Thread: Train Toy Box

Nice work Gary.
But mate please read this before you get flamed
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Gary,

I love those tile pallets too! Lovely light piney stuff, perfect for toys, paddles and losts of little things!

For books, try the usual OP shops, StVinneys, Salvos etc. Lots of them were published in the 50's and 60's and you often see them for a dollar or so.

Otherwise your local library will have a surprising range of books and magazines you can use. I am often surprised at the number of people who simply don't consider going to a library, when all that stuff is there just waiting!

Cheers,

P

Mark,

Duly noted, an error I will try not to remake!

Biting Midge,

How obvious and one i had never thought of, the library

Much obliged.
Gary

How obvious and one i had never thought of, the library

Sorry to sound so paternalistic in my original post, but libraries seem to have been quite forgotten in recent years. Most have great services for obtaining just about any book (for a nominal fee) the last serious cost for me was $7.00 for a two month loan on a book which would have cost nearly $200.00 to buy, which I figure was pretty good value!

First step for me is the Web...to find references, then to the library to see if what I have read has any truth in it!

Cheers,

P

Was excellent advice, have already been, copied numerous paterns and now making toys.

Cheers,
Gary

if the inter library loan system here is like the one in the uk ( or at least as it was when I was a junior library assistant many years ago ) every library was assigned a section of the dewey numbering system and tries to aquire new books which fall into that numbering range.

They weren't necessarily be out on display but stashed away in a store somewhere. Then when someone wanted a title that that their own library didn't have the librarian would first try the library which specialised in that numbering range. So some lucky people would live near a library with an enormous stash of woodworking books

And you have nothing to lose by asking your local library if they will purchase a particular book, if they have any money ( not always a given ) they should at least consider your request, especially if you can make a case that their range in that section of the classification system is poor.

Try your local TAFE college library, which provides woodwork training. You probably won't be able to borrow books but you should be able to photocopy (or at least bribe a student to do it for you. Remember, they're students, 1 beer gets you two hours labour).

The Marleston Tafe has an incredible diversity of books on woodwork and building, so I'm certain other in other states would be similar.

Cheers,

Gary
Most small toys can be made from a picture. Do a search for " wooden toys " and see what you can make.
Some of mine are here .
toys
The car transport puzzle at the top left was off the net
paul

Here is the photo I deleted and resized.