The goal for the evening was to get a good start on the toy that will be given away to kids at our Woodworking Show to be held on 23 April, 2022 at the Knecht Home Center. Kids will be given a toy to color, we will add wheels, and then the kids may race them down our 8' long race track.
This year's theme is "Puzzles and Games". In keeping with the theme, a toy was selected for the show. This is a puzzle car based on a toy car featured in the most recent Scrollsaw Magazine. Jerry Hood designed the toy car while vacationing in Florida. Bob refined and enlarged the design slightly, but overlooked the need for the puzzle car to be taken apart after wheels are added. At the SS SIG, we refined the design further and came up with a fix. Each of the 35 traced blanks were fixed and a prototype cut out. The traced blanks were distributed among the SS SIG attendees for working on in home shops. The refined toy also includes provisions to pin the parts together to allow uninterrupted racing. Jerry is cutting 15 toys in Florida. We will convene next month with (hopefully) completed toy cars, ready for the WW Show.
Scrollsaw Magazine article
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