Last year I was asked to donate a home made fire truck for the annual John Cowell curling bonspiel and I was very honored to do so. Once again they asked if I would like another one, I was happy to do so, but I thought I'd make two this year as I was setting up to make one. These trucks are made from many different spices of wood. I used purple heart, walnut, mahogany, lace wood, zebra wood, birch, oak, clear maple, birdseye maple and rock maple. There are 107 pieces in each truck, 95 are visible and 12 you can't see, because they are hardwood pieces used as pins to hold the lights, siren and mounting brackets for the ladders and hard suction hoses. A few are made of several pieces and then reshaped, such as the fenders and engine block. All are hand made, turned on a lathe and/or hand sanded, milled from rough stock or previously milled material. It usually takes about a week to make one. I finished them off with poly to highlight the natural beauty of the wood and to protect them. Here are a few pictures of how it went and the finished trucks.
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| The new trucks. |
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| One side view. |
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| The other side. |
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| The factory floor. |
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| Some assembly and finish applied. |
