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From cheery folk-art whirligigs and classic sundials to practical projects like boats and canoes, these books explain every detail of the creative process. They feature clear directions, numerous diagrams and illustrations, and helpful suggestions for tools and materials.
Recommendations... Easy-to-Make Whirligigs
by Anders S. Lunde
Complete patterns and instructions for 30 charming, wind-driven toys: Signaling Trainman, Flying Puffin, Colonial Dame, many more. Only inexpensive materials and a few tools needed. 113 illustrations.
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| |  Sundials: Their Theory and Construction
by Albert Waugh
A rigorous appraisal of sundial science includes mathematical treatment and pertinent astronomical background, plus a nontechnical treatment so simple that several of the dials can be built by children. 106 illustrations.
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Products in Whirligigs, Sundials, and Boats | | |  | Action Whirligigs: 25 Easy-to-Do Projects
by Anders S. Lunde
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 various weathervanes. For all levels of ability.
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|  | Boat-Building and Boating
by Daniel C. Beard
Construction and operation dos and don'ts for everything from simple rafts and birch-bark canoes to a small sailboat and a speedy motor-boat. 238 illustrations.
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|  | Build Your Own Boat
by Percy W. Blandford
This clear, concise guide contains the essential information anyone is likely to need to build a seaworthy craft, using only two hands and the most basic tools. 73 photographs and line drawings.
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by Anders S. Lunde
Complete patterns and instructions for 30 charming, wind-driven toys: Signaling Trainman, Flying Puffin, Colonial Dame, many more. Only inexpensive materials and a few tools needed. 113 illustrations.
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|  | Easy-to-Make Wooden Sundials
by Milton Stoneman
Beginner manual. Make five different sundials. Includes templates pre-calculated for latitude. Few tools are needed to make dial more accurate locally than standard time.
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|  | How to Build Wooden Boats: With 16 Small-Boat Designs
by Edwin Monk
Clear concise manual for amateurs offers detailed illustrated instructions for building 16 basic wooden craft — rowboats, sailboats, outboards, runabouts, hydroplane, more. 15 halftones. 49 line illustrations.
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|  | Making Animated Whirligigs
by Anders S. Lunde
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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| | Sundials: Their Theory and Construction
by Albert Waugh
A rigorous appraisal of sundial science includes mathematical treatment and pertinent astronomical background, plus a nontechnical treatment so simple that several of the dials can be built by children. 106 illustrations.
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|  | Whimsical Whirligigs
by Anders S. Lunde
Complete directions and patterns for creating Danny the Dinosaur, Doctor Doolittle, Johnny Appleseed, Dancing Sailor, Coo-Coo Bird, and over 25 other delightful projects.
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