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Grandsons Christmas present
Dec 29, 2008
This was a project I undertook after a very good friend persuaded me to try. I felt it was a little daunting to begin with, and there were several times when I thought I had taken on more than I was capable of, especially the carving. I have limited work space in my garage, and holding the horse during carving was somewhat Heath Robinson, but as every woodworker knows, with a little ingenuity, you can get by without spending a fortune on special jigs,clamps and fixtures. The saddle parts and rocker irons were bought from a rocking horse specialist, but all the woodwork was made from scraps, and pieces found in skips or throw outs by waistfull contractors. I worked from plans taken from a book on rocking horses.
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Hi - Great project, could you pass along your source for the hardware and saddle?
Thank you
Thank you James. I'm not sure Where you are from, but I'm from the UK. If your still interested, the place to contact is:
Anthony Drew & Company Ltd
Fangfoss,
York,
YO41 5JH,
England. Tel: (Code from Country)01759 368737
Fax: 01759 368194
email: [email protected]
website: http://www.rockinghorse.co.uk
They produce a brochure which will give you all you need to know about products and how to fit them. Anthony Drew has also produced a book which gives plans, and all the help to produce different types of rockers, and classic rocking horses.
Good luck if you have a go. The end result is well worth the effort. Just take your time, and believe that you can do it.
I built the same horse using the same book. Anthony Dew, the author, has created a terrific book that is available in many libraries. Dew has a North American distributor located in Ontario, Canada: http://www.gordonswoodcrafts.com/
I built this and a similar horse mounted on rockers for my grandsons. They were a delight to build and to give as 4th-birthday gifts. I worked from Anthony Dew's book, as I assume you did. And,just as you did, I started from "scratch" in several senses, but I surprised myself at the quality of the end product. You have done a beautiful job and whoever gets this horse will love it and have a family heirloom, as well. Thanks for letting us see the pictures of your work.
Jurgen01
Thank you for your reply Jurgen, your comments are very kind. It is good to see there are so many like minded people in different parts of the world. I am curently in the process of making another rocker for my grandaughter who is also four years old. It is the small version. Working in wood has come late for me. I only started to take an interest in my early sixties. However, I love to get in my workshop and tackle a new project. Time is the biggest headache. There always seems to be something else that interupts me when I am in full flow.
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