Introduction: Wooden Toy Sailboats

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In this instructables I'll show you how you can make some sailboats with regular wood and with a touch of old recycled skateboards. It's so fun to work with old skateboards, it"s so colorful and you get beautiful results!

Step 1: The Base

Transfer a pattern of a sailboat onto a piece of wood and cut it out on the bandsaw. Give it shape on the beltsander by holding the boat at an angle.

I used some scrapwood for my sailboats, so they are all different sizes.

The dimensions of my pattern for the boat:

18mm thick

40mm wide

140mm long

Drill an 8mm hole in the base for an 8mm dowel and sand it all smooth.

Step 2: The Skateboard-touch

Cut out a piece of an old skateboard, with the following dimensions: 20mm wide, 85mm long.

Drill an 8mm hole for the dowel to go through. Testfit and draw a shape you like on the skateboardpiece.

You can make your own dowel with a thread cutting die. Start with a piece of lumber 8mm x 8mm, and drive it through with the drill and you'll get an 8mm dowel.

Step 3: Finishing

A little bit of sanding to finish, and then you can glue it all together with woodglue.

Finish with some mineral oil.

Now you are ready to sail!

If you want to see the full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCl_zBdYDFc&t=0s