Book 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
Folk Toys: Patterns and Projects for the Scroll Saw FROM THE PUBLISHER
With brilliantly executed plans and full-size patterns, scroll sawers can create fascinating, movable toys for their children. Experienced woodworker Ken folk puts his own slant on 19 turn-of-the-century pull-toy, hand-crank, and gravity-operated toys--including lumberjacks sawing a log, ladies churning butter, horse with moving rider, diving frog, walking pig, hinged crocodile, hand-powered rail car, and more--for entertaining children for hours. 68 drawings.