Monster truck (Steve good pattern)

[Allen levine]

4 hours into this one 

sapele for outer layers 

walnut for tires

i I love the way he designed the wheels

used scroll to cut them out them on bandsaw tilting the table to 15 degrees to cut treads

its the small things

all parts came out of cut off bins

still need to make steering wheel dashboard and bumpers 

dowels for axel and smokestacks 
 

used rubber bands for pics to hold together to see progress

[rjweb]

Allen, looks good, RJ

[kmmcrafts]

Nice work! I did this same one several years ago.. maybe 2013 ish.. Always wanted to make another but never did get to it. I made mine from Walnut and Maple if I remember correctly. It's a fun one and also fairly easy one to make.

Edited April 16 by kmmcrafts

[Allen levine]

5 hours ago, kmmcrafts said:

not sure about the easy part, but I have to always remember to stack cut any piece up to one inch thick together so when I glue them up they are exact. less sanding and adjusting

Edited April 17 by Allen levine

[jerry walters]

That looks great Allen.

Jerry

[daveww1]

very nice

[Scrappile]

Great job, Al.  Many hours of play for the little one.

[Allen levine]

32 minutes ago, Scrappile said:

Great job, Al.  Many hours of play for the little one.

He's now getting into Lego sets

my son is 42 and has a Lego room in his house 

he buys plastic display cases to keep his most favored set ups like roller coasters from legos

He loves building sets with his nephew and teaching him 

[Denny Knappen]

That sure is mighty fine.

[Allen levine]

Finished 

im not thrilled with the seam in the center of the two body parts but my 4 year old grandson won't notice and I know he's going to ask me for more 

 

[kmmcrafts]

20 hours ago, Allen levine said:

Finished 

im not thrilled with the seam in the center of the two body parts but my 4 year old grandson won't notice and I know he's going to ask me for more 

 

Looks great to me too.. Nice work!! really sort of resembles the walnut and maple one I made.. I run across a picture of mine that came across my memories on Facebook the other day so I saved it to my computer. Here is a shot of mine.. I sold mine on Artfire marketplace years ago as a artwork piece rather than a toy and the buyer paid $110 + shipping

[Allen levine]

My client paid me with hugs

took him all of 3 minutes to pull off a wheel but we took care of that 

he's a happy camper and his sister liked her mermaid

 

[kmmcrafts]

13 hours ago, Allen levine said:

My client paid me with hugs

took him all of 3 minutes to pull off a wheel but we took care of that 

he's a happy camper and his sister liked her mermaid

 

Those smiles are worth more than any amount of money... hugs are a bonus on top of that.. Job well done.

[timelett]

Very cool, I can't wait until I can get my shop back in order, we're moving and it's all in storage 

[PawPaw Vern]

That looks Professional. Nice work !!

[Allen levine]

And this morning he is doing the final

sanding and attaching axles and wheels to the tow truck and car we made 

he will paint after his nap and my nap

a 4 year old and 2 year wears out this old man

Edited Monday at 01:31 PM by Allen levine

[Scrappile]

You are most fortunate to get to spend quality time with your grandkids.  I never really got to it when I was retired and could do things like that with them.  They always lived too far away.  Enjoy all you can with them.