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Did you ever want a full size version of those Lincoln Logs you built with as a kid? This is my interpretation of Jack McKee’s Builder Boards with variations. I used 5/4×6 S4S Western Red Cedar. The 3 different roof options were something my wife came up with. The Basic Flat Roof was designed for the addition of a tarp or a custom sewn top for an interior build. The Flat Roof with Roof Boards was a variation of the Basic using the same Roof Boards as Gable Roof Option. I went through about 60 iterations of the roof design before I decided on this version. The original Builder Boards used velcro to attach the roof boards. I wanted everything to be made out of wood. The susceptible parts were reinforced with SS screws. The wall piece reinforcements were drilled with a 3/8” counterbore and the plugs were cut with a 3/8” Veritas Plug Cutter. The shoulders in the wall boards were cut with a band saw and excised with a chisel. All edges were chamfered. All boards were thickness dimensioned with a drum sander. One word of caution – although this appears to be a child’s play set, it is very addictive to any adults in the vicinity. The gable roof is taller than I had hoped for, but that is what Dad’s are made for.
-- They call me Mr. Silly
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Skylark53
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#1 posted 338 days ago
Cool project. Nice work, sure must’ve taken a great deal of planning.
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Monte Pittman
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#2 posted 337 days ago
Wow that’s a whole bunch of cuts to make. Cool looking though.
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Paul
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#3 posted 337 days ago
This is all kinds of great!
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KnotCurser
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#4 posted 337 days ago
This is AWESOME
I would spend hours playing with them myself and not let the kids touch them! ;-)
Your kids must have went insane when they saw these.
Great job!
-bob
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bigred18
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#5 posted 337 days ago
That is so cool
what are the over all height for them?
Juriathe
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#6 posted 337 days ago
Awesome !! My favorite days were at my grandparents who figured out early that given a set of Lincoln Logs, and a set of plastic Building Blocks I’d be quiet and absorbed for hours. This set would be great to have !! I’m going to have to try it . Thanks for the idea !
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Theron
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#7 posted 337 days ago
Forget the kids – this could occupy me all afternoon!
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DYankee
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#8 posted 337 days ago
I want one too!
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Paulo in Texas
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#9 posted 336 days ago
I wish I had this when I was a kid! By the way, here is an alternate idea for the roof from the 1953 issue of Mechanix Illustrated: http://blog.modernmechanix.com/plywood-play-planks/
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PRGDesigns
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#10 posted 335 days ago
Thanks to everyone for the supportive comments!
Skylark53 – everything was laid out in AutoCAD 2011 for MAC. Lots of planning, drafting, redrafting and implementation.
Monte Pittman – I made a total of 5 sets – 8,000 saw cuts, 3,000 SS screws, and almost 5,000 scraps, which were recycled through an elementary school for art projects. I would hate to guess how many feet of routing I did, or more accurately, the mileage I covered with a router bit. The routing seemed to take the longest.
bigred18 – approximately 48” for the basic and flat roof height. Approximately 72” for the gable roof.
Paulo in Texas – thanks for the trip down memory lane. I had a couple of suggestions to do the gable roof in a similar manner as shown in the article, but it didn’t work for the flat roof option.
-- They call me Mr. Silly
Don Broussard
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#11 posted 294 days ago
Looks like a labor-intensive but really fun project. This is definitely going in my favorites. I can see some adults playing with this instead of doing something productive . . .
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Joe Lyddon
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#12 posted 294 days ago
Slick idea…
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