- Paperback: 160 pages
- Publisher: Sterling (Sep 28 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0806992867
- ISBN-13: 978-0806992860
- Product Dimensions: 27.2 x 21.3 x 0.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 635 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #857,561 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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These charming mechanical contraptions will captivate anyone who operates them—and creative woodworkers will find them fun to make. “Quite impressive...[Frost] offers colorful drawings. Designs include a dancing lumberjack, an exercising couple, and many more, all powered by handcrank or wind. This title is a nice departure from woodworking titles that require expensive materials and measurements to 1/64". Recommended.”—Library Journal.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A Beautiful Book,
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This review is from: Whacky Toys, Whirligigs & Whatchamacallits (Paperback)
This is the best of the mechanical/whirligig books I've run across. Beautiful color photographs and detailed illustrations of Frost's very strange toys including dancing lumberjacks, boxing angels and demons, machine-gunning whirligigs, and the wonderfully painted 'houses' that hold the hand-cranks that give life to these creatures. An excellent resource for toy and wood-working ideas.
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4.0 out of 5 stars (6 customer reviews) 21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
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A Beautiful Book,
By michael mccarthy - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Whacky Toys, Whirligigs & Whatchamacallits (Paperback)
This is the best of the mechanical/whirligig books I've run across. Beautiful color photographs and detailed illustrations of Frost's very strange toys including dancing lumberjacks, boxing angels and demons, machine-gunning whirligigs, and the wonderfully painted 'houses' that hold the hand-cranks that give life to these creatures. An excellent resource for toy and wood-working ideas.
20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
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The only book on making automata with actual plans,
By Dug North "Automata Artist" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Whacky Toys, Whirligigs & Whatchamacallits (Paperback)
This book features fourteen projects. Each project has a bit of text, a photo, and many nice vector illustrations detailing the project's construction. The artist's work is colorful, assorted, and playful. People determined to build an automaton are sure to find a project in this book that speaks to them.
For a visually oriented person who doesn't need every step spelled out, this book is a gem. The drawings are very clear and complete and there is some text to help you through the tricky parts. In sum, if you have even a little experience working with wood and would like to build automata, this book will be invaluable. 9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Re-released with New Title,
By J. B. Dunn - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Whacky Toys, Whirligigs & Whatchamacallits (Paperback)
His new (2007) book, "Making Mad Toys and Merchanical Marvels in Wood", is exactly the same, word for word. Either book is terrific, you just don't need to buy both.
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