Gadgets & Gizmos is a special issue of Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts. While it is not a part of the regular subscription, it is available from your favorite retailer or from Fox Chapel Publishing, www.foxchapelpublishing.com, 1-800-457-9112.
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In This Issue:
Toys
By Abigail Brubaker
After learning woodworking from his father, Bob Gilsdorf shares the fun with kids everywhere. Click here to read more about Bob.
By Bob Gilsdorf
Watch your fingers! This bean bag toss game is ready to bite! Click here to see this gator’s jaws snap shut.
By David Wakefield
Follow the nose–this active push toy is fun wherever it goes. Click here to see him talk as he walks.
By Eric Hart
Raise the roof with this super-loud but super-simple toy. Click here to get a preview of how loud it can be.
By Mark Stevenson
Clever mechanism lets you shoot as many rubber bands as you can load. Click here to watch the rubber bands fly AND see how to reload the gun.
By Troy Hawkins
Make a game of skill for as little as $1.50. Click here and watch the balls roll.
Gizmos
By Abigail Brubaker
Jay Kinsinger’s wooden bicycles are anything but old fashioned. Read more about Jay’s work here.
By Niklas Oberfeld
Small-scale puzzle box is great for cash, mints, or even pills. Check our wood toxicity chart before you cut to make sure you’re using food-safe wood.
By Art Mulder
You’ll love making this marble racer, kids will love playing with it: win-win!
By Mike Ryan
Transform your home into a mad scientist’s lair with this gear-driven switch. Click here to see the Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts’s mad scientist exert control over the lights.
Easy-to-Make Electromagnetic Gear Clock
By Alfred Mifsud and Rolf Beuttenmuller
Add an electronic circuit to simplify this wooden gear clock. Click here to see the pendulum swing and gears move without a weight or spring.
Automata
By Abigail Brubaker
Dug North’s automata are complex machines–and yet, the opposite of today’s technology. Click here to read more about Dug and his machines.
By Christopher Blasius
A determined mouse endlessly chases a mouse in this simple project.
By Chris Fitch
Simple gears make this cowboy and horse come to life. Click here to see the pair race away into the sunset.
By John Hutchinson
Up for a challenge? This gadget with gears and cams will keep you on your toes! Click here to see the synchronized dancers in action.
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