Comments

1. 
   philippe_782003 | Apr 25, 2015 12:48pm | #1

   Hello,

   Nioce work. Do you have a Plan we can share ? I made a rocking horse in the past using an existing one as a model but I like your design

   Philippe

2. 
   Bandit1156 | Apr 25, 2015 10:59pm | #2

   Phillipe - thanks for the compliment... I bought a U-Bild-It plan to get the basic dimensions - rocker radius, seat location, foot rests and handle bar locations - and looked at about 1000 pictures of rocking horses, old model or toy horses and ancient sculpture. I didn't want a carousel type horse, with paint and saddles and manes etc - I took the style from some old Etruscan horse models and some old European toys, and went from there. Rockers are bent laminations about 5mm thick. The rest of it is glued up from various sized timber - all recycled.

   Since my design is really an evolution of several previous designs, I can't claim to own it - so feel free to copy, scale or revise.

   (I don't have a plan as such - some half scale sketches and a couple of patterns is all I have.)