Archive for March, 2011
Sherman Francisco of the Gwinnett Woodworker’s Association creates high quality creations for the Toys for Tots Program. The toys are crafted using full size plans from Toymaker Press.
Sherman is a master at creating high quality toys that are beautiful and timeless while at the same time being safe and durable for toddlers. His dedication to children and to the Toys for Tots program is providing hundreds of priceless keepsakes to needy kids each Christmas. Sherman writes: Cynthia, Thank you for the blog. Actually I [...]
Clarence Buchholz of Black Hawk, Colorado crafts a great Freaky Ford from the Rock n’ Rollers plans book.
Clarence says: Hi John and Cynthia, I recently purchased your “Freaky Ford Coaster” plan and thought you may like a few pictures of the completed project. As you can see in the pictures I did use alterative wheels and they are stained with Dark Walnut. The rest of the car was finished with a clear lacquer. [...]
Orange County California Woodworkers Association handcrafts and delivers thousands of sophisticated wooden toys.
I talked on the phone with Victor Cohn of the Orange County Woodworkers Association this afternoon to learn more about their incredible program for making high quality toys for charity. The program is 30 years old and growing. This video shows the distribution center for their 2010 Christmas donations to charity. See how the OCWA [...]
