Psyches Custom Psycles - Bike Hauler

[Nosferatu]

I did three builds for my imagined bike shop - Psyches Custom Psycles and this is the second build.

I started with a broken electric stapler I got from work. It had some nice lines and curves on it.

I cut off some of the bottom of the stapler body and used an old resin 1950 Ford truck cab. Scratch built the frame, exhausts, sign, cut a rear door and hinged it, used stained, sealed wooden coffee stirrers for the bed floor. I had an old parts pak Triumph and scratch built the entire front forks with handlebars. Scratch built the seat, oil tank, exhausts. On the Panhead I scratch built the gas and oil tanks, rear fender and handle bars.

I kept the theme of Psyches Custom Psycles from another build I did a few years ago. The truck was very challenging but no where near as difficult as the Triumph. The bikes are so small I needed 5x glasses.

Thanks for looking and I hope you like it.

Dave

This is what the stapler looked like.
























 

[Tom Geiger]

That is super cool, I especially like the origin of the body. Just this week I put an old tv remote with an interesting shape into my parts box!  

[thatz4u]

very well done..

[Hi-Po]

Very clever use of office equipment.  Nice workmanship.

[Nosferatu]

thanks for your kind comments. 

 

I have another edition of Psyches Custom Psycles to post later.

[Koellefornia Kid]

Cool looking truck and a nice pair of bikes! Like it a lot!

[espo]

Truly amazing build. The stapler body makes a perfect enclosed trailer  just the right size for the bikes. I like the finish on the truck & trailer and the trailers interior looks great. Nice diamond plate ramp and trailer threshold.  

[misterNNL]

Inspired found object build.gotta love stuff made from stuff like this. Thanks for sharing your photos!

[bisc63]

Just perfect!

[Paul Payne]

I love this project! Great imagination to see modeling possibilities in a totally unrelated object! There is no junk- only salvage!

[Dragonhawk1066]

Very cool customs!! Outstanding work on all of them, and very imaginative use of office equipment, lol!! Seriously though, the shape of the stapler for the cargo area really makes a ton of difference for the custom aspect of this build, well done!!

[crazyjim]

Very cool build(s).

[ChrisR]

Awesome!

[cobraman]

Very creative . Truck and bikes all look great !

[PappyD340]

On 6/17/2021 at 10:16 AM, cobraman said:

Very creative . Truck and bikes all look great !

Yes indeed!!

[Claude Thibodeau]

Hi David!

Very clever scratchbuilt! Bravo!

CT

[Zippi]

That is different but so kewl.  Inspiration from a stapler........who would have thought.

[Nosferatu]

thanks!

[NOBLNG]

Wow! Very fine work on all of these! Nice to see these scratch built projects. Kudos for thinking outside the box!?

[Slotto]

Brilliant! You have a one of a kind hauler there. Love it!

[Mattilacken]

Really cool truck! Great work on transforming that staple gun! 

[Dennis Lacy]

I’ll never look at a stapler the same way again! This is creativity at its best. Killer hauler that you created!!!

[Hans1971]

Nice scratchbuilds always earn my respect !

[Jack L]

Tell us about the bikes ,looks great !

[PatW]

Super re-Cycling and re-Engineering.