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Project by wiswood2 posted 1858 days ago 1166 views 0 times favorited 9 comments Add to Favorites Watch

This truck is like the big dirt contractors are going to. If you like to do woodiworking with a lot of miters and angles, this is the one for you, I never counted them but there are more than enough. Each wheel has 72 slots to make the thread.this truck is made of walnut,soft maple, hard maple,oak,hickory ,and 2 I dont know, because they came from recyeied pallets. In fact the whole truck is recyeled wood ,except the walnut in the wheels. About 3 weeks worth of time went in building it. I made 2 of them, at the same time. Comments apprecieated.
Chuck

-- Chuck, wiswood2 www.wisconsinwoodchuck.com




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Grumpy

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#1 posted 1858 days ago

Excellent work Chuck.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

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lew

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#2 posted 1858 days ago

How about those wheels! I made the articulated hauler. Took me a heck-of-a-lot than three weeks and I only made one.

Beautiful job!

Lew

-- Lew- Time traveler. Purveyor of the world's finest custom rolling pins!

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ND2ELK

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#3 posted 1858 days ago

Great looking truck.

God Bless
tom

-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa

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Paul D

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#4 posted 1858 days ago

Chuck, WOW, those are some pretty nice dump trucks. Great job!

-- Paul D - Lawrenceville, Georgia

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Scott Bryan

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#5 posted 1858 days ago

Chuck,

I really enjoy looking at these models. Even though they can be viewed as “toys” it takes both skill and talent to build one of these. I have a great deal of respect for the abilities of any woodworker who is able to complete something like this.

Nice post, by the way.

-- Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful- Joshua Marine

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toyguy

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#6 posted 1857 days ago

Looks like a winner to me Chuck…..I think I like this new plan..

-- Brian, Ontario Canada,

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romansfivefive

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#7 posted 1700 days ago

hi chuck, can describe how you made the wheels?

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

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wiswood2

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#8 posted 1699 days ago

The wheeis are cut out on the drillpress with a hole cutter , then sanded on a jig that makes them truely round,then they are indexed to a ceratin degree then they are cut on the table saw with the blade set3/16 th hi.the gig is set at an angle and they are cut on the index marks. then one side is drilled al the way thru .a 1/4 inch disck is gluded in between the 2 halfs a hub ie made an glued in.wheel is then sanded on the trueing gig on the discked sander.takes a lot of time.good luck
chuck

-- Chuck, wiswood2 www.wisconsinwoodchuck.com

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John Gray

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#9 posted 1699 days ago

Great job! Thanks for the post!

-- Only the Shadow knows....................

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