Third Rocking Horse

This was my third rocking horse. I made this for a friend’s little girl. If you saw the first rocking horse, you can tell it looks a little bit better. I would always try and tweak them a little big different. For example, attaching the seat different, or adjusting the size of the rockers. I would try and adjust the rockers to fit the size of the child. The first one for my nephew had very large rockers because my nephew was 3 or 4 years old and would be hard rocker. The second one was for my neice, who was 1 or 2 years old, and I did not want it to rock that hard. This one is just kind of middle. I don’t know if that made any sense, but I don’t know how to explain it any better. I use a pattern, but tweak it to my own style. Of course my wife thought it would look better painted instead of stained. As you can tell, I am by no means a professional. After the high demand of other people wanting rocking horses, for the first time I was ready to quit my job and start making rocking horses. Ha ha. If would still be nice if I could quit and woodwork all the time, but not possible right now. Right now it is still the days I’m off and whenever I can sneak to my garage.

P.S. Please don’t judge me by my messy workbench. I work with limited space and sometimes when putting stuff together I get tools and parts going everywhere.

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