The Great All-American Wooden Toy BookThese three dozen wooden toy projects reflect the late Norman Marshall's naval aviation and engineering background and include airplanes, autos, trains and construction vehicles such as a bulldozer, crane, and steamroller. The designs are not true-to-detail models, but use the bulk qualities of wood in simple ways to give child-appealing stylized versions of the ModelT, F-16, "Santa Fe," etc. Drawings, directions, and materials lists are most adequate for the toys, which measure about a foot in size. While hand tools can be used to make many of the toys, the directions are for power tools, with a bandsaw being quite useful. A brief introduction covers wood, wheels, mass production, gluing, etc. |
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assembly axle holder axle holes bandsaw or scroll base bevel blade block body boiler boom bottom build chassis column complete construction crank Description Pieces Dimensions DETAIL diameter hole Dimensions finished dimensions dimensions in inches dome door dowel draw drill edges engine exhaust stack extra fenders Finally flush front FRONT VIEW fuselage Glue and clamp glue dries gluing headlamp hole saw indicated kerf length locate MATERIALS Part Description notches NOTE Once pattern piece of stock Pieces Dimensions finished pieces of 3/4 pivot plans Prepare PROCEDURE propeller rails rear roof round sand screw eye screw hook scroll saw shown SIDE VIEW smooth spacers square steering wheel step struts supports sure tail tank thick TOP VIEW trailer train transfer truck turn wheels width wing wood