Compound cut VW Beetle - Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts Message Board

Ennobee · 05-29-2012, 03:47 AM

Some earlier posts got me thinking that the wooden Beetle cars I have seen so far all missed the characteristic Beetle sidespats.... and before I knew it, I was already making plans to build a vintage VW Beetle -with sidespats- as a coupound cut. I ended up making two demonstration models, all about 2 1/2 x 1 inch approx. Look fine so far, but the next version definitely gets cut out wheels.

bstark · 06-09-2012, 06:18 PM

Cool! How did you do it? With the front and back profile the wheels would be connected... how did you get the piece out between the wheels?

Ennobee · 06-22-2012, 04:13 AM

I basically cut them out of one block of wood (Actually I glued two 1/2 in. strips together with a little 1/8 strip of dark wood in the middle for detail.) Below are the plans I drew up. I made them from 3-view blueprints of the original beetle I found on the internet (The-Blueprints.com - The largest free blueprint collection on the Internet) Right now they are still a bit scetchy as most of the how-to and what-goes-first only exists in my head. I'll keep working on it however.

The images are 200 pixels wide, so on a 100dpi printer they would fit a 2x2x2.5in. block of wood (like a leftover piece of 2-by-4). I printed them on half scale for a 1x1x1_1/4 block with the middle stripe glued in.

more to follow as I make another demo model later this weekend.

'Niklas

wood-n-things · 06-30-2012, 06:22 PM

So how is this project coming along. Need updates...<grin>

fireglass · 07-01-2012, 04:31 AM

nice job ,would not thought one could do that. Lance

Ennobee · 10-08-2012, 04:45 AM

Little uodate: In the three months since, I made several more designs and ended up with so many cars I had to post them in a separate gallery. (Compound Cut Cars - Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts Photo Gallery) In particular the family of Chevy vans/trucks/pickups turned out pretty nice. If I ever get good enough with Inkscape I'll start posting plans

Wood Dog · 10-08-2012, 03:01 PM

Sweeeeet cuts Ennobee

weiner9696 · 10-09-2012, 02:26 PM

I really like the racing stripe.

George

06-30-2012, 06:22 PM	#4
wood-n-things Staying Positive Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Hamilton, Montana Posts: 18,767 Thanks: 58 Thanked 398 Times in 297 Posts	So how is this project coming along. Need updates...<grin> __________________ "Montana MIKE" There is a very fine line between “hobby” and “mental illness.” As You Slide Down the Banister of Life, Pray That All The Splinters Are Pointed The Other Way... "Don't worry about old age--it doesn't last that long." Mike's Wood-n-Things

10-08-2012, 03:01 PM	#7
Wood Dog Senior member...Sweeet Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: MA USA Posts: 7,803 Thanks: 20 Thanked 28 Times in 26 Posts	Sweeeeet cuts Ennobee __________________ WD aka: Gloria My Gallery " Two difficult things to say in life are Hello for the first time and Goodby for the last"

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bstark Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Hillsboro, Oregon Posts: 183 Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 2 Posts	Cool! How did you do it? With the front and back profile the wheels would be connected... how did you get the piece out between the wheels?

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fireglass trying to be good Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Oregon Posts: 269 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	nice job ,would not thought one could do that. Lance

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Ennobee wannabe designer Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 117 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Little uodate: In the three months since, I made several more designs and ended up with so many cars I had to post them in a separate gallery. (Compound Cut Cars - Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts Photo Gallery) In particular the family of Chevy vans/trucks/pickups turned out pretty nice. If I ever get good enough with Inkscape I'll start posting plans

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weiner9696 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Lakeland, Fl. Posts: 143 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I really like the racing stripe. George