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There comes a moment in life when the couch stops being a place to rest and starts becoming a problem.

That is when you discover that the worst part of finally having free time is that your mind will not switch off. Because the truth is very simple: whenever our hands are empty, our minds start creating problems where there should be none.

The Retirement and Free-Time Trap

Maybe you have already noticed it.

You spend your entire life running.

You wake up early, clock in, solve problems at work, raise your children, and pay the bills.

Life is a noisy machine, and you are the gear that keeps everything turning. Then you reach a stage of life when the machine slows down. Your children grow up. Retirement arrives, or work no longer demands 14 hours of your day.

Life is a noisy machine, and you are the gear that keeps everything turning.

Then you reach a stage of life when the machine slows down.

Your children grow up.

Retirement arrives, or work no longer demands 14 hours of your day.

In theory, this is the time to “relax and enjoy life.”

But in practice, things are very different.

The house becomes too quiet.

There is nothing good on TV.

You sit on the couch, pick up your phone, scroll endlessly, and by the end of the day, you are left with that strange feeling of emptiness.

A nagging anxiety in your chest.

A kind of idleness that hurts more than a hard day at work.

To be completely honest with you: human beings were not born to be spectators of their own lives.

When we stop using our hands to build things, our minds start creating problems.

Depression and anxiety do not come through the front door. They slip in through the crack created by boredom and too much free time, and slowly eat you up from the inside.

The illusion of learning everything on your own

When that agony sets in, many people think:

“I am going to do something with my hands. I am going to learn woodworking.”

And what is the first instinct?

Go to YouTube. You watch a video of someone creating a work of art out of wood, assume the video showed you everything, and head to the garage excited to try it yourself.

Two hours later, reality punches you in the face.

The wood cracked.

The wheel is crooked.

The measurements do not line up at all.

You look at the tools you own-or just bought-and think:

“Maybe I am not cut out for this. Maybe I am too old to learn.”

The project ends up at the back of a drawer, along with your excitement.

And you go back to the couch.

I need to tell you something no one tells you:

The blame is not yours. It was never a lack of talent or ability.

The problem is that learning by yourself on the internet has no method.

There is no one there to tell you:

“Take it easy. You do not need to measure that just focus on the thickness.”

The Discovery
That Changed the Game

After watching good, energetic people wither away inside their homes, Cláudio Silveira and José Carlos (Ferrugem) decided to bring their knowledge together and create Wood Carrito.

We discovered that building miniature wooden cars is possibly the best therapy there is.

The smell of freshly sanded wood, the complete focus on the piece, and the satisfaction of watching a classic little car take shape this clears your mind in a way that no pharmaceutical drug can.

But we faced a challenge: how could we turn woodworking which many people see as impossibly complicated and full of math into something anyone could do in their own backyard, using leftover wood and simple tools?

We worked on it for years until we created what we call a “fail-proof” method. We named it the Master Template Method.

The star of this entire process is our Master Template Method.

We eliminated the need for you to know how to do complex calculations or draw.

You only need to follow five practical steps:

Print our project PDF on regular paper.

Glue the paper directly onto the wood.

Cut exactly along the lines of the drawing.

Finish the piece by sanding and preparing it.

Assemble it while watching our video lessons.

Much More Than Wood:
A New World Will Open Up for You

Maybe you are thinking right now:

“I am not very comfortable with my phone or computer.

How am I supposed to learn this online?”

That is exactly where the beauty of our course lies.

We structured the entire course with recorded video lessons so you can watch everything 100% online. It is so simple to access that even people who struggle with technology can handle it easily.

When you enter the lesson platform, you will watch the first video, called Welcome. In it, we will give you all the initial guidance so you can be completely confident about how to learn each project.

You will also receive ready-to-print PDF templates that you can print at home or at a local print shop.

Each project includes detailed videos showing you how to build the miniature together with us, step by step.

You will learn everything from how to find the best free wood in your area to how to use basic tools you may already have at home, create homemade jigs, apply finishing techniques, and even use marketing and sales lessons to learn how to sell your pieces.

But do you know what the greatest benefit of all is?

It is invisible, but you will notice it over time.

You turn your phone into a learning tool.

Instead of using the internet to consume bad news or scroll through a pointless feed, you start interacting with our community, showing your work, talking with people from all over Brazil, and feeling productive and alive again.

As you follow the Master Template Method, your focus returns, stress and anxiety gradually fade, and the joy of doing something comes back to life.

Bringing Childhood
Back in a Meaningful Way

We live in a world where children are hypnotized by screens.

There is an iPad at the restaurant, a phone on the couch, and a television in the bedroom.

