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Here are some projects for all kind of wooden toys powered by kinetic energy. Some of the projects may involve cams and cranks, while others are just moved by hand or gravity.

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Automata and Mechanical Toy Plans

This is a good resource page with lots of links to automata and mechanical toy plans. Some are free, some not. There are also several books linked.

Mechanical Wooden Toys

55 Great Resources About Making Wooden Toys

Vintage Mechanical Toys

This is our collection of 55 resources. You may have already seen some of them.

Here are they all on one page.

Stacking train blocks toy plan

A very detailed guide and templates for building wooden toy train. The toy is good for little kids and building it isn't very hard.

Mario Kart Wii (USA) WII ISO Download for the Nintendo Wii. Game description, information and WAD/WBFS/ISO download page. Mkw iso.

Detailed Toy Wooden Train

This is a more classy wooden train. The guide contains good explanation plus detailed PDF drawings of the train parts. Get it here

Wooden Trains

This is a little fun project to make wooden trains. No templates but good explanation.

How To Make a Waddle Duck Toy

Video, instructions and a template for making a waddle duck toy.

How To Make Automata Toys


This is very educational toy which illustrates some gravity and physics concepts really nice.

Automata And Mechanical Toys Rodney Peppe

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