And here is the first set.

—Please note the boy added for scale—
Among the lessons leaned:- The way the grain goes is more important than maximizing the wood. The camel’s leg broke but glued together well, would not have broke had I cut it right.
- Axel holes in the center of the leg don’t leave enough room for hooks and eyes.
- Use smaller hooks and eyes
Now on to the next something.






















4 comments so far
Jiri Parkman
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posted 586 days ago
Nice project. Happy boy.
-- Jiri
Scott Bryan
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posted 586 days ago
Hi Alan,
This has been an enlightening series and I have enjoyed seeing this train developed. It looks as if it passes quality control as well. :)
Thanks for the post.
-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.
joecot
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posted 586 days ago
I love this! Great job.
What is the name of the book that has the plans?
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Alan
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posted 585 days ago
Its called The Great All American Wooden Toybook. Link goes through the LJ store.
Thanks everybody, it is a nice project to “get warmed up” and get into woodworking and learn the tools again.