Making Heirloom Toys

Professional designer and woodworker Jim Makowicki's 22-project collection reflects uncanny historical detail and technical accuracy. Each ingeniously designed toy is a potential family heirloom, as a plaything or for display.

Makowicki's sophisticated toy designs are extraordinary. Some Making Heirloom Toys projects have over 50 pieces; one, a handsome ferry boat complete with vintage vehicles has over 100. There are simpler toys, too, all suited to the average woodworker's skills.

• Projects are meticulously researched and include scale drawings that can be copier-enlarged into full-size working plans.
• Readers get step-by-step details, including safety, design and finishing information.
• Projects are mostly transportation toys: cars, trucks, airplanes, trains, boats and more.

• Great Book of Wooden Toys: More Than 50 Easy-To-Build Projects (American Woodworker) (Fox Chapel Publishing) Step-by-Step Instructions, Diagrams, Templates, and Finishing & Detailing Tips
• Making Wooden Toys: 12 Easy-to-Do Projects with Full-Size Templates (Dover Woodworking)
• Animated Animal Toys in Wood: 20 Projects that Walk, Wobble & Roll (Fox Chapel Publishing) Patterns & Directions for Making Dinosaurs, a Shark, Duck, Turtle, Wolf, Frog, Hippo, Dog, & More for Kids
• The Great All-American Wooden Toy Book
• Tremendous Toy Trucks
• Making Toys That Teach: With Step-by-Step Instructions and Plans
• Animal Puzzles for the Scroll Saw, Second Edition: Newly Revised & Expanded, Now 50 Projects in Wood (Fox Chapel Publishing) Designs including Kittens, Koalas, Bulldogs, Bears, Penguins, Pigs, & More
• Big Book of Gizmos & Gadgets: Expert Advice and 15 All-Time Favorite Projects and Patterns (Fox Chapel Publishing) Step-by-Step Wooden Mechanical Marvels, with a Full-Size Pull-Out Pattern Pack
• Making Tiny Toys in Wood: Ornaments & Collectible Heirloom Accents (Fox Chapel Publishing) 15 Ready-to-Use Patterns
• Wooden Axle Pegs for 1/4" Hole, 1-1/4" Long Wood Toy Wheel Pegs - Bag of 100