(Pasture Timmy)
Does anybody know of any detaled instructons "online" of how to make
Lincoln Logs.???


A-Man.†††

"clueluss husbund" wrote:

Does anybody know of any detaled instructons "online" of how to make
Lincoln Logs.???

Haven't played with my Lincoln Log set in more years than I care to
remember, but it copies the interlocking joint used to build a log
cabin using hand tools such as an axe and adds.

Should be rather easy to build a jig for either a router or even a
dado to cut the ends, just have to make sure you can get a repeatable
180 degree index..

You're on your own as far as log length and number of cuts in each log
type.

You mean kids still play with Lincoln Logs?

Amazing.

My guess is by the time you buy enough materials, design and build the
tooling, buy whatever tools you may need, pay yourself $0.0/hour, it
will still be less expensive to buy than build.

Have fun

Lew

Lew Hodgett wrote:
"clueluss husbund" wrote:

Does anybody know of any detaled instructons "online" of how to make
Lincoln Logs.???

Haven't played with my Lincoln Log set in more years than I care to
remember, but it copies the interlocking joint used to build a log
cabin using hand tools such as an axe and adds.

Should be rather easy to build a jig for either a router or even a
dado to cut the ends, just have to make sure you can get a
repeatable
180 degree index..

You're on your own as far as log length and number of cuts in each
log
type.

You mean kids still play with Lincoln Logs?

Amazing.

My guess is by the time you buy enough materials, design and build
the
tooling, buy whatever tools you may need, pay yourself $0.0/hour, it
will still be less expensive to buy than build.

The original set is 100 bucks. There are smaller sets for less. One
can get an awful big set of Lincoln Logs out of 100 bucks worth of 4/4
poplar, and it doesn't seem to me that there are any special tools
needed if one already has a decently equipped shop. The only thing
I'd need to go out and buy to make them is the green and red dyes (and
maybe the brown if it's gone bad--I haven't used it in a while).

On the indexing, start with a board, cut it to length plus an inch or
so, make all the cutouts, round them while still in the board using a
bullnose bit (here's how http://www.routerworkshop.com/easydl.html),
then cut them free, sand, stain, and you're done.




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On Apr 30, 11:42*pm, "Lew Hodgett" wrote:
"clueluss husbund" wrote:

Does anybody know of any detaled instructons "online" of how to make
Lincoln Logs.???

Haven't played with my Lincoln Log set in more years than I care to
remember, but it copies the interlocking joint used to build a log
cabin using hand tools such as an axe and adds.

Should be rather easy to build a jig for either a router or even a
dado to cut the ends, just have to make sure you can get a repeatable
180 degree index..

You're on your own as far as log length and number of cuts in each log
type.

You mean kids still play with Lincoln Logs?

Amazing.


I bought a few boxes of Meccano for my 5-year old nephew at a flea-
market in The Netherlands. It had the extra gears package with it as
well.

Now he's a service advisor at a Toyota dealership in Kansas. He says
it is my fault. G

I don't see that stuff around anymore. Brilliant stimulation for a
kid's mind.


r

On Apr 30, 11:03*pm, (clueluss husbund) wrote:
(Pasture Timmy)
Does anybody know of any detaled instructons "online" of how to make
Lincoln Logs.???

A-Man.†††

Instructions:
http://www.woodcentral.com/bparticle...oln_logs.shtml

Bits:
http://www.infinitytools.com/products.asp?dept=1080
or maybe this
http://www.holbren.com/home.php?cat=49

On Thu, 01 May 2008 03:42:25 GMT, "Lew Hodgett"
wrote:



You mean kids still play with Lincoln Logs?

Have fun

Lew


As a matter of fact - yes. We gave our granddaughters (ages 6 and 4)
a set for Christmas last year - they love them. And all done in child
safe finishes from www.lehmans.com

John

"John" wrote:

And all done in child
safe finishes from www.lehmans.com

Ah yes, good old Lehmans Hardware.

A neat place, smack dab in the middle of Amish country.

Usually stop in and look around when I go back to Ohio.

Lew

I just bought my grandson two sets about a month ago, he loves them.
He builds garages and houses for his cars out of them.

K.



"Lew Hodgett" wrote
You mean kids still play with Lincoln Logs?

Amazing.

My guess is by the time you buy enough materials, design and build the
tooling, buy whatever tools you may need, pay yourself $0.0/hour, it
will still be less expensive to buy than build.

