February 1, 2008

Hobbyist Builds With Toothpicks (Apr, 1946)

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Source: Popular Mechanics ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Apr, 1946
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Hobbyist Builds With Toothpicks
Building with toothpicks is the hobby of 14-year-old Martin Roberts who showed his models of a Ferris wheel and the Eiffel Tower at a New York hobby show. For the Ferris wheel he used 27,000 toothpicks.

14 Comments »

1. Check out the current master of toothpick art, Wayne Kusy.

   Comment by JeffK — February 1, 2008 @ 5:57 pm

2. Tried the waynekusy.com site. Dead.

   Comment by tom — February 21, 2008 @ 8:09 pm

3. hello there,
   my site works! I had it down for a bit to do some server maintenence. Please try again

   Comment by Wayne Kusy — April 10, 2008 @ 9:16 am

4. My site is waynekusy.com

   Comment by Wayne Kusy — April 10, 2008 @ 9:17 am

5. Why is such vulgarity as posted by Laurie allowed here? And why would they go to all the trouble of posting it in this type of forum?

   Comment by cowboy — April 21, 2008 @ 10:43 pm

6. cowboy » I spammed it. Sometimes stuff gets through and I have to notice it before I can delete it.

   Comment by Charlie — April 21, 2008 @ 11:44 pm

7. Would like to know what kind of toothpicks I should use. I am a begginer and would like to do something crafty with my free time.

   Comment by Harry — January 10, 2009 @ 9:32 pm

8. I would recommend using wooden toothpicks. They seem to glue together easier.

   Comment by Paddy Fitz — January 10, 2009 @ 9:37 pm

9. Round, square or are there other types of thoothpicks that are sued that I dont know about.

   Comment by Harry — January 10, 2009 @ 11:03 pm

10. Most toothpick structures I’ve seen use the flat ones that taper at one end.

    Comment by Toronto — January 11, 2009 @ 3:05 am

11. Harry, have you ever sued a toothpick?

    Comment by brando — January 11, 2009 @ 4:26 am

12. lol i have never sued a toothpick or used one. It was a typo, sorry :-(. But I am facinated with the things people build and the amt of work and skill that is used. I would like to get there some day but just want a few tips as what type of toothpick to use. Know of any good sites that sell the toothpicks you use?

    Comment by Harry — January 11, 2009 @ 11:26 am

13. You have to do some careful searching and a lot of the ones online are Chinese exporters which are out of the question. Sites don’t always tell you if they’re selling round or flat or in some cases, they say round but mean rounded ends and their pictures are insufficient. And it looks like they are now wrapping individual toothpicks in cellophane. That would be a problem. Nothing’s simple anymore. Maybe you could check local cafes and restaurants food service suppliers.
    Here’s one:
    http://www.spiceplace.com/wooden_toothpicks.php

    Comment by clusterflop dot com — January 11, 2009 @ 9:14 pm

14. I wonder if this Martin Roberts is still alive and where his toothpick art is these days if it survives. He would have been born around 1932.

    Comment by clusterflop dot com — January 11, 2009 @ 9:15 pm

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