Weekly "bog"
Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 11:09 pm
I really don't want to bog you down but some of you might be interested in one of my on going projects.
This project is called "CLIMBING BEAR 2.0".
Just a short history and then you can go look at the pictures. For me this all started in May of 1979. The issue of Popular Mechanics had a grouping of 5 old-time toys that you could make. If you have the issue it is on page134. (It is really an excerpt from American Folk Toys by Dick Schnacke.)
That Christmas or the following one (1980) I built a bunch of these, one for my family, some for friends, and for all the familys with kids at the start up church we were attending. To be honest I have no idea how many, but I do know I was sanding for a long while.
I had my shopsmith jig saw and used that to cut the bears out. Now remember this is 27 or 28 years ago and the blades and older model jig saw are NOT any where as nice at the new stuff and the edges required a lot of hand sanding.
We still have our bear but I have not been able to find him but he went to school for show and tell with all three of my kids, he even stayed at the school several times..... he went to church nurseries, he was played with by all of my kids friends and our house was the hang-out spot. One of my kids was in to wearing black clothes for a while and it was so funny when one or more of his heavy metal friends would stop by and I would hear the unique sound of the bear climbing.... We ended up putting him at the top of the stairs for our kids high school years and even the teenagers had to play with it.
OK so about 10-12 years ago I wanted to make a new one using the router, and that is when I got an overhead pin attachment to my router table. It was a major disapointment but the company let me return it and the used bits for a full refund. Then when I got my shopsmith version I knew someday I was going to go for it again. Now is that time.
The orginal pattern was for cutting with a jig saw or coping saw so it had to change. I got that done and went from there. I was going to make only one but before I got to the project the count was 3. Since then a forth was added and that may be come five before I ever get the orginial one finished.
Non-profit efforts can use my design as it is... if you plan to sell them then please do your own design.
OK now go to see the pictures at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/12199425@N02/sets/72157602338130436/
If you have questions feel free to ask.
Ed
This project is called "CLIMBING BEAR 2.0".
Just a short history and then you can go look at the pictures. For me this all started in May of 1979. The issue of Popular Mechanics had a grouping of 5 old-time toys that you could make. If you have the issue it is on page134. (It is really an excerpt from American Folk Toys by Dick Schnacke.)
That Christmas or the following one (1980) I built a bunch of these, one for my family, some for friends, and for all the familys with kids at the start up church we were attending. To be honest I have no idea how many, but I do know I was sanding for a long while.
I had my shopsmith jig saw and used that to cut the bears out. Now remember this is 27 or 28 years ago and the blades and older model jig saw are NOT any where as nice at the new stuff and the edges required a lot of hand sanding.
We still have our bear but I have not been able to find him but he went to school for show and tell with all three of my kids, he even stayed at the school several times..... he went to church nurseries, he was played with by all of my kids friends and our house was the hang-out spot. One of my kids was in to wearing black clothes for a while and it was so funny when one or more of his heavy metal friends would stop by and I would hear the unique sound of the bear climbing.... We ended up putting him at the top of the stairs for our kids high school years and even the teenagers had to play with it.
OK so about 10-12 years ago I wanted to make a new one using the router, and that is when I got an overhead pin attachment to my router table. It was a major disapointment but the company let me return it and the used bits for a full refund. Then when I got my shopsmith version I knew someday I was going to go for it again. Now is that time.
The orginal pattern was for cutting with a jig saw or coping saw so it had to change. I got that done and went from there. I was going to make only one but before I got to the project the count was 3. Since then a forth was added and that may be come five before I ever get the orginial one finished.
Non-profit efforts can use my design as it is... if you plan to sell them then please do your own design.
OK now go to see the pictures at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/12199425@N02/sets/72157602338130436/
If you have questions feel free to ask.
Ed