Shop Photos From A Recient Speedy Whieels Build Part 3 of 4 Top Views

Handmade Wood Toy Cars "Speedy Wheels" Group Shot

 

This post (part 3 of 4) is a series of photos I made during a recent Speedy Wheels build. Speedy Wheels are handmade wood toy cars cut from 1-1/2-inch thick pine.

I cut the car's body into two parts and finished one part with clear shellac and the other part with amber shellac. When I glue the parts back together, the result is a two-tone body with a clearly defined line that is almost impossible to get otherwise.

I don't usually make wheels; however, in this case, I did not have ready access to the correct size flat/slab wheels. I dug through my cutoffs and found enough pieces of wood to make a batch of wheels.

I have made many wheels over the years using a hold saw. This time I decided to try something different. Using Inkscape, I created patterns for my scroll saw and cut all the wheels with the saw. Cutting wheels with my scroll saw worked much better than the old hole saw method. The wheels still need sanding after cutting with the scroll saw, but not anywhere near as much sanding as is required using a hole saw. The sanding was mostly due to my inability to cut a perfect circle. Using a simple jig, I sand the wheels perfectly round and the same diameter. The patterns I used for these wheels are available in my Etsy shop.

The car bodies are cut from a pine 2x4 using a scroll saw. All of the trim pieces are made from walnut.

 

Handmade Wood Toy Cars "Speedy Wheels" Group Shot Top View

Handmade Wood Toy Cars "Speedy Wheels" Top View Close Up

 

Handmade Wood Toy Cars "Speedy Wheels" Top View Close Up

 

Handmade Wood Toy Cars "Speedy Wheels" Top View Close Up

 

Handmade Wood Toy Cars "Speedy Wheels" Top View Close Up

 

 

Handmade Wood Toy Cars "Speedy Wheels" Top View Close Up

 

Handmade Wood Toy Cars "Speedy Wheels" Top View Close Up

 

Handmade Wood Toy Cars "Speedy Wheels" Top View Close Up

Shop Photos From A Recient Speedy Whieels Build Part 2 of 4

Handmade Wooden Toy Car Sport Coupe From The Speedy Wheels Series

This post (part 1 of 4) is a series of photos I made during a recent Speedy Wheels build. Speedy Wheels are handmade wood toy cars cut from 1-1/2-inch thick pine.

I cut the car's body into two parts and finished one part with clear shellac and the other part with amber shellac. When I glue the parts back together, the result is a two-tone body with a clearly defined line that is almost impossible to get otherwise.

I don't usually make wheels; however, in this case, I did not have ready access to the correct size flat/slab wheels. I dug through my cutoffs and found enough pieces of wood to make a batch of wheels.

I have made many wheels over the years using a hold saw. This time I decided to try something different. Using Inkscape, I created patterns for my scroll saw and cut all the wheels with the saw. Cutting wheels with my scroll saw worked much better than the old hole saw method. The wheels still need sanding after cutting with the scroll saw, but not anywhere near as much sanding as is required using a hole saw. The sanding was mostly due to my inability to cut a perfect circle. Using a simple jig, I sand the wheels perfectly round and the same diameter. The patterns I used for these wheels are available in my Etsy shop.

The car bodies are cut from a pine 2x4 using a scroll saw.

Handmade Wooden Toy Car Sport Coupe From The Speedy Wheels Series

Handmade Wooden Toy Car Sport Coupe From The Speedy Wheels Series

Handmade Wooden Toy Car Sport Coupe From The Speedy Wheels Series

Handmade Wooden Toy Car Sport Coupe From The Speedy Wheels Series

Handmade Wooden Toy Car Sport Coupe From The Speedy Wheels Series

Handmade Wooden Toy Car Sport Coupe From The Speedy Wheels Series

Handmade Wooden Toy Car Hot Rod Roadster Mini Van From The Speedy Wheels Series

Handmade Wooden Toy Car Hot Rod Roadster Mini Van From The Speedy Wheels Series

Handmade Wooden Toy Car Hot Rod Roadster Mini Van From The Speedy Wheels Series

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shop Photos From A Recient Speedy Whieels Build Part 1 of 4

 

Handmade Wood Toy Car "Speedy Wheels Series" The first Car

This post is a series of photos I made during a recent Speedy Wheels build. Speedy Wheels are handmade wood toy cars cut from 1-1/2-inch pine.

I cut the car's body into two parts and finished one part with clear shellac and the other part with amber shellac. When I glue the parts back together, the result is a two-tone body with a clearly defined line that is almost impossible to get otherwise.

I don't usually make wheels; however, in this case, I did not have ready access to the correct size flat/slab wheels. I dug through my cutoffs and found enough pieces of wood to make a batch of wheels.

I have made many wheels over the years using a hold saw. This time I decided to try something different. Using Inkscape, I created patterns for my scroll saw and cut all the wheels with the saw. Cutting wheels with my scroll saw worked much better than the old hole saw method. The wheels still need sanding after cutting with the scroll saw, but not anywhere near as much sanding as is required using a hole saw. The sanding was mostly due to my inability to cut a perfect circle. Using a simple jig, I sand the wheels perfectly round and the same diameter. The patterns I used for these wheels are available in my Etsy shop.

The car bodies are cut from a pine 2x4 using a scroll saw.

Handmade Wood Toy Car "Speedy Wheels Series" Waxed and Hand Rubbed With Steel Wool

Handmade Wood Toy Car "Speedy Wheels Series" Convertable

Handmade Wood Toy Car "Speedy Wheels Series" In the Clamps

I got a bit too much glue on this one, but it will be easy to clean up because parts have shellac on them.

Handmade Wood Toy Car "Speedy Wheels Series" My Grandsons Car

My grandson wanted all of the cars, but after some negotiation, he settled for his favorite.

