Woodworker's Journal 1993-17-6, страница 56

There's a flood of creatures under this roof

There are several special lea-lures of" the ark thai we should note, l irst, although we don't show, this in the photos, the house isn'i glued into the hull, which enables it to be lifted out. Sei off by itself, the house can be another play element. The dividers inside the house are just a prcss-lii, so they are also easily removed. The cockatoo is cut to fit on the rail, and there are several holes in the roof lo mount the doves.

Trumansburg. New York, woodworker Gunther Keil built this version of his popular Noah's Ark just for us. It's a little larger than the ark he sells commercially, but by increasing the size a bit, ihe scroll-sawed animals and figures are easier to cut out—an important point if you haven't been using a scroll saw for years, as Gunther has.

Although the ark makes a great teaching toy (the kids will be sure to learn all the animals), it's not meant for toddlers. Small parts can be a choking hazard, and although all but a lew of the animals arc too large to swallow whole, they could break apart if dropped. Older children w ill no doubt have great fun playing out the tale of the flood, but if you don't have children or grandchildren, the ark makes a wonderful display, set up on a shelf or mantel.

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What You'll Need

One of the big complaints we here from readers regarding scroll saw projects is that they don't have access to the thin or odd-sized stock these projects typically specify. They may own a table saw and scroll saw. but they don't have a thickness planer, for these readers, or for those who don't have easy access to the exotic stock that's used for some of the figures and

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