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Rocking Horse

Project by Allen posted 968 days ago 637 views 0 times favorited 10 comments Add to Favorites Watch

The second project I ever built, again for my son as a 1st Christmas present. He’s 2 1/2 now but still rides it every day. It was a challenge for me as I didn’t have, and still do not have, a band saw. I started out trying to cut the pieces using a scroll saw but 4/4 oak doesn’t lend itself to easy cutting with a scroll and after snapping my 4th blade cutting out one leg of the horse I switched to a jigsaw. It didn’t take long, however, to kill my dad’s 30 year old Black and Decker and I bought a new jigsaw to complete it, cutting outside the lines and sanding it the rest of the way with a drum sander chucked into my benchtop drill press.

The horse is 4/4 red oak, finish is General Finish Candlelite wipe on gel. The mane and tail are faux fur and the saddle covering is black vinyl both purchased from a fabric store. Still one of my favorites of the limited number of projects I’ve done so far.

-- We may never know who let the dogs out, but I'd bet anything PETA was involved.


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Lou

178 posts in 979 days


posted 968 days ago

great work! this will stay in the family for along time!

-- "What one can make with good tools is limited only by one's talent" (lucius-hill@comcast.net)

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MsDebbieP

14162 posts in 1058 days


posted 968 days ago

aww what a beautiful smile on the horse’s face – how could anyone resist that! :)

definitely a treasure.

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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dennis mitchell

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posted 968 days ago

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Chip

1058 posts in 990 days


posted 968 days ago

Definitely a family heirloom. Your son will cherish it forever I’m sure. Thanks for sharing it with us.

Dennis, if you want one you’ll have to make your own. ;-P

-- Better to say nothing and be thought the fool... then to speak and erase all doubt.

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Dan Lyke

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posted 968 days ago

Very nice! I’m just finishing my first rocking horse, out of fir, for delivery to my nephew this weekend, and I’m definitely going to have to build a few more because it’s so much fun, and because there’s so much I can improve about the one I’m currently working on.

Yours looks better than mine.

-- Dan Lyke, Petaluma California, http://www.flutterby.net/User:DanLyke

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Karson

25805 posts in 1298 days


posted 967 days ago

Great Horse.

My first was a rocking Elephant. I need to refinish it because its, 30 years old and has sit outside for a while. But it’s come back home so I guess some before and after pictures will be in order.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

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Todd A. Clippinger

5653 posts in 997 days


posted 967 days ago

It’s neat to think of what fond memories both you and he will have of him playing on that.

-- Todd A. Clippinger, Montana, http://amcraftsman.com

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kathym

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posted 786 days ago

Getting ready to make 2 rocking horses, where did you get your plans?

-- kathym

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Allen

43 posts in 969 days


posted 786 days ago

I don’t know exactly. I patterned it after one my grandfather had made but I’m not certain where his plans came from.

-- We may never know who let the dogs out, but I'd bet anything PETA was involved.

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mot

4903 posts in 934 days


posted 785 days ago

Great rocking horse!

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

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