Product Description

A collection of 30 wood toy vehicles that can be built to put a smile on any child's face and also kept as an heirloom for many generations to come. Written for all levels of woodworkers, this book contains easy-to-follow instructions, illustrations, photos and material lists.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #56149 in Books
• Published on: 1999-12
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 120 pages

From the Publisher
This book contains 30 wood toy vehicle designs with a variety of simple to do, easy to make to more complex designs. The reader will learn how to make wood toy vehicles by following the well-written instructions and many illustrations with dimensioned detail drawings and assembly drawings. A complete materials list that gives the reader the finished size is included for all 30 toys, which makes buying just the right amount of materials easy. Each of these wood toys will be a delight for any child who receives it or a great display piece for the home or office.

From the Author
I hope every woodworker that builds these toys from this book enjoys it as much as I did when I built the wood toys. Some are so easy they can be built in one evening and others will take a couple of days to finish.

From the Back Cover
Master woodworker Ron Tarjany has patterned a distinctive assortment of toy vehicles made of wood. Choose from 30 original designed wood toy vehicles. Just a few of these vehicles are: Small Steam Freight Train Toy Sports Car Work Equipment Crane Block'y Flatbed Truck Mac Delivery Truck Work Equipment Road Roller Block'y Tank Truck Old Timer Delivery Small Diesel Freight Train Work Equipment Bulldozer Each chapter covers one wood toy and is complete with detailed instructions, line drawings, photographs and list of materials. These toys of wood are ideal as gifts or to display on the shelf.

Customer Reviews

Small Workshop - Great Fun
Several really nice things about building the types of wooden toys outlined in this book are that once you have the necessary tools to do the job it is a relatively inexpensive hobby, it can be done within a fairly small work space so no large woodworking shop is needed, and there is enough variety in the projects to keep you interested and enthusiastic for a long while.

As for the required tools, the author suggests a work shop equipped with a bench drill press for accuracy, a band saw, a hand held orbiting sander, a circular saw, a scroll saw, a belt sander, and a router. Most of these projects can, however, be built without all the above. Tarjany does, however, suggest a minimum wood toy shop be equipped with a band saw, a bench drill press, and a bench disc sander.

As the title suggests, the book contains 30 toy vehicles in a wide variety of shapes. Included are a toy sports car, a low wing plane, a helicopter, several types of work vehicles, and a small diesel freight train among other projects. For each project there are detailed instructions, line drawings, photographs, and a list of required materials. Helpful hints are provided along the way, but the budding toy maker will need to know the basics of measuring, cutting, glueing, finishing, etc.

This is a well done book. If you believe you would like to get involved in the fascinating and rewarding hobby of making toy vehicles of wood, this is a good book to buy in addition to a basic primer in woodworking techniques.

Great -- if you've got a woodworking shop!
The designs, plans and instructions in each of the sections of this book are great. I had no trouble at all in starting on several of the toys shown here. But beware to the craftsman who doesn't own a drill press! The author seems to assume that anyone building these toys will have a drill press, a belt sander, and other large floor-model power tools. Since I do everything with hand tools (plus a power sander), some of these designs became a lot trickier. I had to resurrect my old doweling tools to mount wheels, for example. Still a great book!

Father in-law love it
I bought this book for my father in-law a year ago. He is a retired carpenter and I thought he would enjoy building some of those cute wooden toy vehicles. I was right he has build several of the toys and he really enjoyed building them. I enjoy taking them with me to the school where I teach, so the children can enjoy them too. My father in-law thinks this book is the GREATEST.