood Rectangle Beige Flooring Tints and shades


And after gluing it into the wheels here the final results:
Tire Wheel Automotive tire Tread Synthetic rubber


Thanks for wathing
 

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#66 ·
Rear wheel rims

A lot of picture,s Making the rear wheel rims.

Standard you use an axle peg for mounting a wheel on the axle. On the picture below you can see this on the left side. This time I made a long dowel and with a press fit it is glued in the wheel. You can see this on the right side of the picture:
Font Circle Visual arts Diagram Paper


I made the rims out of two pieces. The first one is a disk. After sanding it to the right diameter I had to drill a lot of holes in it. Total I needed 16 rims and each rim disk has 21 holes and that makes 336 holes to drill. Below you see the disk on the drill press:
Wood Metal Fashion accessory Table Circle


After drilling I removed the paper templates with thinner and this is the clutter:
Water Wood Road surface Floor Art


And this are the clean discs:
Font Cuisine Food Circle Pattern


Then I put toothpicks in the small holes. This toothpicks are about 1,7 mm and the holes I made are 1,4 mm in diameter. This toothpicks has to propose the bolts:
Font Finger Line Material property Musical instrument


Then the sticks were cut:
Gesture Font Circle Handwriting Coin


And on the backside I did a small drop of CA glue:
Finger Recipe Thumb Font Nail


After drying I sanded the toothsticks to the required lenght and also made axles of 6 mm dowels:
Font Material property Circle Button Design


After mounting and sanding the axle to the required lenght I glued the discs into the wheels:
Tire Wheel Automotive tire Motor vehicle Tread


After making and mounting the discs it was time to make the rings. After glued a template on the wood I drilled 30 mm holes in it:
Dishware Food Cuisine Jig grinder Tool


Then I sanded the holes:
Wood Paint Art paint Gas Font


After bandsawing:
Product Dishware Font Material property Circle


Sanding the outside:
Wood Rectangle Beige Flooring Tints and shades


And after gluing it into the wheels here the final results:
Tire Wheel Automotive tire Tread Synthetic rubber


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This is amazing, great work Dutchy. Your accuracy is admirable!

Garry
 

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Lights on the roof

The pieces become smaller. Her are the pictures from the roof lights.

First put some dowels with CA glue in a piece of padouk:
Wood Font Circuit component Rectangle Line


After sawing:
Handwriting Font Line Circuit component Schematic


After sanding the crude form:
Font Line Slope Parallel Engineering


Turning on the lathe. This with the greatest caution I turned with…...sandpaper:
Wood Automotive tire Rim Gas Automotive wheel system


When it was done I realized I made 8 but needed 10. My disc sander was mounted on the lathe and I didn,t want to do a conversion. I put one piece in my drill and made a light on the discsander. This was much easier and faster:
Wood Line Tool Wood stain Office ruler


And after made a small bevel on the lights they where mounted on the roof. You also can see the horns made out of a golf tee:
Table Wood Gas Shelving Chair


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#79 ·
Lights on the roof

The pieces become smaller. Her are the pictures from the roof lights.

First put some dowels with CA glue in a piece of padouk:
Wood Font Circuit component Rectangle Line


After sawing:
Handwriting Font Line Circuit component Schematic


After sanding the crude form:
Font Line Slope Parallel Engineering


Turning on the lathe. This with the greatest caution I turned with…...sandpaper:
Wood Automotive tire Rim Gas Automotive wheel system


When it was done I realized I made 8 but needed 10. My disc sander was mounted on the lathe and I didn,t want to do a conversion. I put one piece in my drill and made a light on the discsander. This was much easier and faster:
Wood Line Tool Wood stain Office ruler


And after made a small bevel on the lights they where mounted on the roof. You also can see the horns made out of a golf tee:
Table Wood Gas Shelving Chair


Thanks for wathing
It's getting there. This will be a beauty when finished. Very nice work!
 

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#84 ·
Ornament

Another small part to make. Very small.

