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Building a Wooden Toy Car
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Here is an extract from the ebook "Fun Wooden Toys You Can Make".
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Building a Wooden Toy Car
Cars are a major attraction for young and old alike. Wooden cars are an all-time favorite
of young children. You can make an attractive wooden car in a few hours using simple
tools. Although hardwood proves to be the best bet for making wooden cars, you can
use shelving boards of good quality, popular as whitewood boards. Similarly, laminated
¾” boards also prove to be the ideal choice. You can use scrap materials too.
However, if you want to paint your toy car, wood quality is possibly less important.
Materials Required for Making a Wooden Car
1. One 6" piece of 1" dowel
2. One 3/4"x 6"x 3' board
3. One 2" piece of 1/4" dowel
4. Sandpaper
5. Finishing Materials
Essential Tools
1. Drill/driver with bits
2. Clamps
3. Band saw or Jigsaw
4. Files
5. Rasp
6. Palm sander, if needed
Design of the Car
Cut out the necessary paper patterns of your wooden car.
It is essential to have a pattern that shows;
• a top view of the hood template
• side view of the hood template
• top view of the radiator
• side view of the radiator, and
• the outside body.
Other patterns might include the front bumper with the bumper extension area, housing
seat, dash, and cockpit area, front wheel template and rear wheel template with wheel
covers, and fender blanks depending on the amount of detail you want to include.
The side view of Hood template consists of three pieces of ¾” thick plywood laminate.
The outside body consists of two pieces of ¾” thick plywood.
The front wheel template and the rear wheel template consist of two pieces of ¾”
thickness each.
Fender blanks consist of four pieces of ¾” thickness or two pieces of 1½” thickness.
Steps to Make Your Wooden Car
1. Trace out the paper patterns of your wooden car on to the wood stock. You can use
carbon paper to trace the patterns or glue the patterns directly to the wood. You can
remove the paper cuttings after you cut your wood.
2. Accuracy is essential in cutting the wood so that it is easy to assemble all the car
body parts. If you use a scroll or jigsaw saw, cut all patterns individually and thereafter
laminate each one afterward.
3. If you use a band saw, you need to laminate stock for the fenders and inside body
into 1½” before cutting out the car patterns. Band saws can easily cut through the
thickness and hence, all parts match perfectly.
4. If you cut individual patterns with a scroll saw, you have to laminate the fenders.
Both the fender blanks are of 1½” thickness. Laminate the inside body pieces into a
single piece of 1½” thickness. A band saw can cut through thick wood without any
problems.
5. You have to complete the inner car parts before doing the outside.
6. Allow the glued inside body parts to dry thoroughly.
7. Carve out floorboard, seat, and dash exactly.
8. Use sandpaper to smooth the cockpit region.
9. Use glue to fix one of the two outside body pieces with a thickness of ¾” to one side
of the inside body block. Do the same to the other side. This encloses the cockpit area
and completes the main body assembly.
10. Wipe away any excess glue that squeezes out.
11. Use sandpaper to flatten the bottom of the car and round off edges of the car body.
You can use sandpaper, rasp and files to mold the look of your car into any desired
shape.
12. Also, make the bumper extension area smooth to give it a rounded and good shape.
13. Make a right angle of the firewall with the bumper extension area.
14. Next, assemble all the three pieces of the car hood together to form a block and
glue them together. Allow the glue to dry thoroughly.
15. Use the hood top view template to make the outline of the top of the block. Mold
the hood with a saw and give it the basic shape.
16. Use sandpaper at the bottom of the block to help it fit perfectly against the bumper
extension of the main body.
17. Similarly, fit the back of the block with a file so that there are no gaps.
18. Round off the edges of the top of the hood. Fit the curvature of the hood to the
main body at the firewall.
19. Next, extend the curvature to the radiator area for a perfect fitting.
20. Use glue to fix the car hood to the bumper extension area.
Fenders: These provide the essential shape and add to the beauty of your toy car.
Curved and well-rounded fender blanks are essential. They should match each other
perfectly.
The fenders house the headlights and taillights.
21. Use a hole saw to make 1” holes on the front side of the fenders. Drill carefully so
that you do not drill away the entire fender.
22. Similarly, make ¼” holes in the fenders at the back of your toy car for the taillights.
23. Take a 1” dowel and make headlights of 3/8” by rounding the face of the dowel.
Make taillights of the same dimensions.
