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08-02-2008, 11:05 PM
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Name: Jeremy City: Charlotte State: NC County: Mecklenburg Join Date: Mar 2006 Age: 30 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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... there are more horses about to rock their way out of my shop!
I swore I'd never do the rocking horses again ... okay, I lied (to myself). After building three last year, I figured I was done. Nope.
Decided to take on the project again to use some oak I had around the shop. The plan is to give one to our friends daughter and son -- and probably sell the other.
Today I spend the afternoon milling the lumber down, rough-cutting on the bandsaw and gluing up the body.
This project also let me put the Woodmaster 718 to "real" use. It worked like a champ and boy was it nice to have the extra inches for the w-i-d-e boards.    |  
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08-03-2008, 01:58 AM
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Name: Bas City: Cary State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Aug 2007 Age: 35 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Looking good so far! But eh, looking at the third picture, it's time to muck out the stall 
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08-03-2008, 04:56 AM
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Name: Tracy City: Salisbury State: NC County: Rowan Join Date: Feb 2008 Age: 47 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Looking good Jeremy. I woul not keep them around very long though. Get rid of them fast as they can be expensive to feed. 
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Last edited by TracyP; 08-03-2008 at 04:57 AM.
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08-04-2008, 12:52 AM
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Name: Eric City: Concord State: NC County: Cabarrus Join Date: Dec 2005 Age: 35 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Nice clamping job. I had a horrible time trying to get decent pressure while gluing the different parts of the body together. If i ever do it again, i'm going to leave straight, parallel edges to glue up then trim after.
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08-04-2008, 07:14 AM
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Name: Tom City: Yadkinville State: NC County: Yadkin Join Date: Jun 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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08-04-2008, 10:02 AM
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Name: Jeremy City: Charlotte State: NC County: Mecklenburg Join Date: Mar 2006 Age: 30 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Originally Posted by thrytis  Nice clamping job. I had a horrible time trying to get decent pressure while gluing the different parts of the body together. If i ever do it again, i'm going to leave straight, parallel edges to glue up then trim after. Funny you say that ... I got going on this project and just started cutting away ... then when I got to the glue up part, I remember how I told myself on the first batch of horses that I'd "do it different if I ever did it again". Well, I forgot and the clamping fiasco came true again. Luckily I was able to get just enough pressure to keep them glued up fairly well. I used a loose tenon pair for the strength.
Yesterday (Sunday), I made the mane and tail "hair" pieces, cut the dados for the inlaid "straps", sanded down the horse bodies, and cut out the "saddles". | |
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08-04-2008, 10:03 AM
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Name: Jeremy City: Charlotte State: NC County: Mecklenburg Join Date: Mar 2006 Age: 30 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Originally Posted by Bas Looking good so far! But eh, looking at the third picture, it's time to muck out the stall The stalls are clean. .gif "Drogar Laugh(DBG)") | |
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08-04-2008, 10:16 AM
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Name: Pete City: Charlotte State: NC County: Mecklenburg Join Date: Jan 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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I should make one for my granddaughter. Or you could sell me your "extra" real cheap! 
Seeing how you like making them so much, maybe you should market them to all your customers that got new baby signs!
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08-04-2008, 10:47 AM
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Name: Jeremy City: Charlotte State: NC County: Mecklenburg Join Date: Mar 2006 Age: 30 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 6.77 over 30 days | Originally Posted by PeteM Seeing how you like making them so much, maybe you should market them to all your customers that got new baby signs!
pete You joke (and I laugh ), but I've had enough requests that I could start a horse business (the wooden kind). The problem is they take a fair amount of wood and a decent amount of time (so much sanding!).
And Pete ... you have to build your own. I can only imagine that yours would be scrolled and carved to look more like a art gallery piece than a toy!!  | |
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08-17-2008, 10:39 PM
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Name: Jeremy City: Charlotte State: NC County: Mecklenburg Join Date: Mar 2006 Age: 30 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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08-17-2008, 10:44 PM
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Name: Phillip City: Charlotte State: NC County: Mecklenburg Join Date: Mar 2007 Age: 27 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Looking good sir! I'm hoping my wife doesn't decide Joel needs one of those 
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Rocking horse droppings? 
