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[BadBob]

I found these in an old scroll saw magazine a couple of years ago. Sorry, I can't tell you any better than that. It occurs to me that I should start documenting the source of my patterns.

[BadBob]

I make these.


and these, the larger ones cut with a bandsaw.




I have made smaller ones, but the antlers are difficult to cut without breaking....

[BadBob]

The tanker was the first time I had turned anything on a lathe....

[BadBob]

I did not finish most of them. For the few that I did finish, I used satin polyurethane thinned 50% mineral spirits wiped on. I didn't care for the finished versions.

I still have some or rather my grandson does and I know where there are several more.




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[BadBob]

I gave each of my nieces and nephews a set and sold the rest for enough money to buy a jointer and my first scroll saw. One person bought all of them....

[BadBob]

Maybe the best toy book that was ever written. I've made a few.

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