Locked Up Too Long and Bored!!

Paul Douglass

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Been locked up too long... gone crazy, So,,, I have ordered plans for two crazy projects... I miss the street organ build... mainly because it took some thought and I got to use every woodworking tool I own... So I have been looking for some less complicated, but involved woodworking projects.... Some more things my kids can throw on the fire for the hotdog/S'mores they are going to have after my demise....
First is one I want to do because it reminds me of the "hit and miss" engines I have watched at many fairs.. They always intrigued me. This reminds me of them so, I am going to try it:

https://www.lisaboyer.com/Claytonsite/steampunkimpulsepage1.htm

The plans for the wood robots I built came from this site.

The second may be a little easier, but no less fun... and it will require most of my tools... plans are on their way from the U.K... Maybe my last Hoorahs in the crazy building...

https://www.lumberjocks.com/projects/418744

The guy I am getting these plans from is a street organ builder also.. We have communicated before.
 
More time on the Woozle Bird. The shaping of the feet is a challenge for me... I am not a carver although, I have always been a wannabe carver. I have some very nice carving knives (see two laying on the vice) but reality says I have not the talent for it... I used my knives some this morning and I now have 4 bandages in my hands.. trying to stop the bleeding.. But I will press on if I don't faint from lack of blood... Here are pictures of what I am striving for. I love to build things that do something... hence my street organ, robots... Here are pictures,,, see you when I finish,,,, if I should live so long...
 

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