Thread: I made a duck!

Originally Posted by bitingmidge

Well it's not actually a duck, it's more a "seabird

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Looks like a Goonie Bird to me. Looks great what ever the brand and I'm sure the young bloke will be rapt.

Mike

Originally Posted by bitingmidge

Anyway, my grandson will think it's ok and that's all that matters!

Timber scraps of Myrtle, Oregon, a bit of Blue Gum, and I think the wheels are from a Mallelueca branch.

I suppose I really should take a movie!

Cheers,

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Ill-proportioned? Yes

Likely to get approval? Definitely

Movie? What's the hold-up?

Cute!

Looks like one bloody good toy you've got there. What's the mechanism for the head?

It does look like the proverbial "Seabird" one conjures up in ones mind, thinking of Monty Python. It looks like a great toy, and surprisingly, kids will be tempted to drag it up and down the passageways for years to come. At nearly eight years of age, a grand-daughter still drags the wooden soldier on horseback up and down, clacking away. Wooden toys are just the best, and no batteries required.

It's one of those extinct birds that lay the big eggs.

Great work bitingmidge.

Graham

Originally Posted by Juffy

What's the mechanism for the head?

Hmmm.. can I describe it?

The rear axle drives a cam, which moves a centre reciprocating bit, which has a couple of flanges which come out at right angles under one of the wings. This in turn drives a crank which is connected to the neck. All in timber.

Simple really!

Cheers,

P

Good toy, looks like a cartoon character.

Originally Posted by Buzza

It does look like the proverbial "Seabird" one conjures up in ones mind, thinking of Monty Python.

Yeah, like "what flavour is it?"

Love the Duck.
I would love to make one of these ducks.Aussie
http://www.skillspublish.com.au/BK10-77.htm
Tracked book down.Has a lot more as well

I like it.

I've recently bought this book for the lumberjack pattern. I also have mixed feelings about it. The instructions are lacking .... well there really aren't any.... for someone without a bit of prior experience these toys would be hard to make.
So far I've only made the frog and the crock ( wonder why there are two of them in the book? ) I had to modify and figure out how to round the edges of the moving parts.... moved the legs forward and back a bit so I could actually round over with the scroll saw.....


It's definately not what I had hoped for, but seems to be the only available book of this sort?

Juvy

You've just about summed it up Keju!

I will write that full review in a day or two, but you are absolutely correct, and I'm very disappointed in some of the engineering as well. I don't usually follow plans, so it wasn't a big deal, but I had gone too far in a couple of areas, for instance the axles are 6mm (quarter inch) dowel, and that's just an accident waiting to happen. There's no way of repairing anything easily either!

Oh well.

Cheers,

P

I've had the book for some years now and made several of the toys for my grandkids; the shorebird, pig and chicken. The major design fault is in the axle sizes, so I beef them up a bit. Mine are nowhere as pretty as midge's, painted not clear finish, but the anklebiters don't seem to mind.
Cheers
Graeme

They look terrific Graeme, and I suspect more in keeping with the intent of the book.

I shaped the body a little because it just looked far too top heavy, once again if I'd painted it (like your chook) that could well have overcome that problem.

I'm a little concerned with the vulnerability of the head too, I've got it on an 8 mm dowel, so we'll see.

It's a pity I didn't do that for the axles!

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