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These are some Christmas pull toys I made as gifts for the young children in my family. The ducks are made from some local soft maple and the gorilla is walnut. Wheels were purchased. As the duck is pulled he waddles and the feet move up and down. The gorilla moves up and down and the arms move as well. I think the kids will enjoy them.

For the toys I used the SS jointer, planer, bandsaw, drill press. I drilled the cavity in the duck that houses the front wheels using the horizontal dirll press mode. As usual the Shopsmith functioned flawlessly.

The tray is made from a laminated blank with maple for the bottom and sapele for the top trim. I drilled the waste in drill press mode, routed the cavity with the OPR, cut the profile on the bandsaw, and sanded the inside walls with drum sanders in drill press mode (so I could set the height just off the bottom).

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All very nicely done! Interesting keyed wheel on the quacker!

Very nice. What wood did you use on the Christmas tree? Did you glue the two pieces together, and then route it out?

JPG40504 wrote:All very nicely done! Interesting keyed wheel on the quacker!

Actually the wheel is not keyed. The original axel hole was plugged and a new axel hole drilled slightly off center. Then by offsetting the two wheels 180 degrees the duck will waddle side to side when pulled.

joedw00 wrote:Very nice. What wood did you use on the Christmas tree? Did you glue the two pieces together, and then route it out?

The lighter wood is local maple obtained from a sawmill near here. The dark wood is Sapele obtained from a cabinet shop that closed down.

To make the tray, I made a laminated blank with a thicker layer of maple and a thinner layer of Sapele. Each layer has pieces that were first edge glued to make a piece larger than my template. The layers were then faced glued together. I used Tightbond II.

I then attached the template to the blank and drill out most of the waste with a large forstner bit. You can see that process in thispost. Once that was done I removed the remaining waste with multiple passes with the OPR. Cut the outside profile on the bandsaw and then LOTS and LOTS of sanding. Apply a food safe finish, and you're done.

I finished these up today. The next project is a table that will fit between them.

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I am a newbie here and just wanna say Hi to everyone. I am Daniel from Pennsylvania, US.


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dare very gud, dasgud. White cedar outdoor patio chairs? Nice job.

lol Mickyd. thanks for the compliment. yes, cedar patio chairs. after the table I want to make a lounge chair next.
I kinda changed my mind and I'm making two more chairs now because there were some things I didn't like about the first two. I got everything cut today, tomorrow I'll sand, profile and assemble.
I use the table saw, bandaw (with a trammel table to cut the seat backs nice an evenly) belt sander, drum sander, and a 3 hp router with bearing bit to cut template shapes.

dasgud wrote:lol Mickyd. thanks for the compliment. yes, cedar patio chairs. after the table I want to make a lounge chair next.
I kinda changed my mind and I'm making two more chairs now because there were some things I didn't like about the first two. I got everything cut today, tomorrow I'll sand, profile and assemble.
I use the table saw, bandaw (with a trammel table to cut the seat backs nice an evenly) belt sander, drum sander, and a 3 hp router with bearing bit to cut template shapes.

Is there a preservative finish applied?

The lounge chair will really compliment this great patio set.