First Rocking Horse

I will bet that your nephew never had any issues with it!

-- Dan-- Info for all @ http://www.hoistman.com

Wow, nice rocking horse!!

I really like the mane and tail.

fun and cool

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

Must be a guy thing,,, I liked the stained one better myself, great job,, but,,,L.O.L. always a but in there, courious as what you used for the hair {mane and tail} Looks really silky, nice effect I really liked that. One suggestion that I thought of when I saw it, maybe not so much on the painted one but you know kids and as time goes by screws work loose and sharp edges with cut fingers, plus my grandkids would see the screws and say oooohhh get a knife and lets take these screws out and see what happens. L.O.L. Did you think about maybe drilling and glueing some dowel rods to fasten it together? Or maybe counter sinking the screws and filling with maybe wood putty or something, then seal? Other than that and just a suggestion, I thought they looked great. Keep up with the post you have me courious as to whats next.

I appreciate the suggestions GaryBuck. I’m learning a lot from this site already to help me produce better work. I couldn’t remember without looking at the 3rd horse if I had started covering the screws or not. I didn’t. I did start fastening the seat in a different manner by using two screws and glue instead four screws right in the seat. For the material on the mane, I went to Walmart in the material section and found all kinds of different colored fringe. It is kind of a polyester/cotton fringe just layered on for the mane. I think on my next rocker I will use either dowels or cover the screw holes.

-- Tony, Pliny,WV "Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or keep one."- Robert E. Lee