More Origin than Festool: Wobble Ducks

[jeffinsgf]

I bought a post-WWII scroll saw about 18 months ago and slowly but surely rebuilt it. I came up with the idea to make my toddler grand-nephews pull toys for Christmas using my new/old scroll saw. While I was in the planning and development stage, we bought a Shaper Origin at work and I was tasked with learning how to use it and what router bits we could make for it. So, instead of using 80 year old technology I ended up using something completely different.  [big grin]

I borrowed the wobble wheel design from a video by Sam Angelo, but I didn't like Sam's body, so I searched coloring book pages for a duck I liked. When I found one, I scanned it with Trace, scaled and modified it with Studio and cut it with the Origin.

Video of duck walking:

 

[Jason.L.Hagen]

This looks pretty cool! The shaper origin has so many uses! Nice work Jeff!

 

[Bencan]

Well this is extremely cool. This is how I’ll justify the shaper to my wife- we can make our own toys for our kids. Think of the savings

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[luvmytoolz]

That's really awesome! Nothing beats a hand crafted gift I reckon!

 

[jonnyrocket]

Very cool! The way you finished the ducks turned out fantastic!