| Project by davidtheboxmaker | posted 286 days ago | 390 views | 1 time favorited | 22 comments | ![]() |
This is the present I made for my great neice and nephew.
I bought the animals throughout the year as I was passing the toy shop.
When December arrived I decided it was time to make the Ark for them to travel in.
Hopefully Sophie and Thomas will play with them for quite a while.
I tried to buy plans on the internet and ran into all sorts of problems. So I distilled the various designs into my version and just made it.
I used maple timber and the scrollsaw was the most important tool in construction.
Each layer is 3/4” wide so the 1/2” is glued to the one below leaving a 1/4” overlap for the clinker built effect.
Because the giraffe is very tall, the deck has a hole in it for its head to come through.
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22 comments so far
MsDebbieP
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posted 286 days ago
it’s wonderful.
The two sections really make it a great toy for story-telling/play. Awesome
-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)
rikkor
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posted 286 days ago
I have a nephew names Noah. He’s too old now, but that would have been a good project for me about eight years ago. It looks great.
-- Maplewood, MN
Critterman
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posted 286 days ago
Very nice, I think your safe…that ark is going to get lots of play time :>)
-- Jim Hallada, Chesterfield, VA
RonH
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posted 286 days ago
I really like your ark. I am sure your niece and nephew will treasure it
Colin
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posted 286 days ago
I really like your ark too, a wonderful toy to play with and enjoy.
-- Colin, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. "Every craftsman was once an amateur"
CharlieM1958
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posted 286 days ago
Great toy! The real Noah would be proud. :-)
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
bigpops0259
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posted 286 days ago
Great job, There’s a toy for the ages, do all the animals fit inside?
-- Marty Ohio
Douglas Bordner
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posted 286 days ago
The first moon roof, built for the giraffes. Great toy!
-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.
TreeBones
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posted 286 days ago
Very nice and a special gift that I bet will find many play days with more than the ones iyou made it fore.
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mot
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posted 286 days ago
Beautiful toy. I made one of these as well. Yours is very nice!
-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)
davidtheboxmaker
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posted 286 days ago
Thanks for all the nice comments.
All the animals fit inside – if you push and shove a bit.
Karson
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posted 286 days ago
Great looking ark. My son borrowed a neighbors and now I have to remake all of the animals. We have the Ark, just nothing to put in it.
-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com
cajunpen
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posted 286 days ago
Great looking ark and what a wonderful gift for your niece and nephew.
-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/
Jiri Parkman
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posted 285 days ago
Very nice present – 30 presents.
-- Jiri
itsme_timd
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posted 226 days ago
What a great project and learning toy/tool. Any reason you chose maple over gopher wood? :-)
-- Tim D. - Woodstock, GA
trifern
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posted 226 days ago
Great job. Not only will they enjoy playing with it, but so will their kids…
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davidtheboxmaker
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posted 226 days ago
Tim D – maple seemed the best timber at my supplier – originally I wasn’t going to stain it, but at the end of the project I decided this would be best.
Dick, & Barb Cain
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posted 225 days ago
When I read you were taking up carving, & I opened this posting, I thought WOW! can he ever carve.
Then I read that you bought the animals.
Nice job with the ark though.
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Scott Bryan
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posted 225 days ago
That is a great looking ark. It is something that they can not only enjoy now but also later on they can let their children play with it as well.
-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.
davidtheboxmaker
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posted 225 days ago
Dick
I’ve got a ways to go before I’m ready or able to carve animals.
I finished a love spoon recently – I’ll post that in the next day or two.
ND2ELK
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posted 194 days ago
Hi Dick
You did a beautiful job on the Ark. I am sure that your neice and nephew were pleased. Thank you for posting.
God Bless
tom
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StevenAntonucci
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posted 15 days ago
Very nice. Now you have to make another for when they get older, or they’ll fight over who gets it for their kids…
-- Steven