Hello all, just here to read.

[Ubernoob]

Thanks Crowie, still quite a bit of work to do on the Bobcat and it won't be a thing of beauty as I have stuffed a couple of things up.

I tend not to use any plans so I have made it quite a job to make it fit in the truck in the first post, the lifting arms will be a fairly complex shape I have some more Aussie hardwood for the arms, again, no idea what it is.

[Evanism]

Are you using a door lock corer for the wheels?

For a bloke who claims poverty and no tools, you are off to a flying start.

[Ubernoob]

Wheels are done with two hole saws, then I clear some of the centre with a 13mm drill then chisel and sand which is still mostly yet to be done.

Also use a nut and bolt through the centre to spin them in the battery drill for the final sand, belt sander is a bit tricky to keep them perfectly round.

I have loads of tools, sadly most are for fixing trucks haha!

[crowie]

Thanks Crowie, still quite a bit of work to do on the Bobcat and it won't be a thing of beauty as I have stuffed a couple of things up.

I tend not to use any plans so I have made it quite a job to make it fit in the truck in the first post, the lifting arms will be a fairly complex shape I have some more Aussie hardwood for the arms, again, no idea what it is.

All good as that's what the forum is about, like minded blokes & ladies helping, , supporting and encouraging each other in whatever woodwork endeavour they embark.
The toymaking section has a top mob of blokes and a few ladies who are fantastic, so I hope to see you & your projects soon...looking forward to it..Cheers, crowie

[Ubernoob]

Wanted to keep it looking sort of Flintstones looking and I don't mind the way it looks. I do wish I sorted the shape out after I worked out where to locate the lifting arms, the drill penetrated the cab so I'll have to put a layer of fibreglass down then paint it.

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[Ubernoob]

Got a quick coat on it this afternoon, I wasn't really paying attention and grabbed an oil based product, I was going to use water based to keep the smell to a minimum but meh, what's done is done.

I did a pretty poor job laminating(?) the bucket and I couldn't remove the burn marks at the back so painted it with Hammercote.

Timber prep was 400-600, then wet down, 400-600-800 wet/dry then a hand rub with sawdust and it looked shiny so I gave most of it a quick coat. The bucket needs some more shaping work and sandingR1215908.jpg then I will coat it some time tomorrow.

[crowie]

Got a quick coat on it this afternoon, I wasn't really paying attention and grabbed an oil based product, I was going to use water based to keep the smell to a minimum but meh, what's done is done.

I did a pretty poor job laminating(?) the bucket and I couldn't remove the burn marks at the back so painted it with Hammercote.

Timber prep was 400-600, then wet down, 400-600-800 wet/dry then a hand rub with sawdust and it looked shiny so I gave most of it a quick coat. The bucket needs some more shaping work and sandingR1215908.jpg then I will coat it some time tomorrow.

That's looks amazingly good....

The toymaking section has a top mob of blokes and a few ladies who are fantastic would love to see your bobcat project...
Please add a new thread in the toymaking section to show it off....Cheers, crowie

[Christos]

I think you have done well on the build. The child that gets this will enjoy playing with it.

One such example is I built a fire truck out of some simple plans. My original thoughts were to see if I could make it and what I would be facing during the build as it was my first toy. I made a complete mess out of it but because I was almost done I just continued on with it. I painted the whole thing black except for the ladder which was painted green.

I stored this away under the piano and when some friends came to visit their children(ages 3 and 5) found the fire truck and started to play with it.

[Ubernoob]

Haha, it's good that the Fire Truck got some use after a while, the truck in the first post came back broken due to some sub par work by myself and some rough friends.

Pretty well done now, looks much more impressive in person, well except that it lift one wheel as I drilled the front wheels at an angle......and I glued them on

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