Prepare the stable ...

[WoodWrangler]

... 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.

 

[Bas]

Looking good so far! But eh, looking at the third picture, it's time to muck out the stall

 

[TracyP]

Looking good Jeremy. I woul not keep them around very long though. Get rid of them fast as they can be expensive to feed.:rotflm:

 

[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.

 

[LeftyTom]

Looking good so far! But eh, looking at the third picture, it's time to muck out the stall

Rocking horse droppings? :swoon:

 

[WoodWrangler]

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".

 

[WoodWrangler]

Looking good so far! But eh, looking at the third picture, it's time to muck out the stall

The stalls are clean. :gar-La;

 

[PeteM]

I should make one for my granddaughter. Or you could sell me your "extra" real cheap! ccasion1

Seeing how you like making them so much, maybe you should market them to all your customers that got new baby signs!

pete

 

[WoodWrangler]

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 :gar-La, 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!! :wink_smil

 

[WoodWrangler]

Couple more pictures of the horse project progress. Not much left to do ...

 

[ptt49er]

Looking good sir! I'm hoping my wife doesn't decide Joel needs one of those ;-)