Thread: My Rocking Horse (WIP)

G'Day Michael,
From my understanding, marine ply is a strong ply and if you use a good coat of top shelf glue plus proper clamping, the horse should turn out as the photos the link you posted.
Then when it's all shaped, painted & kitted out, only you'll know it was a sheet of ply at its beginning.
Make sure you post some of your own WIP photos.
Cheers, crowie

Wow, love this. my daughters would go nuts over it. Thanks for showing

Originally Posted by mcatal01

I'm interested in your thoughts on my project.


18mm Marine Plywood Rocking Horse - a set on Flickr

Hi Mcatal 01 What you have done looks great to me….. do you follow a special set of layer drawing to achieve the final shape of the horse I have worked with these in the past when building model ships and half models of same practises that you may have used.
That was about 30yrs ago and before the age of the internet and there was no such thing as cad soft ware
I would like to follow your progress with the horse so keep the pictures coming
Congrats on the work
colbra

mcatal01 That looks a little bit like the "Rocky" rocking horse from the rocking horse shop. So far it is looking great the next bit is the fun bit all the carving, all I can say is take it easy and don't be tempted to chisel off to much at a time(I have made this one see the second link in my signature).
i will watch this build with interest

Nice horse. The lucky girl is going to love it. I bet she can't wait to have a ride. Did you get the plans from Anthony Dew?

That is an interesting way of making a rocking horse. Seen one by Anthony Dew, once it has been painted, one would never know it was made from plywood.

Can't help thinking there must be a lot of really good quality glue involved.

Also would imagine that you would simply use a disc sander rather than chisels to achieve the final shape - the glue would blunt the chisel rather rapidly imho.

Looking forward to the rest of the WIP photos.

Cheers, Tony

Hi everyone,
Thanks for the comments.

I finally had the neeve to power carve it today with Arbortech Industrial cutter. First time I used it, very narley indeed.
I have put the pics up in the flicker folder for you all, now i need to remove all the marks, smooth it out and sand it back. The head I will have to carve with chisels, again never used them before.
Yes its a Medium Rocking Horse from Rocking Horse Shop in England. If anyone is interested www.rockinghorseshop.co.uk
My grandfather used to make rocking horses and childrens toys in general and used to help him on the weekends etc, (mainly child labour) lol. I used to get all the sanding jobs.

I have also included the plan cover shot (what the horse will finally look like, fingers crossed)

Cheers
Michael

Originally Posted by mcatal01

Hi everyone,
Thanks for the comments.

I finally had the neeve to power carve it today with

Great stuff love to see some more pics
Colbra

Also have a toy Truck

Toy Truck - a set on Flickr

Dining suite restoration

Dining Suite Restoration - a set on Flickr

Originally Posted by mcatal01

Also have a toy Truck

Toy Truck - a set on Flickr

Dining suite restoration

Dining Suite Restoration - a set on Flickr

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mcatal01 starting to take shape now.

Will you just varnish it or paint it

Hi,

I have finally finished my daughters rocking horse.

Comments welcome.

Very nice. Good job.
Interesting finish looks a bit like a Zebra especially the monotone shots.
Regards

Very attractive modern rendition of the traditional rocking horse. I have an antique one I restored for my daughter when she was about the same age - though it is not sparkling like yours, more like shabby. Did you make the saddle and harness yourself or buy them? Who supplied the horsehair mane and tail? I got a new tail for mine from Horseland some years ago, and tried to get a new mane as well (some previous child had taken to it with scissors) but they didn't ever get back to me.