Crafting Wood Logic Puzzles


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For centuries, logic puzzles have entertained, inspired and educated kids of all ages. Studies show these engaging "brain teasers" provide unsurpassed benefits to the body and mind, increasing manual dexterity, mathematical abilities and overall intellectual agility. Crafting Wood Logic Puzzles provides plans and instructions for crafting 18 of the most popular manual puzzles. Projects range from traditional "put together/take apart" games like pentominoes and soma cubes to more sophisticated "unlocking" head-scratchers, such as the Burr and Heart Box puzzles. Readers will also learn specialized cutting, drilling, sanding, gluing and finishing techniques that make crafting wooden puzzles possible.




Making Wooden Dinosaur Toys and Puzzles


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· A fun and exciting guide to making wooden dinosaur toys and puzzles with a scroll saw · Includes 38 scroll saw patterns of dinosaurs, including Velociraptor and Stegosaurus to Triceratops, Tyrannosaurus Rex, and more · Also includes baby-proof toy patterns · Contains a detailed section on the basics and getting started, as well as advice on cutting, sanding, and finishing · Written by award-winning scroll saw artists Judy and Dave Peterson




Wood Craft


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Puzzles in Wood


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This classic reference features 45 engaging puzzles to challenge a woodworker's hands and mind while providing hours of entertainment for adults and children alike. Projects include locked links, bewitching cubes, intricate banks and many more. 45 unique puzzle projects. Projects include bewitching cubes, caged balls, intricate banks, locked links, perplexing burrs and secret drawers. Finished pieces make great gifts.




Animal Puzzles for the Scroll Saw, Second Edition


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· A collection of more than 50 scroll saw projects for making animal puzzles · Newly expanded edition includes more than 20 new realistic animal patterns · Features a complete step-by-step project tutorial · Includes tips for getting started, choosing wood, transferring patterns, and creating your own designs · Written by Dave and Judy Peterson, authors of Dinosaur Puzzles for the Scroll Saw, Fantasy & Legend Puzzles for the Scroll Saw, and more




20-Minute Scroll Saw Puzzles


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A must-have guide for quick and easy projects specifically tailored towards beginner scroll sawyers Offers 60 full-size scroll saw patterns of stackable animal family puzzles that consist of no more than 10 pieces each and can be accomplished in 20 minutes Includes a complete step-by-step tutorial for cutting a pattern and making a puzzle from start to finish Also features sections on basic scroll saw techniques, wood selection, safety, child-safe finishes, and more Projects result in fun and engaging puzzles for kids, making for excellent gifts and timeless keepsakes Author, scroll saw artist, and Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts contributor Jaeheon Yun specializes in unique and whimsical puzzles of interlocking animals that can be stacked and arranged in a variety of ways, or stand alone as individual toys




New Wood Puzzle Designs


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Wooden puzzles are fun to solve, but with this guide to the almost perfectly square sticks, rings, disks, and other shapes that they require, they are even more fun to make. Twelve puzzles of four different, basic types are described in this guide, along with the tools and techniques needed to make them. There is also expert advice on the woods, glues, and finishes that will give the best results. These puzzles are beautiful and intriguing objects in their own right, and they offer woodworkers a delightful means of sharpening their skills and entertaining their friends.




Easy Handmade Toys & Puzzles


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· A compilation of 35 wooden toy and puzzle projects from the archives of Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts magazine · Perfect for beginner to intermediate scrollers to build their skills while producing fresh, fun, and whimsical toys and puzzles that are safe for kids, from a castle playset to construction vehicle puzzles · Includes step-by-step instructions, coordinating photography, full-size patterns, and expert tips throughout · Also features detailed introductory sections on basic scroll saw techniques, choosing blades, selecting wood, and applying finishes · Contributions of desirable scroll saw projects and patterns are from well-known artists in the industry, including Judy Peterson, Bob Gilsdorf, Ruth Chopp, Paul Meisel, Sue Mey, and others




Wooden Toys, Puzzles and Games


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Shares directions and plans for building to boats, cars, trains, tractors, windmills, carousels, trucks, and houses, as well as rocking horses, game boards, and Noah's ark.




The National Builder


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