A Wooden Toy Car

in this instructable i am going to make a cool toy car out of scrap wood and a old bike tire (only if you make your one wheels ) . kids love it , it takes you only a couple of hours , its a cool gift for cristmas and you can make endless variations .

so grab your scrap bin and make this project

and dont forget to vote on the wood contest ;D

• i used a 2cm thick and 4cm wide piece of crap wood to make the body but a 2 by 2 cm piece would be easier
• i think drawing the body free handed al lot more easy than making a tamplate , to avoid split ofs you can use some cleare packing tape
• don`t throw the cut of ( picture 3 ) away you can use it for the head of the driver

drill with a 6mm drill bit the holes for the axis on the marked spot in the picture

and than drill with a 8mm drill bit the hole fore the ``neck of the driver`` you can make that by glue in a small peace of wood

take the scrap peace of wood from step one and make a cube out of it

than drill a 8 mm hole in it but only half througt than put in some decorative spikes for the eys

and glue the whole peace on to the body

you can cut the axes out of another peace of scrap wood i made them 4 cm long and 2mm thick

the wheels are made oud of 2cm by 2cm of wood . i roundet over the edges with a file and than cutted of 3 mm thick peaces

for this part you need the inner tire of a bicycle and some all glue.

cut 3 peaces of tire of the same ticnes as the wheels , than make a cut in 2 of the rubbers and glue the first 2 peaces arount the wooden wheel .

put some extra glue on the third (uncut) peace of rubber an force it around the hole thing .this dont need any clamping pressure .

repead the proces 3 times and the weels are ready

try finding the center of the wheels. this dont has to be purfect but the more center the more smoother the ride.

than drill a 3 mm hole in the center and put come glue in it . than put the axis true (picture 3 ) .

than put the wheel and axis throught the holes in the body of the car. put some glue on the and and put the other wheel on .

now you are done . and ready to make somebody happy