Handmade Wood Toy Car "Speedy Wheels Series" In the Clamps

I like these little Harbor Freight Pittsburg trigger clamps. They are very inexpensive (99 cents with a coupon), and they have a lifetime warranty on them. The warranty is an in-store replacement.

Handmade Wood Toy Car "Speedy Wheels Series" More Clamps

You need lots of clamps if you are going to make more than one toy at a time. 

Handmade Wood Toy Car "Speedy Wheels Series" More Clamps

You need clamps for other things besides holding parts together. Here three clamps are being used to keep the pieces aligned. Wood glue can be quite slippery.

Handmade Wood Toy Car "Speedy Wheels Series" Lots of Clamps

Handmade Wood Toy Car "Speedy Wheels Series" Sport Coupe

 

 

 

 

 

Toymakers Shop Dinosaur Allosaurus Handmade Wood Toy Build Notes

 

Handmade Wood Toy Dinosaur Allosaurus Finished

 

The Allosaurus is a relatively simple to build toy with only five parts. I like to make them from 3/4-inch Oak.

Handmade Wood Toy Dinosaur Allosaurus Finished

If I don't already have wood that is the correct thickness, I will cut the dinosaur's arms and legs from the thicker stock and resaw them to the desired thickness.

Handmade Wood Toy Dinosaur Allosaurus Finished

I can make the parts faster by resawing the smaller parts. I sand them before resawing, and after resawing, I have two identical parts.

 

Handmade Wood Toy Dinosaur Allosaurus Patterns Are Applied to Blue Tape For Easier Removal.

 

The blue painter's tape is easy to apply and remove, but it will sometimes pull wood fibers out of the wood. In most cases, I wait until I have cut the pieces to sand the surfaces because I may need to sand any way after removing the tape.

Handmade Wood Toy Dinosaur Allosaurus Pattern Applied to Shelf Liner For Easier Removal.

I am experimenting with an adhesive clear shelf liner. It works well, but I find it more challenging to apply than the blue painter's tape.

Handmade Wood Toy Dinosaur Allosaurus Parts Cut Using A Scroll Saw

Here the toy dinosaur parts are all cut out and. Note the 3/4-inch thickness of the arms and legs. I will resaw these parts to their proper thickness using my band saw.

Handmade Wood Toy Dinosaur Allosaurus Legs And Arms Glued And Clamped to One Side

I glue and clamp only one side of the dinosaur's arms and legs at a time allowing the glue to cure for 20-minutes. After 20-minutes, the glue joint is strong enough to handle without being concerned that the parts will move. A full-strength glue joint requires 24-hours.

Handmade Wood Toy Dinosaur Allosaurus Second Set of Legs And Arms Glued And Clamped After The Glue Sets

Toymakers need plenty of small clamps. The clamps I used for this build are from Harbor Freight Tools and cost 0.99 cents each. They are more than adequate for this task, plus the price is hard to beat. When making batches of toy dinosaurs, it is easy to use 30 clamps.

Toymaker Shop Baby Dragon Pull Toy Build Day 3

Handmade Wood Toy Baby Dragon Pull Toy

The dragon is finished and ready for packing and shipping. The finish I used is something I make myself from all nontoxic materials.
 

 

Handmade Wood Toy Baby Dragon Pull Toy

 

 

 Here I have added an unfinished dragon so you can see the difference the finish makes. The finish I use is a hard paste that I heat until it is melted before apply it to the wood. I heat both the toy and the finish, so it is absorbed into the wood. I find that I get much better results by using the heat, and the high absorption significantly reduces any oily feel.

Handmade Wood Toy Baby Dragon Pull Toy

 The photo above is what the dragon pull toy looks like before finishing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My Minimalistic Workbench

Handmade Wood Toy Trains Designed by Norm Marshall

 For several years this was my workbench—some rickety sawhorses with some 2x4 across the top. I made a lot of toys and a few pieces of furniture using this bench.  

I had all my tools in a shed butted up against the edge of a concrete patio. When the weather cooperated, I would drag my tools out onto the patio and work in the hot Florida sun while watching the sky closely for convection storms building up off the coast. I sometimes waited too long and had to make a nad dash to get everything put away before the rains started.

I made and sold enough toys to buy a jointer, built a huge combination bunk bed and desk out in the hot Florida sun that sometimes hovered around 100F. I had to be careful about what I touched; some of the metal parts would get hot enough to burn my hand.

My power was an extension cord run in through a window. Fortunately, the house was wired for 20 amps to all the outlets. I never ran more than one tool at a time, so this wasn't a problem.

My dust collection was the wind.

Toymaker Shop Baby Dragon Pull Toy Build Day 2

 

Handmade Wood Toy Dragon Side 2 Parts Glued In Place

I use the paper patterns to align the first set of parts and align the second set of parts to the first ones. The black clamps are from Harbor Freight Tools. These clamps work great for this sort of clamping job. At the cost of $0.99 each, they are hard to beat. The blue clamp is an Irwin micro clamp. I don't use the Irwin clamps much, but they work fine for the ears, and the small pad makes it easy to use.

Handmade Wood Toy Dragon Clamped To The Base

The dragon pull toy is almost done. I used a router to round over the base's corners and still had to do a lot of sanding. I have to fit the legs and tail, so the dragon sits perfectly flat and square to the surface to get a good glue joint. I sand a little and check the fit repeatedly until it is right. Then I must center the dragon on the base and keep it in place until the glue sets. The clamps hold rules to locate the dragon and prevent it from moving when clamps are applied.  Rubber bands make suitable clamps for this. These are a pain to build. I'm thinking this is going to be my last. 

Handmade Wood Toy Dragon Clamped To The Base

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