Scroll Sawn Antique Horse Pull Toy Replica

From FB posting;
Looks awesome Shelia . I would thing the saddle would look good dark brown ( like saddle ) and add a leather strap like reins drilling a hole around the head area .

-- David ; "BE SAFE BE HAPPY" Brockport , NY

I would vote for the addition of the pull cord. I can see this as becoming a real favourite with many lucky children. Looks great, and it should qualify as a family heirloom someday after being passed down.
Really beautiful project!!!

-- John, British Columbia, Canada

Lovely job Sheila, you certainly have “soft hands” with that scroll saw, very nice & clean cutting on thoes spokes.& nice touches with the Dremell.
brown boot polish can give a nice colour to timber (not sure of the oak, you would need to cut back the schellac first) could be worth a try on a piece of scrap sanded to the same as your project
well done :)

-- Pete G: If you always do what you always did you'll always get what you always got

Great Looking work! I agree with a brown saddle but after that I wouldn’t change a thing. I think the wheels centers look fine, they’re already a lighter color. I’m sure my girl would love something like that on her shelf.

-- Darrell, making more sawdust than I know what to do with

Beautiful piece of work Sheila!! I’d do the Pull String but I Kinda Like the Natural Finish for the rest.

-- ENJOY YOURSELVES GUYS!!!

I vote for brown – integrates better. This is lovely!

Giddy up! very awesome Sheila. looks like a winning horse for the Kentucky Derby coming up this Saturday. :)

-- Roger from KY. Work/Play/Travel Safe. Kentuk55@bellsouth.net

Beautiful work Sheila those wheels are so over the top I mean in a nice way it looks brilliant
Best
Trevor

-- God created wood that we may create. Trevor East Yorkshire UK

That is a great looking toy. A nighty fine job on the making of it.

-- I've been blessed with a father who liked to tinker in wood, and a wife who lets me tinker in wood. Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Thank you all so very much for your nice comments. As you see, I revised the project and I used a brown stain on the saddle and also on the wheels. I didn’t use a dark one, as I wanted it to be subtle. I also added a string and bead pull and I think it looks much better with that on it.

Again, thanks for your suggestions and comments. I am glad you like it and hope to have other fun projects like this soon.

Sheila :D

-- Contributing Editor, Creative Woodworks and Crafts, Sheila Landry Designs http://www.sheilalandrydesigns.com "Knowledge is Power"

This is incredibly cute!!!! cute!!!!!!!! cute!!!!!!!!! I like the stained saddle and the pull string addition. If I had a nice scrolll saw I would be tempted to make this one. :)

-- Homer : "Oh, and how is education supposed to make me feel smarter? Besides, every time I learn something new, it pushes some old stuff out of my brain."

Didn’t you score a scroll saw a couple of months ago, RG??

Sheila

-- Contributing Editor, Creative Woodworks and Crafts, Sheila Landry Designs http://www.sheilalandrydesigns.com "Knowledge is Power"

Awesome work. I think the detail of the ear cut, shaped & added to the head rather than part of the main body, is a very nice touch.

-- Rod ~ There's never enough time to finish a project, but there's always time to start another one.

I want to thank you all for your inspiring comments and suggestions. This was really a fun project to do. I have finished making the pattern and it is now on my site. I will be doing more replica toys like this in the near future. :)

Sheila

-- Contributing Editor, Creative Woodworks and Crafts, Sheila Landry Designs http://www.sheilalandrydesigns.com "Knowledge is Power"

I like this very much personally I would have preferred plane wheels only on the outside the inside looks nice , but nicely done good work too. Alistair

-- excuse my typing as I have a form of parkinsons disease