Articulated Dump truck

All your work is cool

-- life an woodworking is one big experiment

thanks Dandog

-- Larry, North Carolina

Looks Great! How do you make your wheels? Tablesaw? Just curious, I’ve made a few toy trucks and I am always looking for a better way to make the wheels.

-- Thepps - Freeburg, IL

Great Job!! Tell us a little more about the wheels and the lift cylinders etc.

Thanks Thepps & Grandpa, Yes the wheels were grooved on a table saw, made a jig to hold them up, nothing more than a board with a dowel drilled into it that i clamp to the miter gauge set at an angle ( i forget what angle i used but can find out if you like) marked the wheel at 10 degree intervals and placed a mark at the top of the board holding them then just turned the wheel to line up the marks and ran it thru. The cylinders, Grandpa are nothing more than a dowel center drilled to accept a smaller dowel, I try to make it a snug fit so it will stay in whatever position i put it in but that doesnt always work. so on the fire trucks i drilled a hole in the side of the cylinder to accept a small dowel pin to hold it in place. I put a small dowel pin on the bottom of 2 of the emergency lights so when the ladder is extended i simply remove the emergency light and place it in the hole in the cylinder to hold it in place.

-- Larry, North Carolina