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1st January 2008, 04:01 PM #1
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Plans for 'simple' to construct wooden toys
I am the manager of a Community Correctional Centre in Regional South Australia. Clients are sent to us to complete Community Service by the Court. We have a modestly equipped sheltered workshop supervised by an officer. Each year the group construct wooden toys from pine donated by the local timber cutting companies and then in December we donate approximately 100 toys to local charities for distribution. We seem to have become a little 'stale' with our toy design and I would like to ask members of the forum to perhaps share designs which could be made by our clients (ladies and men) who normally have minimal woodworking skills but do learn quickly. We will of course pay postage. Please email me if you require further information. Many thanks.
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1st January 2008, 05:32 PM #2
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I guess the ones on this site would be to complicated; http://www.dotnet.com/~boystoys/woodtruck.html
Or there's these ones; http://www.woodtoyz.com/WTCat/Catalogue.htmlLast edited by funkychicken; 1st January 2008 at 07:11 PM. Reason: Ga-zoing!
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1st January 2008, 05:51 PM #3
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Do you have any pictures of what you make at the present time
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1st January 2008, 07:48 PM #4
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Toys
Welcome to the mad house.
There is a small magazine/book published called The Australian Toymaker" you may be able to get that at a newsagency.
Good luck with your charges.
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18th January 2008, 10:21 PM #5
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Many thanks
Thank you all for your suggestions. I have purchased copies of the Wooden Toy Magazine and the back issues. This will more than suffice for our needs I think. We are going begging to the local timber milling companies now to ask for donations of wood suitable to make the toys. Perhaps I'll post a picture at the end of the year of the complete toys, we usually make the local paper and short news piece on local TV.
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19th January 2008, 11:49 AM #6
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The chipboard mill over the border in Dartmoor used to be very amenable to requests from community organisations
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21st January 2008, 05:13 PM #7
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Simple toys.
Here are some very simple toys the could start with
David L
One of the great crowd beyond the bloom of youth on the Sunshine Coast
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