Books About Whirligigs

Action Whirligigs: 25 Easy-To-Do Projects

$7.13

Easy-to-follow instructions and measured drawings for creating 25 charming little wind-driven toys -- from the simple Baking a Pie whirligig to the Woman at the Computer to a variety of weathervanes. All are excellent woodworking projects because they're easy to do, inexpensive, and fun! For all levels of ability. 98 black-and-white illustrations.

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Easy-To-Make Whirligigs

$7.14

Complete patterns and easy-to-follow instructions for making 30 charming wind-driven toys: the Signaling Trainman, Flying Puffin, Colonial Dame, Indian in Canoe, Halley's Comet, Santa Claus, Submarine, and many others. Only inexpensive materials and a few tools are needed. 113 illustrations.

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Making Animated Whirligigs

$9.97

More than two dozen traditional and original models of the wind-powered toys known as whirligigs appear in this how-to manual. Easy-to-follow instructions, detailed illustrations.

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Whacky Toys, Whirligigs & Whatchamacallits

$11.46

These charming mechanical contraptions will captivate anyone who operates them--and creative woodworkers will find them fun to make. Quite impressive...[Frost] offers colorful drawings. Designs include a dancing lumberjack, an exercising couple, and many more, all powered by handcrank or wind. This title is a nice departure from woodworking titles that require expensive materials and measurements to 1/64. Recommended. -- Library Journal.

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Whimsical Whirligigs and How to Make Them

$8.38

Whirligigs are charming, wind-driven toys that have delighted observers for hundreds of years. This clearly written, amply illustrated guide provides step-by-step directions and full-size patterns for creating over 30 delightful projects, from the simple Vane Whirligig to the intricate Clashing Knights. Other figures include Danny the Dinosaur, Doctor Doolittle, Johnny Appleseed, the Dancing Sailor, the Coo-Coo Bird, and more. Complete, easy-to-follow instructions explain everything from selecting and using proper tools and materials to finishing and mounting winged, arm-waving, mechanical, and other types of whirligigs. Each finished project is shown in a photograph.

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