Have fun

Lew

On May 1, 9:17 am, Limp Arbor wrote:
On Apr 30, 11:03 pm, (clueluss husbund) wrote:

(Pasture Timmy)
Does anybody know of any detaled instructons "online" of how to make
Lincoln Logs.???

A-Man.†††

Instructions:http://www.woodcentral.com/bparticle...oln_logs.shtml


For the longer logs it may be faster (and neater) to use wide
stock, dado them first, then rip them.

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FF

On May 1, 8:13*am, Robatoy wrote:
On Apr 30, 11:42*pm, "Lew Hodgett" wrote:





"clueluss husbund" wrote:

Does anybody know of any detaled instructons "online" of how to make
Lincoln Logs.???

Haven't played with my Lincoln Log set in more years than I care to
remember, but it copies the interlocking joint used to build a log
cabin using hand tools such as an axe and adds.

Should be rather easy to build a jig for either a router or even a
dado to cut the ends, just have to make sure you can get a repeatable
180 degree index..

You're on your own as far as log length and number of cuts in each log
type.

You mean kids still play with Lincoln Logs?

Amazing.

I bought a few boxes of Meccano for my 5-year old nephew at a flea-
market in The Netherlands. It had the extra gears package with it as
well.

Now he's a service advisor at a Toyota dealership in Kansas. He says
it is my fault. G

I don't see that stuff around anymore. Brilliant stimulation for a
kid's mind.

r- Hide quoted text -

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I'm not a father yet, (although I'm already older than most people
just getting started), but I'd guess you have to get the kids
interested in Lincoln Logs, Lego, Meccano, Erector Sets etc. while
they're quite young, before they get exposed to video games. Once
they're old enough to appreciate video games (and they ARE fun, dang-
it), I think it will be tough to hold their attention long enough to
appreciate the creativity of the "building" toys.

That's my plan anyway. We hope to start a family soon and I long to
see my little ones enjoying the creative toys as much as I did. You
can bet I'll be right there on the floor with them, old knees and God
willing. I don't care if they become engineers like me, just that they
learn to be free with their imagination and creativity. Great stuff!!

Tom

On Apr 30, 11:42 pm, "Lew Hodgett" wrote:

...

My guess is by the time you buy enough materials, design and build the
tooling, buy whatever tools you may need, pay yourself $0.0/hour, it
will still be less expensive to buy than build.



That's why he was asking in rec.woodworking,
not biz.woodworking. Home woodworkers
build for their personal satisfaction.

Of course, as others have noted, if he has
a table saw, a router table and scrapwood,
he doesn't have to buy any tooling. If he
does, it's not like he has to throw them away
after use. (Hey, he can take them back to
Home Depot for a refund...)

Once he is set up to make them, he can
bang out a buttload of them and is not
limited to the quantities in the standard set.

--

FF

On Apr 30, 11:03*pm, (clueluss husbund) wrote:
(Pasture Timmy)
Does anybody know of any detaled instructons "online" of how to make
Lincoln Logs.???


Instructions:
http://www.woodcentral.com/bparticle...oln_logs.shtml


(Pasture Timmy)
Yes thanks those look like som good instructons to get me started.!!!

I have access to a old "Shop-Smith" saw... an it has a adjustable
dado blade wit it i plan to use... an i plan to make "square" logs not
round ones... an use "tea" or food color to stane the logs an give 'em
to young kids for Chrismus... an if i figer out ways (Jigs?) to easly
duplicate the necesary cuts i coud easily make a lot of Lincon Log
"sets".!!!

I supose poplar woud be a good choise of wood... cheeper than oak
but not gummy like pine (i supose)... any how... i have only cut a few
bords an drilled som holes wit this old "Shop-Smith" but it seems to
work good.!!!

When i was about 8 i got to play wit a little Lincon Log set that
belonged to somone else an it was a grate toy... an i woud try to make
diferent style houses but always ran out the logs needed... so i woud
like to make sets wit enuff peaces that the kids coud better use ther
emaginaton an not jus keep buildin the sam Log-House ever time.!!!


Thanks for everbodys help... i will prolly be bak for mor:-)


A-Man.†††

Fred the Red Shirt wrote:
....
For the longer logs it may be faster (and neater) to use wide
stock, dado them first, then rip them.


