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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1"-diameter 1/4"-diameter hole axle holder Axle spacers bandsaw or scroll BASE ASSEMBLY belt sander bevel boiler boom cab pivot Cab roof chassis contour coping saw cowcatcher crank wheels Cut the stock Description Pieces Dimensions diameter hole saw Dimensions finished dimensions dimensions in inches drill bit drill press drilling the holes engine exhaust stack fenders flush FRONT VIEW fuselage Glue and clamp glue dries glue has dried gluing headlamp hopper HOPPER CAR kerf locate and drill MATERIALS Part Description piece of stock Pieces Dimensions finished pieces of 3/4 piston pivot pin plans propeller Resaw the stock roof vent roundhead saw or bandsaw saw to cut screw eye screw hook scroll saw sembly Set the assembly SIDE VIEW steam dome steering column steering wheel stock to form stock to length table saw tank truck template thick TOP VIEW trailer Wheel covers wheel strut width wood