Simple wooden children's block construction set
I like making little gifts for my relatives and friends children and now that I have my own daughter I have another person for making things for.
Sliding dovetails have always fascinated me so this was a perfect opportunity to let rip with the router table. Prepare some lengths of timber planed to the same dimensions, whatever you have to hand is probably suitable provided it is not treated. To cut the groove, first rough it out with a straight cutter of suitable width to save work on the dovetail bit. Similarly, for the pin, make a light cut part way before the final cut. Cut the prepared profile to lengths. The most time consuming part of the operation is the sanding of all those edges! If you know of a quick way to do it let me know. If you use a pale coloured wood you could dye the blocks with food colouring. What you build from them is up to your imagination.