Everything flashes. Everything makes noise.

But notice something funny: when you place a raw wooden car, smelling of sawdust, in the hands of a grandchild or a neighbor’s child the magic happens. The screen loses its appeal.

The child sits on the floor, makes engine noises with their mouth, and their imagination switches on.

You did not just build a toy.

You brought childhood back in its purest form.

Seeing the sparkle in a child’s eyes as they play with something you made with your own hands… to be completely honest, it fills your soul in a way that is impossible to explain.

The Quiet Legacy

One day, we will no longer be here.

The phones we buy will end up in the trash, and real cars will rust. But that little wooden Volkswagen Beetle you made one Sunday afternoon?

That little car will remain.

It will be passed from hand to hand.

One day, your grandchild will look at it on the shelf and say:

“My grandfather made this.”

Building with your hands is the most honest way to leave a piece of yourself in the world.

It is not about woodworking.

It is about being remembered fondly every time someone looks at a piece of wood that you transformed into art.

The Inevitable Consequence:
Extra Income

Most people join Wood Carrito for the fun. Some join to push depression and boredom away.

But, almost without realizing it, it becomes a business.

The curious thing about wooden cars is that they begin as children’s toys but end up on adults’ shelves.

When you make your first classic model a Jeep or a Formula 1 car and someone sees it, the response is never, “How cute.”

The response is: “Wow, that is a work of art. Could you make one of those for me?”

But there is an even quieter and incredibly profitable market that our students have discovered: the Father-and-Child Kit.

Many of our students do not sell only the finished car.

They simply print our project, cut the pieces from wood, place everything in a neatly arranged box, and sell the unpainted loose pieces as a kit.

For whom?

For parents who work all week, do not have tools at home, but desperately want quality time away from screens with their children on the weekend.

These parents buy your kit and spend Sunday sanding, assembling, and painting the car with their child.

You are selling a parent the chance to create an unforgettable memory with their child.

We have dozens of students, such as Francisco, who came to us retired and struggling with depression. Today, he is known throughout his city, selling these pieces and kits at fairs and online.

His life gained new color and so did his bank account.

You do not have to take my word for it.

Listen to people who already have sawdust on their clothes.

If you think this story about earning substantial extra income by selling wooden cars is just “sales talk,” I want you to hear from students who turned wood into money.

You don't need to believe me

Listen to those who have already been through it.

“If you think this whole thing about making a substantial side income selling toy cars is just ‘sales talk,’ I want to make sure you hear the stories of our students who turned wood into cash.”

Meet Almir Ferreira from Suzano, São Paulo.

He discovered that the real magic lies not just in the finished toy car, but in our method.

Almir learned to use our PDFs to create his own templates.

The result?

He says he makes 10 toy airplanes in a single week and sells each one for R$ 100. That means he makes one thousand reais just from the airplane project.

He also makes the Formula 1 model; he produces 10 units and easily sells them for R$ 300 each. In Almir’s own words: “If I sell them for R$ 250, that’s R$ 2,500 I bring in during the week.”

Their secret?

Following our simple “print, glue, cut, and assemble” method, while calmly watching the video lessons and taking advantage of the support from our group.

Meet Jovelino, from Santo André (São Paulo).

He started making the Jeeps from our course, and things really took off in a wonderful way.

Today, he produces the toy cars in batches.

He cuts out 10 or 12 of them all at once!

He makes painted, multi-colored, and natural-finish models.

Do you know how much he sells each miniature for?

Between R$ 200 and R$ 300 apiece.

As he puts it, this generates a “nice extra monthly income.”

Meet Camilo, from the city of Lapa (Paraná).
After a lifetime of intense work in the military, he turned to woodworking as a way to keep his mind active during his retirement.
And he summed up the experience in a fantastic way.
In his words, the joy of taking our design from an A4 sheet of paper and transferring it to the wood for cutting is indescribable.
He says the greatest reward is gifting a toy airplane and seeing the look of pure delight in a child’s eyes.
It’s a simple toy to us, but a huge deal to the children.
The best part is that he isn’t alone in this.
Supported by the masters and the WhatsApp community where students share content, he has moved past a life of idleness and even boosted his household income.

