Dave Polaschek

Note, this should have been first, but Craftisian doesn't have a good way to go back and add a new entry out of order, as far as I can tell. [Imag...

Putting the cars together isn't too complicated, but here is the order I do things in. Your mileage, as they say, may vary. First I get the axles ...

The fenders can be made from a template, but if you change the wheel size, you'll probably want to adjust the fenders to match the wheels you've ma...

[Image] I tend to make my car bodies pretty close to the template shown. Use whatever wood you have available for car bodies. You can either leave...

I've turned wheels from most of the hardwoods I have in my lumber-hoard. Diffuse-porous woods are easiest. Hard-maple wears nice and long, so I'll ...

Making the axles is the first step for me making toy cars, and most important if you want the toys to roll smoothly. You can buy pre-made dowels. I...

The most recent session in the shop had a lot of putzy work. Mostly a card scraper and sandpaper, and more CA glue. But I got close enough that I ...

This evening, I got a couple hours in the shop. Set up the laser-guided hollowing rig and took the bowl down to a little over a quarter inch. I had...

After company visiting us for the weekend, and my sweetie’s birthday yesterday, I got back to the shop this morning. About an hour and a half finis...

Haven’t had time for writing, so this is a big catch-up. I had a piece of juniper which had a crotch with a large bark inclusion. I looked at it a...

Today’s 90 minutes of shop time started with some shaping of the handle. I dry fit the shaft into the handle, and then shaped the piece of granadil...

I finished up the carving on the shaft. Going to keep it simple, with just a single set of lines, rather than full checkering. Sanded with 220 grit...