An elderly member of the Elks was lamenting that he never had a little
red wagon as a lad. Another member and I made this 1/5 scale for his
birthday. The logo was done by a local art business and a fine job they
did.

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"Socialism is a philosophy of failure,the creed of ignorance, and the
gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery"
-Winston Churchill

On Fri, 29 Mar 2013 18:42:12 -0700, Doug Winterburn
wrote:

An elderly member of the Elks was lamenting that he never had a little
red wagon as a lad. Another member and I made this 1/5 scale for his
birthday. The logo was done by a local art business and a fine job they
did.


Nice! You cannot tell it is to scale from the photo.

On 03/29/2013 08:00 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On Fri, 29 Mar 2013 18:42:12 -0700, Doug Winterburn
wrote:

An elderly member of the Elks was lamenting that he never had a little
red wagon as a lad. Another member and I made this 1/5 scale for his
birthday. The logo was done by a local art business and a fine job they
did.


Nice! You cannot tell it is to scale from the photo.

Yup, the real deal has 10" diameter wheels, and this scaled down has 2"
diameter wheels. All the other dimensions are also one fifth.


--
"Socialism is a philosophy of failure,the creed of ignorance, and the
gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery"
-Winston Churchill

Doug Winterburn wrote:
An elderly member of the Elks was lamenting that he never had a little
red wagon as a lad. Another member and I made this 1/5 scale for his
birthday. The logo was done by a local art business and a fine job they
did.

Really well done! Are the wheels turned or are they sto' bought?


--
 GW Ross 

 To remain silent when we should 
 protest makes cowards out of men. 

On 03/30/2013 05:02 AM, G. Ross wrote:
Doug Winterburn wrote:
An elderly member of the Elks was lamenting that he never had a little
red wagon as a lad. Another member and I made this 1/5 scale for his
birthday. The logo was done by a local art business and a fine job they
did.

Really well done! Are the wheels turned or are they sto' bought?


Sto' bought.


--
"Socialism is a philosophy of failure,the creed of ignorance, and the
gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery"
-Winston Churchill

On Fri, 29 Mar 2013 18:42:12 -0700, Doug Winterburn
wrote:

An elderly member of the Elks was lamenting that he never had a little
red wagon as a lad. Another member and I made this 1/5 scale for his
birthday. The logo was done by a local art business and a fine job they
did.

I never had a little red wagon either.

"Nobody knows the trouble I've seen.....
Nobody knows but me......."

Doug Winterburn wrote:
An elderly member of the Elks was lamenting that he never had a little
red wagon as a lad. Another member and I made this 1/5 scale for his
birthday. The logo was done by a local art business and a fine job they
did.


They still make them. I bought one about 5 years ago to set in the
back yard and put plants in. The wheels looked smaller than the one I
had 65 years ago. Then I was at my mom's and there in the barn was my
old Radio Flyer turning into rust. The wheels were just like the new
one. Memory is not always reliable--at least mine isn't.

--
 GW Ross 

 Sometimes I feel like goalie for the 
 dart team. 

On 3/29/2013 8:42 PM, Doug Winterburn wrote:
An elderly member of the Elks was lamenting that he never had a little
red wagon as a lad. Another member and I made this 1/5 scale for his
birthday. The logo was done by a local art business and a fine job they
did.

Well donem and very cool ... at some point, and the older I get, I would
like to switch over everything I do to 1/5 scale.

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Great. fun little project and nice paint job.
We had the Flexi also. You lay or sit on it, and it had brakes on the
front, low to the ground, like a sled except for pavement.
Also we made our own the skate board....a 2x4 with our steel skates attached
to the front and back.
john

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An elderly member of the Elks was lamenting that he never had a little
red wagon as a lad. Another member and I made this 1/5 scale for his
birthday. The logo was done by a local art business and a fine job they
did.

--
"Socialism is a philosophy of failure,the creed of ignorance, and the
gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery"
-Winston Churchill

On 03/30/2013 08:19 AM, Swingman wrote:
On 3/29/2013 8:42 PM, Doug Winterburn wrote:
An elderly member of the Elks was lamenting that he never had a little
red wagon as a lad. Another member and I made this 1/5 scale for his
birthday. The logo was done by a local art business and a fine job they
did.

Well donem and very cool ... at some point, and the older I get, I would
like to switch over everything I do to 1/5 scale.

Time seems to naturally make some things 1/5 scale :-(


--
"Socialism is a philosophy of failure,the creed of ignorance, and the
gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery"
-Winston Churchill

On 3/30/2013 11:01 AM, Doug Winterburn wrote:
On 03/30/2013 08:19 AM, Swingman wrote:
On 3/29/2013 8:42 PM, Doug Winterburn wrote:
An elderly member of the Elks was lamenting that he never had a little
red wagon as a lad. Another member and I made this 1/5 scale for his
birthday. The logo was done by a local art business and a fine job they
did.

Well donem and very cool ... at some point, and the older I get, I would
like to switch over everything I do to 1/5 scale.

Time seems to naturally make some things 1/5 scale :-(




Yeah for instance cabinets that house the plumbing that is leaking!

On 3/29/2013 8:42 PM, Doug Winterburn wrote:
An elderly member of the Elks was lamenting that he never had a little
red wagon as a lad. Another member and I made this 1/5 scale for his
birthday. The logo was done by a local art business and a fine job they
did.



Very cool! Now is it really authentic? Bent rusty nails for the handle
hinge pin and through the axle to hold the wheels in place?

On 03/30/2013 09:29 AM, Leon wrote:
On 3/29/2013 8:42 PM, Doug Winterburn wrote:
An elderly member of the Elks was lamenting that he never had a little
red wagon as a lad. Another member and I made this 1/5 scale for his
birthday. The logo was done by a local art business and a fine job they
did.



Very cool! Now is it really authentic? Bent rusty nails for the handle
hinge pin and through the axle to hold the wheels in place?

Bailing wire for the hinge pin and wooden dowel for the axles.


--
"Socialism is a philosophy of failure,the creed of ignorance, and the
gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery"
-Winston Churchill

"Doug Winterburn" wrote:

An elderly member of the Elks was lamenting that he never had a
little
red wagon as a lad. Another member and I made this 1/5 scale for
his
birthday. The logo was done by a local art business and a fine job
they
did.
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Neat.

Oh the memories.

When I worked in a hardware store while in high school, one of my jobs
was to assemble all the wheel barrows, lawn mowers and red wagons
so they could be placed on the sales floor.

I long ago lost count of how many I assembled, but it was a bunch.

Lew

That was interesting job, you done it with hard working.