I started with glueing 3 pieces of wood together.
Product Wood Font Trigger Office supplies


After it was dryed it was cut in half. And sanding could start. Below you can see the process.
Wood Rectangle Grey Road surface Brick


Wood Tints and shades Wood stain Hardwood Flooring


Making it slant:
Rectangle Line Flooring Floor Font


Radius making:
Liquid Drinkware Fluid Tobacco Drink


And again disc sanding work to do and make it smaller:
Wood Rectangle Floor Flooring Font


And smaller:
Wood Rectangle Handwriting Floor Flooring


And smaller:
Wood Rectangle Flooring Tints and shades Font


And then it was glued on the truck and "clamped" with Duct tape:
Comfort Wood Automotive tire Couch Tints and shades


This ornament is very small and hard to see on the truck:
Wood Gas Tints and shades Rectangle Transparency


And for that reason another picture:
Wood Rectangle Hardwood Comfort Wood stain


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#85 ·
Ornament

Another small part to make. Very small.

I started with glueing 3 pieces of wood together.
Product Wood Font Trigger Office supplies


After it was dryed it was cut in half. And sanding could start. Below you can see the process.
Wood Rectangle Grey Road surface Brick


Wood Tints and shades Wood stain Hardwood Flooring


Making it slant:
Rectangle Line Flooring Floor Font


Radius making:
Liquid Drinkware Fluid Tobacco Drink


And again disc sanding work to do and make it smaller:
Wood Rectangle Floor Flooring Font


And smaller:
Wood Rectangle Handwriting Floor Flooring


And smaller:
Wood Rectangle Flooring Tints and shades Font


And then it was glued on the truck and "clamped" with Duct tape:
Comfort Wood Automotive tire Couch Tints and shades


This ornament is very small and hard to see on the truck:
Wood Gas Tints and shades Rectangle Transparency


And for that reason another picture:
Wood Rectangle Hardwood Comfort Wood stain


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That IS a small part. I didn't realize how small until the last pictures!
 

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#88 ·
What went wrong and mistakes

Below a few pictures of what went wrong.

After sanding there was a naturel crack in the roof:
Wood Tints and shades Rectangle Hardwood Plywood


I decided to fix it with PVAc glue:
Hand tool Wood Metalworking hand tool Tool Red


When I was sanding the exhaust pipe and pulled too hard on the sanding paper he brook:
Wood Hardwood Rectangle Flooring Wood stain


When I was sanding the frame on the disk sander he fell out of my hands and one edge was considerably demaged. I glued a another piece in it:
Wood Wood stain Hardwood Gas Lumber


Four times a broken jamb:
Wood Gas Tints and shades Wood stain Hardwood
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The bottom of the frame I glued in a wrong direction:
Wood Rectangle Flooring Floor Wall


And that's why I had to replace it:
Plumbing valve Tool Drill Bumper Metalworking hand tool


My cutter came deep in the wood and I had to replace that spot:
Wood Hardwood Publication Wood stain Flooring


Fortunately, you can hardly see the repair:
Wood Tints and shades Rectangle Ceiling Flooring


The making of a facet on the front wheel rims on the disk sander wasn,t a succes. Too wobly:
Handheld power drill Wood Saw Pneumatic tool Power tool


Thats wy I did it on the lathe:
Bumper Gas Machine tool Auto part Machine


Thanks for watching.
 

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#89 ·
What went wrong and mistakes

Below a few pictures of what went wrong.

After sanding there was a naturel crack in the roof:
Wood Tints and shades Rectangle Hardwood Plywood


I decided to fix it with PVAc glue:
Hand tool Wood Metalworking hand tool Tool Red


When I was sanding the exhaust pipe and pulled too hard on the sanding paper he brook:
Wood Hardwood Rectangle Flooring Wood stain


When I was sanding the frame on the disk sander he fell out of my hands and one edge was considerably demaged. I glued a another piece in it:
Wood Wood stain Hardwood Gas Lumber


Four times a broken jamb:
Wood Gas Tints and shades Wood stain Hardwood
e

The bottom of the frame I glued in a wrong direction:
Wood Rectangle Flooring Floor Wall


And that's why I had to replace it:
Plumbing valve Tool Drill Bumper Metalworking hand tool


My cutter came deep in the wood and I had to replace that spot:
Wood Hardwood Publication Wood stain Flooring


Fortunately, you can hardly see the repair:
Wood Tints and shades Rectangle Ceiling Flooring


The making of a facet on the front wheel rims on the disk sander wasn,t a succes. Too wobly:
Handheld power drill Wood Saw Pneumatic tool Power tool


Thats wy I did it on the lathe:
Bumper Gas Machine tool Auto part Machine


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Bloopers and outtakes:
Never have them . Everything I do goes as smooth a silk.

