Toylander plans have landed...

I've had mine since june, now, if I could just fix my heart and lungs enough to be able to build it....

Si

I trust we will be treated to photographic evidence of your endeavors I really like the idea however my daughter is a little old for toys . Derek

Do you ever get too old for toys? I dont plan to! :) (if someone made me a toylander i would quite happily play with it, though i think the drivetrain upgrades that would probably take place could be quite scary!)

I built one of them and the j**p one

Upgrade the power plant!!!

I went to a wheelchair shop and bought a wheel chair motor, £25 and got some second hand batteries £10 each. Worked much better! lasts about 4 or 5 hours with wheelchair motor and batteries.

Check all the measurements carefully, don't just assume the plans are OK cos mine were not.

Nigel

Have had my plans for a couple of years now and our 2 boys are now 7 and 5 so I think I need to pull my finger out otherwise I will be getting them Landy's. I think wood is better at the moment :-) Just a thought about the wheel chairs try to get all the control gear as well, will give gentle pull away and slow reverse, would just be a straight swap with some adjustment to the length of wiring.

Toylander plans and no Ply yet !!!!!!!

Rich

: > Upgrade the power plant!!! : >

: > I went to a wheelchair shop and bought a wheel chair motor, £25 and got : > some second hand batteries £10 each. Worked much better! lasts about 4 or : > 5 hours with wheelchair motor and batteries. : >

: > Check all the measurements carefully, don't just assume the plans are OK : > cos mine were not. : >

: > Nigel : >

: >> ...nowt to do with 20 litres of Damson and Sloe Gin I've just bottled : >> up...hic #!?!@! : >>

: >> Lee D : : : Have had my plans for a couple of years now and our 2 boys are now 7 and 5 : so I think I need to pull my finger out otherwise I will be getting them : Landy's. I think wood is better at the moment :-) Just a thought about the : wheel chairs try to get all the control gear as well, will give gentle pull : away and slow reverse, would just be a straight swap with some adjustment to : the length of wiring. : : Toylander plans and no Ply yet !!!!!!! : : Rich

Are we going to have to have a build off? thats at least 4 of us with plans (although I only count three toylanders)

I acquired the motors and controls out of a couple of those kids ride on toys for a start - will be seeking out wheelchair gubbins though I feel

Si

Get 2 wheelchair motors one left and one right Get a couple of batteries while you are there (try and get the big ones).

Get the wheels and tyres from the toylander place (they ain't a bad price) but get both rear ones with sprockets on. Put both in the car.

Go to

Speed controller can be adjusted so that when the little darlings put their foot down the motor rises slowly to full power and the same when they lift their foot off quick. As I said very good controllers. Give the guy a ring. Think I used the 70Amp 24volt one. Loads of info on the website.

Beef up the bit of wood the motors attach to, this was too weak.

Chains are standard bike chains so easy to source.

I made a little gear stick (bit like an automatic car) for the forward and reverse and stuck in an indicator switch.

I also stuck an amber flashing light on a pole at the back of the cars so people could see them!!!!!!!!

As long as the car is electric it can be used on the pavement legally.

Probably think of more

Nigel

Ho Ho is that a bit of a challenge then :-))

What do you intend to use as they say about mdf as it is smoother but in my experience mdf outside is well naff ? I wood like to use exterior ply !

Another project looming I see

Rich

You never get too old, the toys just get bigger and more expensive :-)

Rich

Rich uttered summat worrerz funny about:

I'm with the Ply..... so would an auto not be allowed? Do we need to set up a wooden arc to make sure any trials are fair? (ARK... geddit!)

:-)

Lee D

I used 12 mm mdf cover it with paint and it is fine. The finish you get with mdf is much better than ply and no splinters. Just watch out for the health and safety man.

And make the bumpers VERY strong the little darlings are crap drivers!

Nigel

|| What do you intend to use as they say about mdf as it is smoother || but in my experience mdf outside is well naff ? I wood like to use || exterior ply ! || || Another project looming I see || || Rich

If it's going to be left outside, don't use MDF - it's horrible when it gets wet, and IME it's impossible to waterproof it with any coating known to man. WBP plywood (weather and boil proof ISTR) or marine ply is the best bet. A little heavier, but much more able to withstand knocks and scrapes. I've got untreated WBP stuff outside that seems to be lasting for years. If you've got access to a router*, use a chamfer cutter on all exposed edges - a couple of mil will do - and kill the edges with sandpaper. Saves splinters going into little fingers. Going round all the edges with a 45deg chamfer cutter on the finished article creates some interesting effects in the corners.

• Does anyone else who does woodwork and uses a computer get really confused by this word? I always use the wrong pronunciation, whichever 'router' I am referring to.

MDF is heavier and not as strong, weight for weight, either.

Steve

Not when I use them, but listening to customers I sometimes get the idea they're not sure of the difference :)

Ahh yes - there is that too. I can't say it as 'r-ow-ta' - sounds like something you would send into Cleethorpes to remove a rabble of rowdy revellers on a late Friday.

Yep I am with the ply or I suppose you could use steel :-) bit silly though .....

So 4 leky motors one for each wheel Hmmmm 4 wheel drive, come on bring on the mud, might scale one up a bit for me,he he he oops that should have been Ho Ho Ho ( Christmas sprit and all that )

By the Merry Christmas to all out there and thanks for all the advice over the past year....

" Toylander and several other projects all on the go at once Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr."

Rich

Trouble with that is you'll have fun driving the front wheels I suspect. I toyed with a 4WD 101 model, but the transmission was getting expensive.

Steve

Suppose the thing is to remember that it's a toy, and draw a line under

Lee D

yes. and ... it's all about toys isn't it?

heh

classic or hybrid?

mine were not.

We had the same problem with our plans too. If I were making another one I'd transfer the measurements from the plans onto the board - making sure everything was parallel and square, especially the base. Compare measurements with completed sections during the build and you wont go to far wrong. We used WBP ply which took a lot of filling and sanding to get a good finish, but I would choose that material again over MDF. I've put some pictures of our build so far onto the following webpage

Colin