Hi guys, (think this is the best section for this?)
As I’ve said before, someday I would like to own my very own baby blue original DK cab. And maybe one day, I will. But until that day, I thought I would make my own.
I have been toying with buying a Sega Dino/MushiKing/L&B for the kids to play on, but as yet the right one hasn’t come up, so in this project, I intend to combine the two and make a mini, bartop style DK cab for the kids and of course myself to play on.
Intentions, having scoured many, many web pages, are to build a faithful replica of the top half of the original cab. That’s the intention, we’ll see how things progress.
The woodwork side I do not expect to pose any problems, the internals may raise a few questions, but I know I’m in good hands here and it’s good to push your boundaries every now and then.
That said, this will either be an OCD inspired awesome project or an epic fail destined for the bin.
So, with some rare time to myself and held captive by the rainy summer weather, I made a start.
Popped online and downloaded the plans from Jakobud, I read on DLF about these plans being wrong but I think they are fine for what I am after. First thing was to simply trace the sections I was interested in onto some graph paper.
Next up, with the design on graph paper, was to simply scale it up a bit to fill the page and allow me to better draw out the curves. All free hand, just using various anchor points from the original plans.
Using this, I then decided on what size I wanted my finish cab to be, choosing a total height of 700mm, and transferred the drawing onto some 18mm MDF, which I already had spare. Again, all freehand, using old fashioned pencil and set of French curves.
From there, I cut out the shape using a jigsaw, then finished the rough edges with a finishing plane and sandpaper, wrapping the sandpaper round a section of old broom handle for the inner curves.
Happy with the outcome, so far, some nice curvy, erm curves.
Will rough out a second side panel tomorrow and clamp it to this then use a flush cutting bit on my router table to make an exact copy. That will be the end of using 18mm MDF with all the other pieces being fashioned from 12mm to keep the weight down. Very aware of not over-engineering this, whilst still keeping it solid enough to withstand some proper use.neil16372015-10-27 20:12:36
As I’ve said before, someday I would like to own my very own baby blue original DK cab. And maybe one day, I will. But until that day, I thought I would make my own.
I have been toying with buying a Sega Dino/MushiKing/L&B for the kids to play on, but as yet the right one hasn’t come up, so in this project, I intend to combine the two and make a mini, bartop style DK cab for the kids and of course myself to play on.
Intentions, having scoured many, many web pages, are to build a faithful replica of the top half of the original cab. That’s the intention, we’ll see how things progress.
The woodwork side I do not expect to pose any problems, the internals may raise a few questions, but I know I’m in good hands here and it’s good to push your boundaries every now and then.
That said, this will either be an OCD inspired awesome project or an epic fail destined for the bin.
So, with some rare time to myself and held captive by the rainy summer weather, I made a start.
Popped online and downloaded the plans from Jakobud, I read on DLF about these plans being wrong but I think they are fine for what I am after. First thing was to simply trace the sections I was interested in onto some graph paper.
Next up, with the design on graph paper, was to simply scale it up a bit to fill the page and allow me to better draw out the curves. All free hand, just using various anchor points from the original plans.
Using this, I then decided on what size I wanted my finish cab to be, choosing a total height of 700mm, and transferred the drawing onto some 18mm MDF, which I already had spare. Again, all freehand, using old fashioned pencil and set of French curves.
From there, I cut out the shape using a jigsaw, then finished the rough edges with a finishing plane and sandpaper, wrapping the sandpaper round a section of old broom handle for the inner curves.
Happy with the outcome, so far, some nice curvy, erm curves.
Will rough out a second side panel tomorrow and clamp it to this then use a flush cutting bit on my router table to make an exact copy. That will be the end of using 18mm MDF with all the other pieces being fashioned from 12mm to keep the weight down. Very aware of not over-engineering this, whilst still keeping it solid enough to withstand some proper use.neil16372015-10-27 20:12:36
