The collage features the process of crafting wooden toy cars in my toymaker's shop.
In the top left image, there's a partially assembled wooden toy truck with a sleek, curved design, resting on a Shopsmith table. The visible tool marks and wood shavings indicate that shaping is actively taking place.
The top right image shows a wooden block with a pattern of a panel truck design taped with blue painter's tape.
The middle image offers a close-up view of a Carter bandsaw guide attached to my Shopsmith bandsaw, which I used to rough out the bodies of the cars and trucks.
In the bottom left image, you can see a completed wooden, vintage-style, fat-fendered panel wagon.
The bottom right image displays multiple fat-fendered wooden toy cars at various stages of completion, some with wheels attached and others still unassembled, arranged neatly on a Shopsmith table.
Overall, the photos illustrate a hands-on woodworking environment, highlighting the craftsmanship involved in creating detailed, handcrafted wooden toys.
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2025-08-30
Making Fat Fendered Toy Cars In My Toy Makers Shop
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Bandsaw Rooster/Chicken Cut With My Shopsmith Bandsaw Equipped With Carter Guide
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| The rooster fresh off the saw. |
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| The rooster after a little sanding. |
I have a Shopsmith bandsaw with Carter Guide (Shopsmith-SHS1) installed. I have had the Carter Guide installed for a while. I Played with it a lot to see what it could do and made a few somewhat simple projects. I have a project planned where I will be cutting some complex reindeer from a 4x4, and I wanted to see just how hard this would be before I decided to accept the commission.
I wanted to see how complicated a cut I could make with this guide and a 1/8-inch blade. I hunted for the most complex 3D pattern I could find and came up with this chicken.
The chicken is cut from a piece of construction-grade 2x4. Not once did I back up or cut any clearance to turn the blade.
Cutting the chicken's wide side was slow, partly due to the fine blade and my inexperience with this sort of cut. It worked quite well. Now I have to glue up some 4x4 blocks and try a reindeer.
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