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I wanted to make an articulating toy for the US Marines annual Toys-for-tots Christmas program this year. The plan was to design a toy and make ten of them. Well, I am not making a design, but I did purchase a plan to make a walking rabbit. I started work on the pull-toy rabbit. Originally, I thought I would use a scroll saw, but quickly aborted that idea and ordered a 1/8” blade for my bandsaw. The bandsaw left a nice surface finish but not nice enough, so I had to order a variable speed sander. I’m making do with my drill press drum sanding system instead of purchasing a spindle sander. Another project will have to justify that tool. Learning to use the scroll saw effectively, would have taken more time than what I wanted to expend. I sent an email to a Smallpatch asking for tips on the use of a scroll saw. He replied with a lot of good information; more effort than with I wanted to take on. Thank you Jesse, I did appreciate it. Perhaps when Covid is over I will visit, and you can give me lessons. The prototype rabbit can be seen here. Pulling the toy moves four wheels which moves the leg bones which make the ears flop. I decided to make eleven Rabbits and give the extra one to my granddaughter. For eleven rabbits I had to make 396 pieces. Someone in my area was giving away some walnut, oak, and cherry cut-offs. He had numerous small pieces 10" to 16" long. Win, Win, Win. He got his basement cleaned-up, I got free lumber, and some kids will get hand crafted pull toys. The plans used metric dimensioning so I had to do some figuring. I used seven different drill sizes. to keep each hole as small as possible, but I may have to open a few when it comes assembly time to allow everything to articulate correctly. I hope to have this project completed soon. I need to get it done before the new interior doors arrive. Thanks for looking. Danl
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