Build Big Wood Toy Trucks for Table Saws

log trucksfire truckssemi trucksdump truckscrane trucksdelivery trucks

Use your table saw and hand drill to create

these modern and exciting wood toy

trucks. Hubcaps and lights are

standard hardwood dowels sawn to

length on your saw. Wheels are made with a hand drill and a hole saw.

FULL-SIZE PLANS

John W. LewmanCynthia A. Lewman

Toymaker Press is dedicated to providing you with the information and ideas you need to develop your skills as a toymaker. We welcome your comments and any suggestions about this collection of toy plans.

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John W. LewmanAll rights reserved

First editionNote to the Readers: Due to different conditions, tools, and individual skills, Toymaker Press assumes no responsibility for any damages, injuries suffered, or losses incurred as a result of following the information published in this book. Before beginning any project review instructions carefully. If any doubts or questions remain consult local experts or authorities.Copyright Information: Plans and patterns in this book can be photo-copied for personal use when building the toys. Toymaker Press plans and patterns are copyrighted and cannot be distributed or shared for free or for any other purposes.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

How To Make The Wheels .................................................... 4

Big Wood Toy Truck Overview .............................................. 8

FULL SIZE PLANS

Solid Cab Chassis .............................................................. 12

Driver Chassis .................................................................... 13

Chassis Construction Plans................................................ 14

Log Truck Plans .................................................................. 20

Delivery Truck Plans ........................................................... 24

Semi Truck Plans................................................................ 28

Dump Truck Plans .............................................................. 36

Crane Truck Plans .............................................................. 42

Fire Truck Plans.................................................................. 48

Fire Station Plans ............................................................... 54

Shipping Dock Plans .......................................................... 62

Trees and Shrubs Plans ..................................................... 64

Little People Plans .............................................................. 66

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Step One: Tightly clamp 3/4” thick wood stock to your work top.

Two clamps work best to hold the wood stock firmly in place to prevent pivoting. Go to Step Two.

Step Two: Place a 2-1/2” diameter hole saw in your hand drill and tighten the chuck securely.

The hole saw makes a 1/8” groove as it cuts and produces a 2-3/8” diameter wheel. Go to Step Three

Use your hand-held electric drill to easily make perfect wood toy wheels for every toy truck plan in this book.

Step Three: Keep the drill at a 90 degree angle with the wood stock and begin pushing the hole saw gently into the wood. Do not saw all the way through the wood. Stop the saw when it is 1/8” from breaking through to prevent the wood from splintering. To gauge the depth make a Stop Mark with a marker that is 5/8” up from the bottom of the saw teeth. Go to Step Four.

Stop Mark

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Step Four: Unclamp the wood stock. Turn it over and reclamp the wood stock to the work top. Insert the hole saw drill bit into the hole created by the first cut.

Gently cut through the remaining stock. Stop sawing when you feel the wheel cut free from the wood stock. Go to Step Five.

Two-sided hole saw cuts create a quality wheel with no splintering or tear-out.

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Step Five: Unplug the hand drill. Remove the wheel from the hole saw. If the wheel is stuck insert a screw driver or dowel rod in the holes in the sides of the hole saw and push the wheel free from the hole saw. Go to Step Six.

Step Six: Insert a fully threaded bolt into the wheel hole that is the wheel hole size. Tighten a nut securely on the back side.

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Step Seven: Clamp the hand drill to your work top with the new wood wheel and bolt tightened securely in the drill chuck. With the drill operating, use a sanding block to add a soft radius to each edge of the wheel and to flatten the wheel’s rolling surface.

Remove the threaded bolt and nut from the wheel. The axle hole is then drilled to size using the hole saw drill hole as a line-up guide.

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Plans and patterns in this book can be photo-copied for your personal use when building the toys.Toymaker Press plans and patterns are copyrighted and cannot be distributed or shared for free or for any other purposes.

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Wood toy plans and patterns created by Toymaker Press are the best World Class royalty-free plans available anywhere.All toys built from our toy plans are royalty-free. You can build as many toys as you like for either personal, commercial or other purposes.

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LOG TRUCK & DRIVER page 20

DELIVERY TRUCK & DRIVERpage 24

SEMI TRUCK – SOLID CABpage 28

FIRE TRUCK – SOLID CABpage 48

CRANE TRUCK & DRIVER page 42

DUMP TRUCK – SOLID CABpage 36

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LOG TRUCK – SOLID CABpage 20

DELIVERY TRUCK – SOLID CABpage 24

SEMI TRUCK & DRIVERpage 28

FIRE TRUCK & DRIVER page 48

CRANE TRUCK – SOLID CABpage 42

DUMP TRUCK & DRIVER page 36

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