This vintage book is comprehensive and beginner-friendly guide to making
wooden toys, with information on tools and equipment, joining,
finishing, and much more. Making wooden toys can be a cost-effective and
rewarding process for both parent and child. Profusely illustrated and
full of simple instructions, this timeless volume is highly recommended
for anyone with an interest in hand-making toys, and would make for a
fantastic addition to family collections. Contents include: "Tools and
Supplies", "Transferring Drawings", "Sawing", "Fastening Parts
Together", "Joints", "Coloring and Finishing", "Standing, Rocking, and
Wheeling Animals", "Jacks and Acrobats--Performers on Strings", "Combat
and Competition Toys", "Walkers and Dancers on an Inclined Plane",
"Carts and Chariots", etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming
increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now
in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially
commissioned new introduction on the history of toys.