Blog Series

Routemaster

8 entries

Part 6: Sixt

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Part 7: Seventh

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Part 8: Eighth

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Excavator tracks

6 entries

Part 4: Dowels

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Part 5: Drilling holes

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Part 6: Assembly

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Milling lumber

Part 1: Big Pine

I got a couple chunks of 4”+ thick pine, roughly 20” wide and 5’ and 4’ long from my trip to MN. [IMG_7202.jpeg] Milling that into pieces my tool...

Part 2: Milling juniper

I got some juniper a while back from Sycamoray. Been slowly working through it, milling it into flat boards, mostly between 1/2 and 1/4 inch thick ...

Screw it, by hand...

Part 1: Introduction

Boys and Girls,   If this topic gets your juices flowing, after watching this video, the title may be on your lips as the included link at Taylor...

Sawbench/Mini Workbench

Part 4: Wagon Vice

Make the wagon vice. Chunk of willow for the screw. [20230309_153403.jpg] Square it up and leave it overnight in case it wants to warp at all. [20...

Part 5: Finish

Glue up the sections of the top. [20230329_165730.jpg] Then just give it a final flatten. [20230329_170116.jpg] [20230329_171407.jpg] [20230329_...

Part 6: Box for the Rounding Plane

OK, so I needed to make a box for the rounding plane, as I seem to have run out of flat surfaces to dump stuff on. Nothing fancy, just a basic box....

Wegner-Inspired Deck Chair

Part 8: Arms

The arms have a long taper from full 5/4" thickness at the rear down to about 1/2" at the front.  I made a sled to hold the arm in place and elevat...

Part 9: Seat Frame Mounting

The rear edge of the seat frame has 4 loose tenons glued in place.  The protruding tenons dry fit into corresponding mortises in the rear stretcher...

Part 10: Finished!

Well, finished without finish, but structurally complete.  Here's the completed chair next to the deck skirting from whence it came. [20221016-1G6X...

Different techniques applied in making the woodtoy models

3 entries

Part 1: Engine for the 2CV

In this series I want to show what different techniques I use to make my models. I appreciate comments, especially if you come up with another prop...

Part 2: Making a fender

In this series I want to show what different techniques I use to make my models. I appreciate comments, especially if you come up with another prop...

Part 3: A curved exhaust

In this series I want to show what different techniques I use to make my models. I appreciate comments, especially if you come up with another prop...

Folding workbench upgrades

Part 1: Folding braces questions

So I built this folding workbench a while back and the extra working space has been so good.  I can pack it away by my sheet-good storage to get an...

Part 2: Parts and assembly

Got my workbench upgrades done.  It didn't seem like much before I started but this did in fact take a little time. I made 20 brackets for hinge p...

DIY Clamps

Part 5: Cam/Plunger Clamp (rev. 2a)

Yesterday evening, I cut out the parts for the long version of the clamps and got one assembled. [20230324-IMG_7799.jpg] On the first test, the t...

Part 6: Custom T-bolts and knobs

One challenge of fastening to the aluminum channel is that it doesn't work well with regular t-track bolts, which can spin freely in the channel.  ...

Part 7: Wing knob refinement

The wing knobs and T-bolts from the last post were working well for the cam clamps, but one thing I thought would make them better is if I could in...

Gears

Part 1: Geared Up - 3 Types

Hey Guys, I had some questions regarding how I made gears and I thought I might as well give you the complete rundown.  Perhaps the best thing to ...