How to Make a Wheeled Wooden Toy Truck

What kid doesn't like a toy that moves??!! This wooden toy truck is sure to delight a little in your life.

Supplies and Equipment for Making the Wooden Toy Truck

• Scrap of ½" Baltic birch plywood at least 4" x 8"
• Four wooden toy wheels
• 3/8" or ¼" dowel rod
• FolkArt acrylic paint
• Pattern for the truck
• Strong liquid adhesive
• Proxxon Table Saw FET
• Proxxon Scroll Saw DS 460
• Proxxon Bench Drill Press TBM 115
• Proxxon Bandsaw MBS/E
• Proxxon Delta Sander OZI/E

Instructions for Making the Wooden Toy Truck

1. Using the table saw cut a 4" x 8" blank from scrap Baltic birch plywood with the 8" length parallel with the grain of the wood.
   
2. Mount the pattern on the blank. Cover the blank with painter's tape. This makes removing the pattern easy. Lightly coat the reverse side of the pattern with adhesive spray, and mount on the prepared wood blank.
3. For the interior cut out, drill a pilot hole to pass the scroll saw blade through.
   
4. Cut the truck shape on the scroll saw.
   
5. Put a piece of painter's tape on the reverse side of the truck where the hole for the axles go. This helps to minimize tear out when the holes are drilled.
   
6. Drill the axle holes using the bench drill press with a bit one size larger than the dowel rod. This allows the wheels to turn.
   
7. Sand surfaces with the Delta sander.
8. Paint the truck with acrylic paints, and let the paint dry.
   
9. Calculate the length of the axle. Tape a spacer (a craft stick or tongue depressor) on each side of the truck so on the finished toy the wheels will not rub on the truck body. Dry fit the wheels, truck body, and dowel rod axle. Mark the length of the dowel.
10. Cut the axles on the bandsaw.
    
11. Glue one wheel on each axle. Let glue dry thoroughly.
    
12. Cut four 2" x 2" pieces of paper each with a ¼" notch on one side. 
    
13. With the spacers still in place thread the axle and wheel through the hole. Place two protective papers on between the truck body and the wheel to prevent glue from getting on the body.
    
14. Glue the second wheels in place, and let glue set.
    

Enjoy the fun!!

Carole