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I saw this Toy Caterpillar project and just had to give it a try just before we sold the house and my shop was taken apart. The plans showed it as a smooth caterpillar but had to add some fur just for the fun of it. Here's where I got the idea and the know how. Thanks ToyMakingDad I ran it with...

Back in January I built this animated pull toy using the pattern from Ken Folks' 1998 book of toy patterns. I posted this project on this web site here. Last July, I took most of my wood toys to a community event held at Marsh Park. The kids….....and adults loved playing with my toys...

I've always enjoyed animated wooden toys, and wooden musical instruments, so I decided to combine the two interests in a xylophone-playing spider-aka XyloSpider. Somewhere along the way it got totally out of hand. And then a new fascination with stop-action videos led to … All in all it was...

Urban Sonoran Desert miniature accent art piece procured from an abandoned, dead, Palo Verde Tree. I guess I would call this abstract art. I resisted the urge to over sand and polish this piece. I simply cross cut the end of this as it was rotted and decaying. When i did, I noticed a most...

Table space was getting a little "junky". Also my desktop serves as a media player, file server. So do not usually need the keyboard but like it attached. Did not want to go with the basic riser shelf. In one of the wood magazines I liked a kitchen shelf with the half-laps so based it on...

I made this mechanical sculpture so he (and not I) could work hard. Video clip:

Because I live in Central Ohio, Fall is all about Ohio State University football. I'm a big fan, and I do have a man cave where I watch the games with some of my buddies. The problem is that it's a little dark. So what better solution than a totally-unauthorized OSU Man Cave Waver Lamp ...

I've been away. Candy convinced me that I need to get back together with the old gang. So that's what I'm doing. Motor-driven animated lamps have been a natural progression from my hand-cranked music boxes. KILLER VIDEO !!! ... ... if I do say so myself. :-)

Browsing Brontos was the first in my series of animated lamps. It all started with a small clip-on lampshade that I noticed on the Lamps Plus website and a memory from Jurassic Park. At first, I was calling it Grazing Brontos. But when I was doing a little research on the basic shape of a...

My Hummingbird Lamp was an experiment in testing the limits of a tiny 16-RPM motor. But more importantly, it was an exercise in collaboration. My friend Lori Andrews (who happens to be an employee at the local Woodcraft store) is an EXCELLENT decorative painter. I could have slapped some...

I've been told that confession is good for the soul. So here goes … I'm TOTALLY ADDICTED to my animated lamps, especially the adventures of Dynamo Men. As they become more complex, the "how" is just as important as the "why". The "why" is the easy part-people seem to love them. Easy Riders...

The owner of the gallery where I show my work politely suggested that I get a business card holder. I kinda liked the look of a random pile of cards, but I said I'd pick one up. And then I thought I'd make one. And so I did. This one's autobiographical in that I grew up as the middle...

This fellow has one of my fist basic animation concepts. As the peg on the inside of the front wheel passes by the bottom of the jaw, it opens the gaping mouth, only to let it chomp shut a moment later. Very kinetic and satisfying. I use Cherry for most of my toys because it doesn't splinter...

Don't blame me. My LumberJocks buddy Todd Rasner made me do it. When not doctoring, Todd finds time for woodworking and scuba diving. Or maybe he said underwater woodworking? (I know, I know. I should have been wearing my hearing protection.) One way or another, I think this is what he was...

This beast was my first venture into the absurd with my toys. Once again, Cherry of course. The dowels inside the wheels lift the claws one at a time and make a nice (infuriating for parents) clacking sound. I've redesigned this one since the original and it's on my website and in my upcoming...

Another day, another toy. This guy really needs animation to show him off. (sorry for the funky picture). He has a very nice (walrus)waddle as he yawns somewhat threateningly. The plans and directions for making this guy are in the current Woodcraft Magazine, my upcoming book and finished...

I wish I had an animation of this guy. The front feet make the nose sniff as the push the ears forward alternating sides. The tail is leather.