Members heartstrings Posted March 16, 2017 Members Share Posted March 16, 2017 I started woodworking in 9th or 10th grade then ramped it up quite a bit after I was married and began to acquire more tools.. I made this rocking horse for our daughter, who was two at the time, and used my Dad's old meatcutting bandsaw to cut it out. There was a ton of rasping and sanding with hand tools to do afterwards but it was finally finished. I built several and sold them after that. Fast-forward about 25 years and I've made one for each of the three grandchildren. One more grandchild is on the way and, Lord willing, he will get one too. I now use my CNC to cut them out, which saves a lot of time. This is the first horse, sitting on the CNC, after I refinished it. It now sits in our living room for the grands to ride when they come over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members heartstrings Posted March 16, 2017 Author Members Share Posted March 16, 2017 This is my eldest grandson on one of the new ones, designed/vectorized in one of my CAD programs, and routed out on the CNC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members heartstrings Posted March 16, 2017 Author Members Share Posted March 16, 2017 1 minute ago, Brother Stafford said: CNC? I thought this was about woodworking. Why keep riding the horse, when you can drive the new Chevy? :) I still have to edge-sand, hand-route the edges, belt-sand the flats, stain, lacquer, screw the parts together and all that. I know that I could still do the rest the old way, but why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members heartstrings Posted March 16, 2017 Author Members Share Posted March 16, 2017 The cavities for the yarn "tail" and mane also have to be done the old way. I drill the tail cavity with a spade bit, cut the yarn to length, wrap it tightly at one end, shoot some hot glue intot he cavity and jam the yarn in with a screwdriver. You can pull on it till your eyes pop out and can't get it to pull out....but a KID can do it LOL. The mane cavity can be done with a rabbeting bit and a router. The handgrip, in the neck, was drilled with a drillpress. See....it's still woodworking. :) Jim_Alaska 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members heartstrings Posted March 16, 2017 Author Members Share Posted March 16, 2017 I prefer the Chevy Silverado crew cab...........loaded :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members heartstrings Posted March 16, 2017 Author Members Share Posted March 16, 2017 The one I built for my youngest grandson this Christmas 3 minutes ago, Brother Stafford said: That's great! But don't go for a drive in your truck and say your going horseback riding. It confuses us equestrians. ;) (check and mate) Yeah whatever :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members heartstrings Posted March 16, 2017 Author Members Share Posted March 16, 2017 This is another I once built entirely by hand. ....before I started driving Chevy's ... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members heartstrings Posted March 16, 2017 Author Members Share Posted March 16, 2017 Nice! Cords are aggravating aren't they. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members heartstrings Posted March 16, 2017 Author Members Share Posted March 16, 2017 (edited) It's best to note: chords are the key to making such maladies............ Edited March 16, 2017 by heartstrings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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