| Project by Ray Lepagnol | posted 678 days ago | 282 views | 1 time favorited | 10 comments |  |
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THIS IS MY GRANDDAUGHTER’S STABLE OF HORSES.
THE FIRST ONE IS FROM A PATTERN THAT MY DAD GOT FROM POPULAR MECHANIX IN THE LATE 1940’S.
HE MADE THE HORSE FOR MY OLDER SISTERS FOR CHRISTMAS 1951.
I GRABBED IT AND BROUGHT IT HOME WHEN I KNEW WE HAD A GRANDCHILD ON THE WAY.
WE CLEANED IT AND PUT ON A FRESH COAT OF OLD FASHIONED VARNISH AND NEW PAINT.
THE BROWN AND PINK HORSE WAS MY FIRST PROJECT-BESIDES THE SCHOOL SHOP PROJECTS.
I MADE IT FOR MY DAUGHTER’S SECOND CHRISTMAS IN 1983.
MY TOOL COLLECTION THEN WAS A COPING SAW, A FOUR IN ONE RASP AND A TIRED, OLD WORN OUT SKIL BELTSANDER CALLED A SAND CAT.
THE WOOD WAS FROM A PALLET.
THE FURRY HORSE IS A 2007 MODEL THAT I (SORRY) BOUGHT FOR THE GRAND DAUGHTER, IT IS CALLED A BUTTERSCOTCH PONY. IT WHINNIES, MOVES IT’S HEAD AND TAIL, EARS BLINKS ITS EYES ECT ECT ECT. LOTS OF FUN TO WATCH IT IN ACTION!
BUT, EVEN THOUGH THE NEW PONY IS FULL OF HIGH TECH MAGIC, THE LITTLE ONE STILL PREFERS THE OLD STEAM POWERED HORSES!!!
-- The only thing better than being Daddy is being Grandpa
10 comments so far
GaryK
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posted 678 days ago
Great horses! I am going to have to make one for my daughter when she is old enough.
-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.
mot
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posted 678 days ago
That’s a nice project and gift. Those look fun!
-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)
Roz
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posted 678 days ago
Careful, when the neighbors get the word that you are making rocking horses you’ll be filling the pasture. People love those things and pass them down for one child to another. I’m told wooden rocking horses are not available in stores.
-- Terry Roswell, L.A. (Lower Alabama) "Life is what happens to you when you are making other plans."
rikkor
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posted 678 days ago
Great horses (carrying precious cargo!)
Jiri Parkman
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posted 678 days ago
Beautiful horse. Your granddaughter must be happy.
-- Jiri
MsDebbieP
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posted 678 days ago
aww they are all so cute – especially that 2-legged sweetheart :)
1940 pattern makes the wooden ones even more special.
-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)
jockmike2
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posted 677 days ago
Thats got to make u feel inadequate as a woodworker, buying instead of making one. mike
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Grumpy
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posted 677 days ago
Great project.
-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python
ND2ELK
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posted 606 days ago
Looks like one happy customer. You did a beautiful job on the older horse. When my Mom passed away, we found my old rocking horse in the attic. Gave it to my daughter for her kids. They are nice pieces to pass on. Thanks for posting.
God Bless
tom
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Scott Bryan
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posted 606 days ago
These are wonderful projects. And it looks like you have one satisfied customer there as well. She is a doll!!! (and I see she enjoys being in front of the carmera). Now you need to build her a stable to house her herd of horses.
Thanks for the post.
-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.