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Great All-American Wooden Toybook (Reader's Digest Woodworking) | 
 enlarge | Author: Norm Marshall
Publisher: Readers Digest
Category: Book
Buy New: $241.99
New (1) Used (3) from $19.80
Avg. Customer Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 203062
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 212
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.5 x 0.5
ISBN: 0762101725
Dewey Decimal Number: 745.592
UPC: 071138001726
EAN: 9780762101726
ASIN: 0762101725
Publication Date: January 1, 1999
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
Build any one of 50 top-quality toys with the help of exploded diagrams, photos, material lists and detailed step-by-step instructions.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 4 more reviews...
 Something for everyone August 9, 2008
As a semi-pro woodworker with a shop full of tools I found his step-by-step directions clear and his plans complete. Whether you have a Shopsmith or a Unisaw, you'll find something in this book for your kids or grandkids. I personally recommend the Pull-Along Train for the novice, and the biplane or P-40 for more experienced and better equiped weoodworkers. My only suggestion is this: Get better wheels. If you can't figure out how to mmake them, buy them.
 It is indeed a great wooden toy book. December 24, 2007
I've been using this book to make toys for children for 15 years and find the drawings and instructions clear and easy to follow. I like how all the projects are designed around stock lumber. One reviewer mentioned that the drawings are on grids for easy scaling. I should note that only items that are odd shaped and can't be drawn full scale in the book are on grids, but that is all that is needed. The only toy that I would have liked to have been included is a dump truck, but I designed my own once I got the hang of how his trucks are designed.
Thorough with step by step instruction April 24, 2005
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I echo what the other reviewers have already said. Excellent intro to wood toy making provided you have or can get access to tools. Good step by step instructions. This book is a good way to develop your woodworking skills without being overwhelmed.
A Great Toy Book! November 28, 2002
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
This book is great for making fun, easy projects that make great gifts. I have made a total of four trucks from this book. This book is a great way to introduce woodworking to kids. I would reccomend this book to anyone.
Great book for the skilled woodworker with good tools July 13, 2002
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
Since I purchased this book I have madea Model T Ford and am now making a Stearman biplane.
The instructions are generally clear with good illustrations. Most of the projects are not for beginners and most require a table or radial arm saw, a band saw and a power drum/belt sander. The author's suggestion to use knotty pine is economical but most of this wood in my local home improvement stores is warped, bowed and generally a pain to work with. Spend a little more and use clear pine or better yet, poplar which in my area is available in many different sizes and thicknesses. Also, the author may love resawing wood to get the sizes that he recommends but it would be a lot easier to scale the projects so that they require standard thicknesses.
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