How to make a toy gun out of wood

Military-sports game with children can become a great way to demonstrate their fighting qualities, to develop tactical skills. An important item of equipment for the game is the weapons. You can not always find ready-made models of rifles and pistols, but that doesn't matter, because to make toy guns can even be made of wood.

You will need

oak or pine Board;
- the range;
pencil;
vise or workbench;
- plane;
- wood saw;
jig - saw;
knife;
- chisel;
grinding machine;
- the file;
- sandpaper;
apparatus for burning wood;
Lac.

Instruction

Pick the right Board for your model of gun. It is best to use for this purpose is oak or pine workpiece. Board thickness should be about 30 mm. Inspect the Board and select the plot without knots, cord and other defects. With a hacksaw cut the workpiece of sufficient length and lightly coat her plane.

Decide the model of the gun that will become a prototype for a toy. If you want to re-create the contours of the present small arms, use pictures or illustrations of military and historical publications. Find the actual sizes you are interested in weapons. But you can show imagination and to invent your own gun.

Apply to the wooden blank to the contours of the gun, using a ruler and a pencil. Secure the Board in the vise and with a hacksaw or angle grinder to gently cut out the gun on the drawn lines. It is desirable to provide a small allowance that will be needed for finishing the product.

Give a rough outline of the more subtle features. For this you need a grinder, a file, a chisel and a sharp knife. Scroll preform all the basic design details of this gun, including the barrel, bolt, lever, trigger guard and trigger.

Mark with a file and chisel the fine details: the fly, the fuse, the notch on the stopper and the handle. Try to act carefully and prudently in order for the error not to spoil a future gun.

Ready toy model of the gun finish with a file and emery paper, having smoothed the sharp corners and rough edges. Individual part it is possible to draw additionally, using the device for a burning out on a tree. In order to make the gun more aesthetically pleasing and finished appearance, cover the toy two or three coats of dark nail Polish.

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