Great minds...

For any length I think it would pay dividends to do them in that order...

They were kewl...now I'm wondering what happened to the old set???

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clueluss husbund wrote:
On Apr 30, 11:03 pm, (clueluss husbund) wrote:
(Pasture Timmy)
Does anybody know of any detaled instructons "online" of how to make
Lincoln Logs.???


Instructions:
http://www.woodcentral.com/bparticle...oln_logs.shtml


(Pasture Timmy)
Yes thanks those look like som good instructons to get me
started.!!!

I have access to a old "Shop-Smith" saw... an it has a
adjustable dado blade wit it i plan to use... an i plan to make
"square" logs not round ones... an use "tea" or food color to stane
the logs an give 'em to young kids for Chrismus...

Not a bad idea, just remember that if you're using a water-based dye
you're going to have to sand afterward.

an if i figer out
ways (Jigs?) to easly duplicate the necesary cuts i coud easily make
a lot of Lincon Log "sets".!!!

I supose poplar woud be a good choise of wood... cheeper than
oak but not gummy like pine (i supose)... any how... i have only cut
a few bords an drilled som holes wit this old "Shop-Smith" but it
seems to work good.!!!

When i was about 8 i got to play wit a little Lincon Log set
that belonged to somone else an it was a grate toy... an i woud try
to make diferent style houses but always ran out the logs needed...
so i woud like to make sets wit enuff peaces that the kids coud
better use ther emaginaton an not jus keep buildin the sam Log-House
ever time.!!!


Thanks for everbodys help... i will prolly be bak for mor:-)


A-Man.???

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Robatoy writes:

I bought a few boxes of Meccano for my 5-year old nephew at a flea-
market in The Netherlands. It had the extra gears package with it as
well.

I don't see that stuff around anymore. Brilliant stimulation for a
kid's mind.


Lee Valley offered a Meccano kit at xmas. Sold out quickly.

scott

Scott Lurndal wrote:
Robatoy writes:

I bought a few boxes of Meccano for my 5-year old nephew at a flea-
market in The Netherlands. It had the extra gears package with it
as
well.

I don't see that stuff around anymore. Brilliant stimulation for a
kid's mind.


Lee Valley offered a Meccano kit at xmas. Sold out quickly.

If you like Meccano and have some money to spend, take a look at Vex
http://www.vexrobotics.com/vex-robot...n-system.shtml.

What makes it worth the money is the R/C and servos--make the motors
that come with Meccano look like the toys they are. The
programmability is lagniappe--you don't need it to make a lot of fun
projects but it's there if you want it. The components will
interconnect with Meccano but they're a bit heavier gage.

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On May 1, 5:54 pm, "J. Clarke" wrote:

...

Not a bad idea, just remember that if you're using a water-based dye
you're going to have to sand afterward.


You'd have to sand fine furniture after using a water-based
dye or stain. Log houses were made from rough cut lumber
so it really depends on how fuzzy wood gets.

Using a non-toxic dye or stain is a VERY good idea as I
distinctly remember chewing on mine. Lord knows you
wouldn't want your kid to turn out like me....

--

FF

Fred the Red Shirt wrote:
On May 1, 5:54 pm, "J. Clarke" wrote:
...

Not a bad idea, just remember that if you're using a water-based dye
you're going to have to sand afterward.


You'd have to sand fine furniture after using a water-based
dye or stain. Log houses were made from rough cut lumber
so it really depends on how fuzzy wood gets.

Using a non-toxic dye or stain is a VERY good idea as I
distinctly remember chewing on mine. Lord knows you
wouldn't want your kid to turn out like me....



I remember the stain on the old set we had apparently was a
water-soluble as it would stain if wet. I recall one time trying to
build replica of the cattle lots, etc. The water tank idea w/ Al foil
didn't work very well...

W/ this as the "wayback machine" prompter, I've been trying to recall
the name of the wooden dowel w/ the round connector blocks, etc.,
building sets of the same vintage? I still remember Dad somehow built a
passable working (platform reel driven from wheels via rubber band
rotated) model combine for us out of it...

There was also the Al hollow square-tube "erector set" w/ the "rivets"
and their matching rubber rings, gears, electric drive motor, etc., ...

They don't make 'em like that any more...

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"dpb" wrote in message ...
Fred the Red Shirt wrote:
On May 1, 5:54 pm, "J. Clarke" wrote:
...