24. Fit the headlights and taillights according to your preferences. You can make small
adjustments to suit the overall appearance. If you want to paint your toy car, glue in
these lights after painting.
25. Clamp the fenders and glue them in place. Do not paint the fenders before gluing
them as raw wood attaches best with raw wood rather than to painted wood surfaces.
26. You can make round wheels, carve out the centers of fenders and then connect
round wheels to the body of the car using nails that function as axles. An alternative is
to glue wheels to the inside of the fenders.
27. Cut out wheels from the wood stock. These wheels should not have a round shape
as they need to fit inside the fenders. Fit the wheels within the fenders, using glue, and
then round off the rest of the wheel to give the desired shape of tires. It also makes
the wheels look very realistic.
28. Using a 1" bit, drill ¼” holes in the wheels for the wheel covers. Use black ink
markers for coloring the tires. Color tires before inserting them inside the wheel covers.
29. Cut ¼” slices from the one-inch dowel. Sand these perfectly and glue them into the
one-inch holes of the wheels to give a rounded look to your wheels.
30. Glue in all the different parts of the wheels to the insides of the fenders.
31. Now, your toy car is ready for painting and the final touches. If you want to paint
the entire car, you should do it before gluing your headlights or taillights. If you build
your car from contrasting hardwood components, you have to assemble the different
body parts and then complete it with your favorite clear finish.
Further innovations to your car are according to your preferences and choices. You can
add a steering wheel and make a figure to sit in front of the steering wheel. You could
also paint the different instruments on the dashboard. You can make different outlines
for the doors of your toy car and grooves for the radiator and trunk lid.
You could also script your child’s name across the grill of the radiator.
Add a hood ornament or paint different instruments on the dashboard. You can paint
and decorate according to your imagination.
Use bright and lively colors to give a sharp look to your toy car.
It is essential to complete the inner portions fully before starting on the outer parts
because, once you start with the outer parts, you cannot reach the inside the car. You
have to glue all outer parts. Incomplete interiors will mean an incomplete finish to your
toy car.
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The above is taken from the ebook "Fun Wooden Toys You Can Make".
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The Table Of Contents
Important Safety Tips
Wooden Toys – An Overview
Growth and Development of Wooden Toys
What Makes a Good Wooden Toy?
Availability of Wooden Toys
The Allure of Wooden Toys
Magnetic Appeal of Wooden Toys
Why You Should Have Wooden Toys for Your Child?
Types of Wooden Toys
The Many Different Types of Wooden Toys
Children's Traditional Wooden Toys
Rocking Horses - an Ideal Gift for Any Child
Where to Place a Rocking Horse
Children's Modern Wooden Toys
The Art of Making a Wooden Toy
How to Build a Pull along Wooden Toy
How to Make a Pull along Wooden Duck
Where to Start
Building a Wooden Toy Car
Materials Required for Making a Wooden Car
Essential Tools
Design of the Car
Steps to Make Your Wooden Car
Tools and Materials for Making a Wooden Rocking Horse
A Full List of Useful Tools
Materials for Making Wooden Rocking Horse
Get the Correct Type of Lumber
How to Identify the Best Quality Lumber
Standard Measurements of Thickness of Lumber
Moisture Content of Lumber
Cutting the Rocking Horse Pattern
Sawing the Rocking Horse Pattern
Routing
Sanding
Dowels and Drills
Assembly
How to Make a Wooden Puzzle
Where to Locate Puzzle Graphics
Essentials for Making Wooden Puzzles
How to Make Interesting Puzzles?
Building a Wooden Elephant Puzzle
How to Make a Wooden Toy Spaceship
Materials for the Wooden Toy Spaceship
The Method
How to Make a Wooden Toy Train
Materials Required for Wooden Toy Train
Instructions for Making Wooden Toy Train
How to Make a Wooden Toy Helicopter
The Body Parts
Tools Needed for Making Wooden Helicopter
Steps for Making Wooden Toy Helicopter
How to Make a Toy Wooden Bug
The Tools and Supplies
The Parts of Wooden Toy Bug
Procedure for Making Wooden Toy Bug
How to Make a Wooden “Covered Wagon” Toy Box
Materials for Wooden Covered Wagon Toy Box
Tools and Other Accessories
Instructions
Tips
Personal Message from the Author
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