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A couple years ago, I built several whirligigs. One of those is called The Woman is the Boss and is a fun one to watch. I like to design and build hand-cranked toys for kids, but I have built so many that I have sort of run out of ideas on new ones. I got the idea that I could convert some of...

I like to convert mechanisms to hand-cranked wood models for kids to learn and play with. Before the virus, I would take my 50+ wood models to public shows several times a year and often the adults had as much fun as the kids. The challenge for me on this project was making the wood threads on...

I made a direct drive version of this and it was ok except you can dispense all 6 marbles in less than 6 seconds…..which is very fast. If I use a worm gear drive, I can slow it down so it takes longer to dispense all 6 marbles. About 4 seconds per marble would be about right, which is 15 RPM...

I have built quite a collection of wood hand-cranked toys, close to 50 total. I take them to family and community events several times a year…...........and the kids…......as well as the adults love them. I have about run out of ideas of new hand-cranked designs to build. One of my...

I have built many hand-cranked wood toys for kids to operate and I display them at community events in normal years with no virus. I got the idea to have a male golfer make an easy shot up a hill….....and a female golfer who makes a looping and much more difficult shot. After much testing, I...

After building the very complicated Brass marble lifting mechanism, I decided I needed a break and would do a very simple new project. Here is a link to the Brass marble lifting mechanism. I chose another simple project from the Building Wooden Machines book, a pyramid roller ball mechanism...

I made this first one of these last week, And I was not happy with how straight my 3 axle holes were, which impacted how well the wood balls rotated when you crank it. I posted this project on this web site, you can use this link to see it. When I was doing a previous project, I ran across a...