The Woodshop Shed

Another Fund Raiser - Hot Rod Ford C Cab Farming Truck for our daughters school

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Another Fund Raiser – Hot Rod Ford C Cab Farming Truck for our daughters school fair in October.Yes, dad was collared by number three to help out with her school fair with a Lollie Guessing Competition Truck.Of course I didn't mine helping out making a truck that'd hold a load of lollies [candy] for the school, thanks to the support and encouragement of folk on LJ's I've become more and more confident in scratch building wooden toy trucks.This truck is 550mm [21.5”] long x 180mm [7”] wide x 230mm [9”] high to the top of the exhaust stack.The back is 350mm [14”] x 150mm [6”] x 60mm [2.5”] so should hold a good amount making the guessing competition fun for all.I've used a mixture of Red Gum, Spotted Gum, Merbau, American Oak, Cypress Pine along with a few other bits & pieces. to build the truck.The finish is my homemade Wipe On Poly [30% Tung Oil, 40% Clear Stain Polyurethane, 30% Turps].The wheels are shop bought as are the furniture buttons for the other lights.A “THANK YOU” goes to LJ's members, for the “C Cab” pattern courtesy of Doug and the Ford Logo from Alex.A pleasing 35hour project which I'm sure some child will love for many years.

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French Cleat Spring Clamp nesting trays

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Built a french cleat clamp wall for over 200 clamps but had a very limited space so I nested things around each other as much as possible. Wanted the spring clamps to be nested into each other, but still be able to remove the trays of clamps and have them freestand wherever I need them. Finally figured out this design that does both.Lessons learned
- plywood is a pain (which I knew but somehow ignored), next time I'll use solid woodl
- should have made the trays slightly wider. Turns out the grey clamps are a bit wider than the others, so they have to be in the top slot, dont' fit in the lower slots.

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HIDDEN TREASURE IN A NEIGHBORS GLIDER

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Neighbor asked if the heavily painted and weathered wood could be saved since this glider was his wife's grandfathers. (Wish I had taken before pictures but things moved along rather quickly after the discovery.) He had no idea of what type of wood was underneath. It had spent a long time in the back of their garage covered up. He didn't want to invest a lot of money in reconditioning it but did want to see what it would take. And maybe surprise his wife with it along the way.After running all 15+ slats through my thickness planner, I found that the wood was TEAK! And salvageable. . . SURPRISED to say the least. He was going to scrap it thinking it was just pine or some other inexpensive wood but after this discovery, he commissioned a full scale restoration. Do whatever it takes to bring it back! were his marching orders.Did a lot of research on gliders to see if any of the bushings, spacers, etc. could still be purchased. Much to my surprise, most of them could. The few I couldn't find, I made. Learned a lot about gliders from the late 1930's along the way. Seems the use of Teak wasn't that uncommon back then according to a few sources I spoke with. I guess there is quite a demand for older lawn furniture, especially the metal kind.After quite a lot of sanding, filling, and straightening, it all came together rather nicely even if I do say so myself. My neighbor and his wife were extremely happy with the fruits of my labor and this glider is now back in full service. . . Poolside! ;-)

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