Making Wooden Toys: 12 Easy-to-Do Projects with Full-Size Templates (Dover Woodworking)
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| Rating | : | 4.72 (887 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0486251128 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 48 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-07-25 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
And there are no batteries to replace!. Expensive electronic toys come and go, but the toys children really like the best are often the simplest. If you can use a saw and a screwdriver, you can make any of these charming toys. Exact-size templates for every part make cutting out the wood simplicity itself. Stasio has distilled his expert knowledge into a handy, inexpensive guide to making 12 wooden toys of enduring appeal: helicopter, oil truck, biplane, destroyer, freight train, cargo ship, rocking horse and squirrel, circus animals and acrobats, doll cradle, work truck, truck bank, and fighter plane.You don't have to be a master craftsman or purchase expensive materials. After years of working with young children, veteran woodcrafter and educator James. The plain handmade wooden train, doll cradle, or circus animal can provide the key that unlocks a young imagination.This book makes it easy to create toys that will win a permanent place in any child's heart. Best of all, these sturdy toys will stand up to almost any amount of rough handling. The introduction also provides handy tips on selection of wood, finishing, and more. And a large, easy-to-grasp exploded diagram shows precisely how to fit the parts together. For each project, a list of materials indicates how much wood and the kind of hardware you'll need. T
"Terrible book, unsafe designs" according to Mark C. I do not recommened this book for several reasons the first and foremost being that the designs in my opinion are not safe for children.While the book recommends the use of non-toxic paint so that the toys are safe for a small child to use, the designs call for nail heads and thin dowels to protru. Wooden Toy Book John D. Zay I have had a great time making simple wooden toys for my grandson. The book contains patterns for several simple toys.. "Christmas present for my husband" according to Cynthia Parker. My husband is always talking about starting his own woodworking shop, but he always puts everyone and everything before him. He always talks about making wooden toys. I bought this book to show him I support this, and to encourage him to build that workshop! The toys are really cute, and look like