Fork Lift Resurrection
Back in the 1980’s there was a great "how-to-make" TV series- Blizzard’s
Wonderful Wooden Toys along with an accompanying book with detailed plans. I
made a couple of the projects, the most impressive one being a Hyster Fork
Lift Truck model; complete with working mechanisms. I made it for our son about 30 odd years ago and now it’s time to get it
out of the loft and resurrect it for our grandson.
It needed a good clean and some minor repair work…………….
And here it is…………
I modified the plans a little, making a number of metal
parts including a ratchet and pawl mechanism for the winch and other details in
the driver’s cab.
Happy days!
Labels: Blizzard fork lift truck
posted by Gary Nava, Luthier at 4:57 pm
3 Comments:
I used to work on Hyster's advertising a lot of years ago, a memory there! John
I made this one when my 30 year old grandson was about 5-6. He eventually broke it and now after watching Repair Shop on TV I've got the urge to repair it. Very dusty but here we go.
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