Wooden Legos

Most classic toys started out being made of wood. Legos were after all made by a carpenter.

Making system sized bricks is quite a challenge because they have thin spots. Duplo or quarto or would be a bit easier.

It will take a little skill and patience but making your own legos is worth it.
This method requires no special tools(but if I had a mill I would mill them out)

Step 1: Plot It Out

A fine amount of accuracy is needed to insure the bricks clip to one another and their plastic counterparts.

I measured the bricks with a caliper and got some good measurements. I provided them in millimeters, inches and fractional inches (to the nearest ¹⁄₁₆ so it may not clip to plastic blocks)

The right view is shown only for completeness (it is not needed for dimensioning)

Comments

[kelseymh]

I am really impressed that you made all of these by hand! This is an obvious (and "relatively" simple) project for a CNC machine. You could mill the studs and holes out of a single block, rather than inserting dowels. Your method is a much better test of skill, and the results would make for some very interesting builds!

[jazzzzzz]

To be honest, if I had a CNC mill I would probably have made them with it.
(still trying by hand for fun)

[caarntedd]

This is cool. You could make all sorts of attachments that are compatible with your lego, like the type of stuff you get in the specialised kits.

[jazzzzzz]

Yeah, with enough patience I could make a gear or a minifigure.

[GASSYPOOTS]

can you make one on how to make metal ones?

[Aegian2424]

this should win some sort of prize

[patriots8888]

thats pretty nice