Today at 3:30 p.m. is Yanessa's first birthday party. So, I doubt at this time her Mother, Vicky, is on-line. I had the time, so I thought I would post the pictures of the present I made her: a toddler rocking horse. I based it off one I made for Jake when he was small. But, I made that one entirely of of 2x12's and it was heavy as hell. So, I came up with this alternative version. I made both of them low to the ground, so if the kid fell off, they wouldn't get hurt. Anyway, this is how it turned out.
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| Drawing out curves, Part 1 |
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| Drawing out curves, Part 2 |
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| Top parts |
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| Top parts sanded |
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| Carving in the detail on the tail with a Dremmel tool |
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| Wood putty covering nail holes |
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| Almost ready for staining |
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| Stained and polyurethaned, using 0000 steel wool between coats |
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| Buffing the paste wax with the drill |
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| Wrapped up and ready to go! |
Very cool dad! After looking at the pictures above...you did a great job. She looked really happy. Good work.
ReplyDeleteThis brings back some memories! I had almost completely forgotten about my trust steed, Splinters! I cannot help but notice this one seems to be missing a lot of those character building features that Splinters had, such as the barn find rust-covered nail mane. This is nice too though...
ReplyDelete@ Carla: Thanks!
ReplyDelete@ Jake: Well, you were a country boy, so I made yours "country-rustic"
Nice John....you do good work!!!!
ReplyDelete@ GPF: Thanks!
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