And if you believe that I have a bridge for you to purchase. :)
 

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#102 ·
What I didn,t like

I love working with the T and J plans but there is one thing I don,t like and that is making handles, mirrors and so on. This little stuff is made out of 2,3mm (3/32") dowels. Dowells of 2,3 mm are hard to get in europe so I use 3 mm (almost 1/8"). I do the glueing with CA. Below you see a couple of picture,s from the way I try to press it together.

Circuit component Gas Auto part Engineering Audio equipment


Font Urban design Asphalt Screenshot Engineering


Gas Electrical wiring Composite material Engineering Machine


Is there someone who can give me an advise to do this easier. You are welcome!!

Thanks for watching.
 

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#103 ·
What I didn,t like

I love working with the T and J plans but there is one thing I don,t like and that is making handles, mirrors and so on. This little stuff is made out of 2,3mm (3/32") dowels. Dowells of 2,3 mm are hard to get in europe so I use 3 mm (almost 1/8"). I do the glueing with CA. Below you see a couple of picture,s from the way I try to press it together.

Circuit component Gas Auto part Engineering Audio equipment


Font Urban design Asphalt Screenshot Engineering


Gas Electrical wiring Composite material Engineering Machine


Is there someone who can give me an advise to do this easier. You are welcome!!

Thanks for watching.
I'm probably not going to be able to describe this very well, but here's a thought.

Can you make an L shaped support out of something like HDPE (http://www.amazon.com/Polyethylene-Off-White-Tolerance-D4976-245-Thickness/dp/B00CPRDN3W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1425567246&sr=8-1&keywords=hdpe) for example.

Three pieces with grooves could be used. I thought of HDPE because the glue shouldn't stick to it. By arranging the pieces as shown in the diagram below you support the dowels so they don't bow under pressure, you help enforce a good corner alignment, etc.

You'd want to make more than one set - that way you can do different sized square glueups without having to make a custom support for each one.

Rectangle Font Parallel Slope Electric blue


Hope this makes sense. I don't think you'll use any fewer clamps with this setup but I think it will support the constructions better.

I've looked at making a couple of these models as well and 3/32 is an odd size of dowel to use. I've only found one place you can get it online.
 

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#111 ·
Preview

This is the last blog of the Peterbilt truck. I made 200 picture,s (didn,t use them all) That means an average of slightly more than 10 picture,s per blog entry. The blog took some time but in relation to making the two logging trucks it wasn,t that much. Tomorrow I will ask my daughter to make some project pictures but below the preview:

Wood Metal Machine Hardwood Plywood


As mentioned before tomorrow hopefully more pictures for label Project. For that reason you may also wait with comments

Thanks for watching.
 

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#112 ·
Preview

This is the last blog of the Peterbilt truck. I made 200 picture,s (didn,t use them all) That means an average of slightly more than 10 picture,s per blog entry. The blog took some time but in relation to making the two logging trucks it wasn,t that much. Tomorrow I will ask my daughter to make some project pictures but below the preview:

Wood Metal Machine Hardwood Plywood


As mentioned before tomorrow hopefully more pictures for label Project. For that reason you may also wait with comments

Thanks for watching.
I've certainly enjoyed your many blog entries as these MAGNIFICENT trucks came to realization. You are certainly a very astute craftsman and patiently achieved your goal. Even through some slight mistakes which you so generously shared. Thanks for all your efforts. Now who gets to put them on the mantel?
 

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#133 ·
Dutchy,
You do incredible work! I am making the truck right now only in a Kenworth version (my father had a fleet of KW logging trucks). Your blogs are very helpful and detailed. I will post my truck here when I am finished. Thanks again for all the time you took to show the rest of us how you built your trucks.
 
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