Making the Instructables Hauler (18 Wheeler)!

After making another truck ( https://www.instructables.com/id/How-To-Make-A-Log-Truckquick-and-easy/) its almost a necessity to make more! I made a sign for this truck to designate it as the "Instructables Hauler." All main parts are constructed of wood and cardboard, no additional materials needed. Truck may be painted in the future.

Glue blocks of wood in shape of cab. I used common pine and got dimensions by looking at photo of real truck.

Just a few pictures are shown; for a more thorough depiction of wheel making, see step 6 and 7 of my instructable:How To Make a Log Truck... Go here:

1. Exhaust Stacks: made by starting with a piece of dowel cut to length, placing in drill press and sand off the top part of the stacks until smaller diameter is obtained. A flat is sanded on the larger portion so that a greater surface area is available for gluing to cab.

2, Air Cleaners: A 5/16 dowel cut to length and a smaller piece of 1/4 in dowel is glued on top.

3. Headlights: Dowel cut to size then sanded at an angle to allow gluing onto fender.

4. Gas/diesel Tank: Dowel of 3/4 in. is cut to size and ends rounded as shown. A flat is sanded on back side of dowel so it can be glued onto the body.

5. Mirrors: Made by cutting and forming floral wire as a frame. Mirrors are cut from matboard and then hot melt glued onto wire frame. All are painted silver.

6. Fenders: I drew shapes I wanted on wood blocks then cut out with band saw, A final shape is obtained by sanding with 1 inch belt sander.

7. Running lights: An applicator stick (a 1/8in. wood dowel) is first sanded at a steep angle then cut to size with the box cutter knife.

My trailer was 3" x 11" so it was easy to design and print a sign for the trailer.