A lifeline amidst the chaos: Meet Gesiel, from Caxias do Sul (RS).
You know that feeling lying on the couch, endlessly scrolling through your phone while anxiety threatens to swallow you whole?
Gesiel Dutra, 49, knew that feeling all too well.
He was going through a severe bout of depression and anxiety, teetering on the edge of a breakdown. Then, his phone previously just an escape introduced him to our method.
Gesiel had always loved working with wood, but he used to get stuck trying to figure out measurements, making the whole process incredibly slow.
Everything changed when he discovered he could simply print our PDF template, glue it down, and cut it out.
In less than three days, he was holding a fully assembled toy Jeep.
For Gesiel, the biggest surprise was the support he found in the group.
He encountered dedicated masters and fellow students helping one another.
He highly recommends the *Mestre Wood Carrito* course because he discovered firsthand that seeing a finished piece come together so quickly is the ultimate stress reliever.
It’s proof that with the right method, the right mentors, and the right community by your side, no one gets left feeling lost or discouraged.

See What You Will Be Able to Create

Warning: The images below may give you an uncontrollable urge to make one of your own.

Take a look at the level of the cars our students are making.

Can you imagine your family’s reaction when you place a piece like this on the living-room table?

You Will Never Be Alone in the Garage:

Three Masters and Hundreds of Students in the Palm of Your Hand

And it does not matter if you have never held a handsaw in your life.

The Master Template Method was designed pedagogically to guide you by the hand, taking you from absolute beginner to advanced level.

What you receive immediately when you join the Master Wood Carrito course

Complete lessons for every project, organized individually.
Tool lessons teaching you how to use tools safely.
Personal protective equipment lessons to help protect your health.
Lessons about different types of wood, including how to find good wood for free.
Updates with new projects.
Daily support in our exclusive members-only group.
Weekly live streams on our YouTube channel.
Marketing and sales lessons so you can learn to sell your cars like our students do.
A course completion certificate.

Who Are the Masters Who Will Guide You on Your Journey?

We are simply three guys who are passionate about the smell of sawdust in the air.

A granddaughter’s smile on the floor

To be completely honest with you, I spent much of my life solving complex problems.

I have a degree in Business Administration, worked in Marketing, and have technical training in Mechanics.

Life was a hectic rush filled with commitments and stress.

But do you know where I found true peace?

I picked up a piece of wood that was probably headed for the trash or the fire.

When we started painting those miniatures, time stopped.

Seeing a child smile while playing with something you made with your own hands is contagious.

When I tried to teach measurements, students froze.

It was to make life easier for people who were just starting out that I created the Master Template Method.

You only need to focus on the thickness of the board, cut it, and you are done.

Today, my greatest legacy is not making cars. It is helping people who were stuck for one reason or another, helping them create extra income, and showing them that they can bring the same joy to their grandchildren. Nice to meet you. I am Master Cláudio Silveira.

It may look like a child’s game, but it saves an adult’s mind.

To understand that we know exactly what you are feeling, you need to know the story of our Master Paulo Costa.

I felt the pain of the couch firsthand.

I worked on the railroad for 42 years. At first, I imagined I would have plenty of time to rest, wake up later, enjoy a leisurely breakfast, make the most of my days, fish, travel, and live without worrying about schedules.

But my free time started to become overwhelming.

That was when I realized I needed to keep not only my hands busy, but also my mind and my heart.

That is how wood entered my life.

Little by little, those small pieces of wood began to take shape.

A wheel, a seat, a windshield, a fender, and so on.

That was when I discovered this method of gluing paper to the wood, cutting the pieces, and gluing them together like LEGO the kind we used to build when we were children.

It was not simply production for the purpose of selling.

It was made with patience, dedication, and above all, care.

The sound of the tools. The smell of cut wood. In fact, every type of wood has its own smell, tone, and hardness.

Then I discovered something important.

Sometimes we do not need to return to work to find purpose.

When someone says, “Did you really make this yourself?” it feels good. It satisfies your ego. And when you make the cars with the Master Template Method, they come out perfect.

So retirement stopped being the end of one chapter and became the beginning of another. In this way, I am rebuilding my own life.

Because as long as there is creativity in our hands and dreams in our hearts, there will always be something new for us to build.

We made plenty of mistakes so you would not have to.

My name is José Carlos, but people in the woodworking community call me Ferrugem.

I have been Cláudio’s partner on this journey for more than five years.

I come from a mechanical background.

And let me tell you something: we made many mistakes, cracked a lot of wood, and racked our brains so you would not have to go through the same things.

Our goal in creating the Master Template Method was simple: to shorten your path.

Today, what moves me most is not making a perfect car.

It is opening the student group and seeing someone who started from zero send a photo of a piece that is even more beautiful and detailed than mine.

Believe me: there is a hidden talent in your hands. You only need the right template to reveal it.

Today, the three of us have joined forces with one mission: to prove that anyone regardless of age or lack of experience can build works of art with our Master Template Method.

The Invitation to a New Life

We need to be completely frank about the value of what we are delivering here.
If you paid for each individual miniature project separately, the math would look very different.

