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Rug-running Sports Coupe

The perfect toy for that cute little rugrat in your life. This project can easily be completed in a weekend and is designed to be tough enough to take a three-year-old’s beating!

Step-by-step instructions to complete the rug-running sports coupe!

3 Cars come in so many shapes and sizes review to keep everything crystal clear. 1 ⁄4" holes in the body for the trunk and that the design possibilities are limitless, None of them are difficult, but pointing engine compartment, as well as the and kids always have vivid imaginations them out now will help you avoid head back window in the roof. Use a when it comes to automobiles. We rec- scratching when you build your car. press and a Forstner bit to bore out ommend for the parts, as Each side and its mating door start these holes before shaping the blocks they’re easy to shape with files and out as one piece of . Cut the over- of wood, then cut the blocks to shape . For contrasting colors, try all shape of the side on the scroll , with a scroll saw. It’s more difficult to and redwood. The pine blends well then drill the 1/8" hinge pivot hole for drill the holes after the wood is shaped. with manufactured parts like wheel the door. By the hole now you Our last note has to do with fitting the axles, tire hubs and . Rubbarider can guarantee its accuracy. After the roof on the posts. Drill the post holes in wheels, a fun product from Rockler, add hole is drilled, cut out the door with a the body at a 20° angle, then, after join- a delightful realistic feel to this project scroll saw. When you put the doors ing the sides to the body, glue in the (Call Rockler & Hardware back in the sides, tap in the pivot posts. Next, carefully the top of each for specialty parts; 800-279-4441). without any glue. The doors always post at an angle to meet the roof. When Full-size Patterns for the car are swing perfectly. the roof sits evenly on the body ledge shown on the previous pages, and Although this is hidden from view on and the posts, glue everything in place. the Material List will help you pick the completed car, the trunk lid and The rubber wheels come with axles, of the correct dimensions for hood each pivot on 1/8" x 1/2" dowels but you should cut them a little shorter each part. The primary used for held in the sides. Be sure to drill the so they don’t break into the trunk or making the car is a scroll saw, although holes on the inside face of each side engine compartments when they’re the drill press also came in handy. before assembling the car, then pin the installed. After assembly, tint the wheel hood and trunk lid when you join the hubs with a little cherry stain to match Building The Car sides with the body. Don’t use any glue the redwood, then topcoat the car and Most of the construction is straightfor- on these pivots. the wooden people with two coats of oil ward, but there are four details to The third point concerns drilling the finish.

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Drill out rear window before shaping roof. 7

Door hinge 1/8" Dia. x 1/4" Deep pin location 1/8" Dia. x 1/4" Deep

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5 Drill people Drill roof post holes 5/8" holes 3/8" from from outside edge of body. Center trunk edge of body. on width of car body. Center on width of car body.

3/16" Dia. x 1/2" Deep 3/16" Dia. x 1/4" Deep 6 4 3

7 Rear Window 1 Drilling Detail

3 3 /4" /4" 7 /16"Dia.

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MATERIAL LIST

T x W x L 9 7 15 1 Doors (2) 1/2" x 1 ⁄16" x 1 ⁄16" 1 3 3 2 Sides (2) 1/2" x 1 ⁄4" x 7 ⁄4" 1 1 5 3 Trunk Lid (1) 3/8" x 2 ⁄8" x 2 ⁄8" 1 1 4 Hood (1) 5/16" x 2 ⁄8" x 1 ⁄2" 8 3 1 3 5 Body (1) 1 ⁄4" x 2 ⁄8" x 7 ⁄4" 2 9 1 1 3 6 Roof (1) 1 ⁄2" x 2 ⁄8" x 3 ⁄4" 1 7 Roof Posts (1) 3/16" x 1 ⁄8" dowels 1 8 Tires (4) 1 ⁄2" diameter 9 Axles (4) 7/32" diameter 3 10 People (2) 7/8" dia. x 2 ⁄8" tall Plan 2 Circus Elephants on Parade If you’re creating a folk art collectible, use a piece of 2 x 6 pine for this project. But if you’ve got a child in mind, try laminating two pieces of 3/4" Baltic and your pachyderms will last for years!

Step-by-step instructions to complete the circus elephants on parade!

Antique shops are full of old toys that using a 1/2" bit for the larger elephant kids would love to get their hands on. and a 3/8" bit for the other two. This Instead, they’re purchased by folk art way, you’ll eliminate the toughest band collectors. With this family of elephants saw cuts. The rest of the body can be cut you have a choice. If you’re looking for easily, and a little filing will ensure a tight fit. To get an antique look, use a base coat of an “instant heirloom” use 2 x 6 pine. If Once your elephants are cut out, drill black followed by a coat of blue. for you’d like the perfect gift for a child, a 7/32" hole completely through each each coat is mixed with urethane first. laminate two pieces of 3/4" Baltic birch pair of legs for the wheel axles. Follow . Your elephant will be stronger, the pattern to locate the holes to accom- 1 1 especially in the trunk and tail areas. modate 1 ⁄2", 1 ⁄4" and 1" toy wheels. thane. When painting the red wheels Install a 1/8" hook tooth blade with 9- (black undercoat first), suspend them 10 teeth per inch on your band saw to Finishing the Elephants with fishing line with a split shot weight get started. If you can make the tight To prepare the wood for finishing, sand at one end so you can paint both sides curves on the Full-size Pattern, make the elephants to 150-grit, and then care- at once. Complete the assembly by slip- one photocopy, temporarily glue it to fully file the interlocking joints until ping the axle pegs through the wheels your stock, and start cutting. If you they slip together easily. The first coat and gluing them to the legs. To give the can’t cut the tighter curves, make three is a mixture of two parts black oil-based elephants their antique appearance, photocopies of the pattern and use one enamel with one part flat urethane var- lightly sand a few spots with 600-grit for each elephant, temporarily gluing nish. This makes a tough finish with a sandpaper and some 0000 steel wool. them to three separate pieces of stock. somewhat transparent appearance. For Limit your sanding to the edges and a a Before band sawing the elephants, drill the second coat, mix two parts of blue few spots, particularly where you think out the inside curve of each trunk, oil-based enamel with one part ure- normal wear and tear would occur.

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After printing out, align the two rules to make the complete pattern.

1/2" Hole

3/8" Hole

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