How to Make a Wooden Train Whistle | And Annoy Your Wife

In this video, I'll show you how to make the classic wooden train whistle. I'll also show you how to transfer a graphic printed from your inkjet printer to the wood. This is a great woodworking craft to make for your kids or grandkids. Or maybe for scouts or a Boy's Club or Girl's Club. This would also be a great wood craft to sell or give away as presents this Christmas. And it just might annoy certain family members, so remember to be kind - LOL
You simply need a 2X4 made of pine and cut it 8.5" long and 1.5" wide on both sides. I don't think the length matters too much. Just needs to be long enough to accommodate the 4 holes of the whistle.
For my wooden train whistle, I stayed pretty close to the free plans published by Steve Ramsey - Woodworking for Mere Mortals. Thank you Steve! You can check those out at the link below:
woodworkingformeremortals.com...
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Transferring the graphic was fairly easy. I used shipping label paper and just peeled off the labels and printed on that glossy side. Use the highest quality settings on your inkjet printer and don't forget to flip any lettering or words. Be careful when applying the paper to the wood and don't shift the paper when pressing down. If you don't succeed the first time, no worries. You can simply sand the image away and start over until you have it right.
If you like making wooden crafts please check out more of my videos and you can find plenty of craft tutorials on my website:
www.fouroakscrafts.com/
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[@rosiezhu7884]

The printing technique is so cool! Thanks for sharing 🚂🚂🚂

[@fouroakscrafts7240]

Thanks for the comment! It is a fun technique

[@blackhorse2947]

Bravo………. Going to make one for my youngest grandson for his birthday end of February…… Thank you for sharing all these details…👍

[@fouroakscrafts7240]

Good luck with it - it is a fun project! Thanks for watching.

[@StrongBadger]

This is fantastic, thank you for sharing this, Stephen. My grandfather, who's now passed, made one of these for me when I was a kid, and I wanted to craft a similar one for my nephews. Can't wait to make some sawdust!

[@fouroakscrafts7240]

Thanks for sharing about your grandfather and thanks for watching!

[@arlingtontrains7]

Beautiful! Great work sir

[@fouroakscrafts7240]

Thanks so much for the comment!

[@arlingtontrains7]

@@fouroakscrafts7240 well earned sir 😎

[@Dominic.Minischetti]

Oh man that was so cool! I love it! Thanks for sharing brother!

[@fouroakscrafts7240]

Thanks for watching and happy Fired up Friday to you!!

[@michaelandrews1360]

This is a great project! I may use it with a group of 8 to 10 year old kids from my church. Besides not letting them any where near the bandsaw, do you see any other safety concerns that I’m missing. Thanks for the great work you do and share.

[@fouroakscrafts7240]

Should be a pretty safe project. You could do all the cuts with a handsaw. It's ideal to do the holes on a drill press, but you can probably do those with a hand drill. Thanks for commenting and hope this project works out well for your group of kids.

[@mountainviewturning5319]

Neat project 👍

[@fouroakscrafts7240]

Thanks for watching - it was very fun to make.

[@MinuteontheMountain]

What a cool project, as long as my kids aren't blowing that thing in the house, haha.

[@fouroakscrafts7240]

Thanks for watching! Yes, I have to be careful myself not to blow it too often around my wife.

[@Yoda-ky3op]

Thats what she said

[@DaveCollierCamping]

Very interesting

[@fouroakscrafts7240]

Thanks for the comment! It was so fun and easy to make.

[@G.Aaron.Fisher]

What's the name of that measuring tool you have out at 0:43? It looks great at doing it's one specific job of marking 45 degree angles.

[@fouroakscrafts7240]

I think they're called a center finder square. They work on smaller blocks or smaller dowels to help find the center. However, it's not required since there are other ways to find the center.

[@notajp]

If i could ask a question of you, where did you get that nifty vise? I haven't been able to find anything like that anywhere i have looked.

[@fouroakscrafts7240]

I use that centering vise for my pen turning hobby. You can find it at most pen suppliers. But try Penn State Industries online. They should have one. They come in pretty handy.