Odin's Toy Factory

But Now I've made a lot of these little wooden toy trucks. Each one is carefully cut on my scroll saw and hand-sanded until they are smooth to the touch. Any toys with no repairable defects are dent to the designer kindling pile. My goal is to make toys as high quality as I possibly can. This version of the truck is hand finished with clear shellac and hand-rubbed, waxed, and polished to a satin finish. These are some of my favorite toys to make. The simple design lends itself to extensive variation. A cute vintage style kids gift for boys or girls. Handmade and hand-finished to perfection. You can easily convert this toy into Christmas Ornament for that vintage Christmas look or use it with other small wooden toys to as nursery decor. It's the perfect size to use as a stocking stuffer or party favor. Several trucks and or cars in rainbow colors would make an excellent mobile. Approximate Dimensions : Length: 3-1/2 inches/89mm Height: 1-3/8 inches/23mm Widt

Wooden Toy Wheels Nylon Washers and Axle Pegs Ready For Assembly I have don't some extensive testing with my grandson building cars with many methods of mounting wheels to see which ones worked best and if they didn't work well why. Using the techniques outlined below, I have built Play Pals that can compete with Hot Wheels cars on a Blue Track. Washers behind the wheels are essential. They act as a spacer between the wheels and the body. Without the washers, the wheels will rub against the body. Friction between the wheel and the body of the toy will slow the toy down and eventually damage the finish. I use nylon washers behind the wheels on all my rolling toys. I tested several washer materials, and nylon is substantially better than any of the metal washers. The nylon acts as a crude bearing with the added benefit that wood glue will not stick to it. If you get a little to much glue that squeezes out on the back of the wheel, it will not glue the wheel to the

Handmade Wooden Toy Car Hot Rod 1932 Ford Sedan From the Hot Rod Freaky Ford Series Orange & Black Wooden Toys In the Background On Workbench   Here is a classic vintage style wooden toy car dressed in Black & Orange Halloween colors. There are four cars available in this series 27 T Coupe, Deuce Coupe, 27 T Bucket, and 32 Sedan. I can make these in any color or quantity you need.  The cars are 3" wide x 6" long, but I can adjust the size to your needs. Sure, to make that special child smile and have many hours of fun. Grandkids love them.   A handmade wooden toy car for adults or kids. A unique gift for a vintage Hot Rod lover. Use them to decorate a kids room, nursery, home, or office space: a unique birthday, shower, or Christmas gift. Sturdy, durable, and made to last and grandkids love them. With a bit of care, this toy should still be around for the next generation. There are four cars in the Hot Rod Series. Please

Stack Cutting a Tropical Fish Filigree Ornament On a Scroll Saw I purchased SLDK319 Tropical Fish Filigree Ornaments from Sheila Landry Designs with the intent of testing my self to see if I could cut these. The first one I cut from 1/4-inch poplar because it was what I had on hand. Oh yeah, I can cut these, but the poplar was too fragile, and it fuzzed like crazy. I broke it while attempting to sand the fuzzies off. Try again this time with 18-inch baltic birch. I had to slow the saw way down to be able to control it using a #2 blade. Yes, I can cut 1/8-inch plywood. It was much stronger and did not break, but little chunks of veneer came off. Next, I try stack cutting. after reading everything I could find on the subject I decided that I needed to make a sandwich with sacrificial pieces on the top and bottom. I have stack cut larger things before and normally use bits of carpet tape to hold the wood together. It leaves a small gap between the pieces of wood and you stil

Handmade Wooden Toy Car Coupe From The Bad Bob's Custom Motors Series In Yellow and White These cars are surprisingly difficult to build. The fenders were quite fragile until I had them glued to the body. I broke several of them before I got them all finished. If I make them again they finders will be made from Baltic Birch plywood or shop made plywood. I broke the fenders while sanding. Handmade Wooden Toy Car Coupe From The Bad Bob's Custom Motors Series In Yellow and White Getting the holes for the head and tail lights drilled square and true to the front and rear of the car. This is where the horizontal boring featire came in very handy. Handmade Wooden Toy Car Coupe From The Bad Bob's Custom Motors Series In Yellow and White To drill the holes I first cut the the blanks square then applied the pattern with the flat bottom of the pattern even with one of the long edges. With the pattern inplace it was easy to mark the locations of the hole using a s

Handmade Wooden Toy Car Hot Rod 1932 Ford Deuce Coupe Orange With Black Trim Click here to see the Etsy listing. Click here to see all my Hot Rods. Click here to go to my Etsy shop front page. This is one of a series of Hot Rod toys I have made. It is one of several I have made from MDF including a complete set I made for my grandson. MDF has several advantages. MDF is very inexpensive, cuts easily, paints very well and it is quite durable if you are careful about what you use it for. On the downside it produces a lot of very fine dust. My grandson has had his for several years and has not manage to break one although they are covered with dings and scratches from the many crashes they have endured on the race track. This car was sealed and primed sanded smooth and several coats of Krylon Orange rattle can paint was applied. After the paint was throughly cured I applied a coat of clear glaze. Handmade Wooden Toy Car Hot Rod 1932 Ford Deuce Coupe Orange With Black Trim

Handmade Wooden Toy Play Pal Bat Car / Batmobile Amber and Metallic Blue A beautiful handmade wooden to car carefully finished with childsafe amber shellac and metallic blue acrylic paint. It looks so good I thought about keeping it for myself. I finished this toy car by applying many thin coats of amber shellac sanding with fine-grit sandpaper between coats of shellac. The most challenging part of making one of these cars for me is the windows. The car's windows are like eyes on a person. If you are painting a portrait and you get the eyes wrong, it will never look right. It's the same with the windows. I cut the windows first. If something goes wrong, I haven't destroyed all my work like I would have if I waited until the end to cut out the windows. I have turned more than a few into designer kindling by cutting the windows last. If you hunt around, you can find similar cars with the round windows you get by using a drill to make the windows. Do they look right