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Noah's Ark for Christmas

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Noah's Ark for Christmas Noah's Ark for Christmas Noah's Ark for Christmas Click the pictures to enlarge them

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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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)

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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

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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

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RonH

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posted 286 days ago

I really like your ark. I am sure your niece and nephew will treasure it

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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"

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CharlieM1958

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posted 286 days ago

Great toy! The real Noah would be proud. :-)

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

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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

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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.

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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.

-- Ron, Twain Harte, Ca. Portable on site Sawmill Service http://westcoastlands.net/Sawmill.html http://westcoastlands.net/SawBucks2/phpBB3

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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)

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davidtheboxmaker

325 posts in 291 days


posted 286 days ago

Thanks for all the nice comments.
All the animals fit inside – if you push and shove a bit.

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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

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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/

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Jiri Parkman

559 posts in 298 days


posted 285 days ago

Very nice present – 30 presents.

-- Jiri

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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

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trifern

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posted 226 days ago

Great job. Not only will they enjoy playing with it, but so will their kids…

-- Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember it didn't work for the rabbit.

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davidtheboxmaker

325 posts in 291 days


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.

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Dick, & Barb Cain

5076 posts in 785 days


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.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

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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.

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davidtheboxmaker

325 posts in 291 days


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.

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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

-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa

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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

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