Not a bad idea, just remember that if you're using a water-based dye
you're going to have to sand afterward.


You'd have to sand fine furniture after using a water-based
dye or stain. Log houses were made from rough cut lumber
so it really depends on how fuzzy wood gets.

Using a non-toxic dye or stain is a VERY good idea as I
distinctly remember chewing on mine. Lord knows you
wouldn't want your kid to turn out like me....



I remember the stain on the old set we had apparently was a water-soluble
as it would stain if wet. I recall one time trying to build replica of
the cattle lots, etc. The water tank idea w/ Al foil didn't work very
well...

W/ this as the "wayback machine" prompter, I've been trying to recall the
name of the wooden dowel w/ the round connector blocks, etc., building
sets of the same vintage? I still remember Dad somehow built a passable
working (platform reel driven from wheels via rubber band rotated) model
combine for us out of it...

There was also the Al hollow square-tube "erector set" w/ the "rivets" and
their matching rubber rings, gears, electric drive motor, etc., ...

They don't make 'em like that any more...

--

dpb,
The wooden dowel sets were probably Tinker Toys. Don't remember Al hollow
square-tube sets, those sound interesting.
Kerry

Kerry Montgomery wrote:
....

The wooden dowel sets were probably Tinker Toys. Don't remember Al hollow
square-tube sets, those sound interesting.

That's them!!! Couldn't think of it...they still exist?

The "erector set", whatever it was branded, was pretty kewl indeed.
The Al was a soft alloy and the thin, folded tubes were easily bent,
however.

Thanks, Kerry

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dpb wrote:
Fred the Red Shirt wrote:
On May 1, 5:54 pm, "J. Clarke" wrote:
...

Not a bad idea, just remember that if you're using a water-based
dye
you're going to have to sand afterward.


You'd have to sand fine furniture after using a water-based
dye or stain. Log houses were made from rough cut lumber
so it really depends on how fuzzy wood gets.

Using a non-toxic dye or stain is a VERY good idea as I
distinctly remember chewing on mine. Lord knows you
wouldn't want your kid to turn out like me....



I remember the stain on the old set we had apparently was a
water-soluble as it would stain if wet. I recall one time trying to
build replica of the cattle lots, etc. The water tank idea w/ Al
foil
didn't work very well...

W/ this as the "wayback machine" prompter, I've been trying to
recall
the name of the wooden dowel w/ the round connector blocks, etc.,
building sets of the same vintage? I still remember Dad somehow
built a passable working (platform reel driven from wheels via
rubber
band rotated) model combine for us out of it...

That would have been Tinker Toy or one of its clones.

There was also the Al hollow square-tube "erector set" w/ the
"rivets"
and their matching rubber rings, gears, electric drive motor, etc.,

I don't recall that one at all.

...

They don't make 'em like that any more...

No, they don't, but take a look at this one http://www.phunzone.com/.

One comment I read about it said that they got a set for their kid to
build a jungle gym when he was very young, and he took the to college
with him to supplement his dorm room furniture.

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J. Clarke wrote:
dpb wrote:
....
the name of the wooden dowel w/ the round connector blocks, etc.,
building sets of the same vintage? I still remember Dad somehow
built a passable working (platform reel driven from wheels via
rubber
band rotated) model combine for us out of it...

That would have been Tinker Toy or one of its clones.

Yep, that was it.

There was also the Al hollow square-tube "erector set" w/ the
"rivets"
and their matching rubber rings, gears, electric drive motor, etc.,

I don't recall that one at all.

It was an less expensive competitor to the Gilbert "real thing" I
believe. I don't know I ever saw another one, either. If it had
survived it might actually have a little collector value for the reason
it wasn't as popular, I don't know. A very quick look on eBay didn't
uncover one there and I don't recall enough to know what to look for for
googling a manufacturer or even the name by which it was marketed.

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Lincoln Log (toy for kids)

Wed, Apr 30, 2008, 11:03pm (clueluss*husbund)
(Pasture Timmy) doth posted thusly:
Does anybody know of any detaled instructons "online" of how to make
Lincoln Logs.???

Yep, I know of at least two links with instructions, including
drawings, and previously posted by me. A google should have turned them
up. Or, check the archives.

And, if you already googled, should have said. Otherwise people
think you didn'tbother.



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