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Folk Toys: Patterns & Projects for the Scroll Saw
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Product Description
68 drawings 8 x 11 Modeled on clever 19th- and 20th-century toys Easy-to-make wooden creations for children With the brilliantly executed plans and full-size patterns in this book, scroll sawers can create fascinating, movable toys for their children. The author has put his own slant on these turn-of-the-century amusements. Nineteen pull-toy, hand-crank, and gravity-operated toysincluding lumberjacks sawing a log, ladies churning butter, a horse with a moving rider, a diving frog, a walking pig, a hinged crocodile that can be bent into different shapes, a chicken that flaps its wings, a hand-powered rail car, and a monkey that climbs down a ladderwill entertain children for hours. Ken Folk, an experienced woodworker, is the author of Country Toys and Childrens Furniture. He lives in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. END
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #367419 in Books
- Published on: 1998-04
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 78 pages
Editorial Reviews
About the Author
Ken Folk
Customer Reviews
Great Book
This is a great book for creating toys with your scroll saw. There are easy and hard projects and a few in between. This book is well written and laid out well. I would like more photos of completed projects though, this book only gives you diagrams and instructions. Without completed project photos I only gave this book 4 stars. It is the best book I have seen for scroll saw toys. I've already made several toys out of this book and I've really enjoyed having something to create with my scroll saw. I highly recommend this book for anyone with a scroll saw.
Buyer Beware!!
Patterns and projects? Give me a break! I think next year I'll write a book on how to build a rocking horse. If I use the format presented here, all I need to do is suggest that you buy some wood. I'll provide the measures and of you go. Good luck.
Don't buy this book. Frankly these toys simply don't work as well as suggested. Perhaps the author was so caught up in getting the measurements right, that he forgot to give any instructions that would have made cutting all those articulating pieces worth the effort. Your money would be better spent on "Fun to Make Wooden Toys and Games" by Jeff and Jennie Loader. This book is filled with useful and excellent illustrations. What a gem.
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