Peterbilt truck

That’s sweet. Any Idea how many hours you have in it?

-- Greg S.E. Ga. www.thesawdustfactory.net

Rob very nice job. If you like building wood models go to www.toysandjoys.com or www.gattoplans.com they both have neat stuff. coloradobob

-- coloradobob

Nice job!

Looks just like the one I used to drive.

-- Just remember,it was a lone amatuer that built the ark, and a team of experts built the Titanic.

very nice and detailed, looks real

-- http://www.woodcollectortoys.com

Outstanding job on the truck. You have come a long ways on your truck building. Thanks for posting.

God Bless
tom

-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa

By the way I just listened to “The great belly button caper” on your website. Nice job there as well, very cute. I sent your site to some friends of ours too.

-- Just remember,it was a lone amatuer that built the ark, and a team of experts built the Titanic.

Excellent job…

-- /\/\/\ BarryW /\/\/\ Stay so busy you don't have time to die.

Looks great, lucky kids

-- Shawn, I ask in order to learn

That reminds me of Smokey and the Bandit… it looks great, you’ve done a fantastic job.

-- As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17) †

nice!

got any plans for it?

-- BRODY. NSW AUSTRALIA -arguments with turnings are rarely productive-

THanks for the kind words.

Broda, I don’t use plans, I use a couple of websites that have blueprints and I make my pieces according to those pics. I print them out, then use a photocopier to enlarge them until the wheels are the same size as the wheels I want to use. The rest is just measuring and checking other pics.
http://carblueprints.narod.ru/auto_union.htm

http://www.the-blueprints.com/

I just check out these sites and use the different perspectives to come up with how big the pieces should be. You can google search for blueprints too, but they usually send you to one of these two sites anyways.

Coloradobob, Thanks for the tip. I have been on those websites before (I think Toyguy sent me there) and I love them. I have never bought a plan, because my favourite part is figuring out how to build the project. It is kind of like a puzzle for me. I am also incredibly cheap. I do use them to get ideas on which project I should start next and some ideas on pieces that they used to make thier models.

Greg, I have no idea how many hours in total. I started in the new year, but it is hard to figure out, because somedays, I would spend 5 minutes gluing two pieces together, then not be able to do anything else until the next day (because there is so much agressive sanding and shaping required, I really like to make sure it is well cured, before I start to shape the piece) and some days I would spend 3 or 4 hours. If I had to guess, I would guess 40ish… maybe… I really don’t know. I worry if I start to keep track of that type of stuff, this hobby will start to feel like work.

-- The CNC machine can either produce the work of art you imagined, or very decorative firewood.

Guess I missed this one when first posted…...... LOL.

Looks great. Wish I could make my own plans like you do….... Keep up the good work.

-- Brian, Ontario Canada,

I was looking around for wheel ideas and just found your projects. Good work.

-- A childs smile is payment enough.

Wonderful truck super nice details

-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/

That is a fantastic job. Great detail & craftsmanship.