You will see that we release one new project each month, and these launches are generally offered individually for R$197 at launch.

Let us do the math together:

The complete course currently includes 30 projects, so the calculation is: 30 units × R$197 = R$5,910 total for the 30 projects.

That is the real price of the Master Wood Carrito Course this year, because next year the number of projects will increase and so will the real price.

But we want to bring the Master Template Method to as many people as possible who are interested in being part of an active community of wood artisans.

To make that happen, we are lowering the price while we work toward our first 10,000 students.

Before we continue, there is something else very important I need to tell you:

When you start making your projects, you will sell them for a minimum of R$197 each.

Now remember that you will most likely use found or donated wood, such as pallets and produce crates.

That means your wood cost will be absolutely zero.

If you make only 10 projects and sell them as Jovelino and Almir did you will already have an impressive return.

Let us do the math together:

10 units × R$197 = R$1,970 in net profit in your pocket.

And there is more: you are not going to make only 10 units.

So that amount can increase even further.

Now that we have made a few calculations to give you a projection of your potential earnings, let us get to the final price of the Master Wood Carrito Course this year.

You already know that the course is worth R$5,910.

But until we reach 10,000 students, the course will cost

**only 10% of its real value.**.
In other words, you get one full year of access to the initial 30 projects, plus 6 projects released throughout the year, for only 12 monthly payments of R$61.12 (or R$591 paid in full).

Let us do another calculation. See how much each project costs when you join today with the current 30 projects plus the 6 releases of the year:

R$591 for the complete course divided by 36 projects = R$16.41 per project, with the new releases already included.

And think about this:

Have you noticed how many things we buy impulsively every month that cost more than R$16 and are completely useless?

To be completely honest, these days, R$16 will not even buy you a full meal.

By purchasing the Master Wood Carrito Course, a single template-based project you make could be sold tomorrow for R$200 and bring meaningful changes to you and your family.

Master Wood Carrito Course

1-year subscription

~~From R$ 5.910~~

12 monthly
payments of R$61.12

or R$591 paid in full

It is the end of boredom combined with profit.

It is not magic. It is logic.

The opportunity is here.

The next car sold could be yours.

30 current projects + 6 releases this year: R$16.41 per project.

To be completely honest, these days, R$16 will not even buy you a full meal.

E você não tem risco nenhum:

Você tem 7 dias para entrar, baixar o primeiro PDF, olhar as aulas e até começar a cortar a madeira.

Se você achar que não é pra você, você aperta um botão e nós devolvemos 100% do seu dinheiro e continuamos amigos.

A única coisa que você está arriscando perder hoje é o tédio.

Se tudo que eu te mostrei aqui fizer sentido para você, clique no botão abaixo e venha fazer parte dos membros Wood Carrito.

There comes a moment in life when the couch stops being a place to rest and starts becoming a problem.

The Retirement and Free-Time Trap

The illusion of learning everything on your own

The Discovery That Changed the Game

Much More Than Wood: A New World Will Open Up for You

Bringing Childhood Back in a Meaningful Way

The Quiet Legacy

The Inevitable Consequence: Extra Income

You don't need to believe me

Listen to those who have already been through it.

See What You Will Be Able to Create

You Will Never Be Alone in the Garage:

Three Masters and Hundreds of Students in the Palm of Your Hand

Who Are the Masters Who Will Guide You on Your Journey?

We are simply three guys who are passionate about the smell of sawdust in the air.

Cláudio Silveira

A granddaughter’s smile on the floor

It may look like a child’s game, but it saves an adult’s mind.

Paulo Costa

José Carlos

We made plenty of mistakes so you would not have to.

The Invitation to a New Life

We need to be completely frank about the value of what we are delivering here. If you paid for each individual miniature project separately, the math would look very different.

You will see that we release one new project each month, and these launches are generally offered individually for R$197 at launch.

Let us do the math together:

The complete course currently includes 30 projects, so the calculation is: 30 units × R$197 = R$5,910 total for the 30 projects.

Let us do the math together:

10 units × R$197 = R$1,970 in net profit in your pocket.

By purchasing the Master Wood Carrito Course, a single template-based project you make could be sold tomorrow for R$200 and bring meaningful changes to you and your family.

Master Wood Carrito Course

1-year subscription

12 monthly payments of R$61.12

The Discovery
That Changed the Game

Much More Than Wood:
A New World Will Open Up for You

Bringing Childhood
Back in a Meaningful Way

The Inevitable Consequence:
Extra Income

We need to be completely frank about the value of what we are delivering here.
If you paid for each individual miniature project separately, the math would look very different.

12 monthly
payments of R$61.12