This is the only woodworking project I’ve been able to work on for the past few months, a rocking horse for a good friend of mine who has just had her first baby. It really should only have taken a few days, but in between building the shop and working, meh, what can you do? An hour every few days was all I could dedicate to it.
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I’m exceedingly happy with the end result. I think it looks lovely, it’s nice and soft to the touch, solid (yep I can ride it), and rocks very well. But yeah, I guess I’m biased. 🙂 It certainly has it’s faults, the finish for one, but nothing so bad that I’m not happy handing it over.
This was made using my scroll saw, router table and disc / belt sander. The pattern was bought from toymakingplans.com for around $12; a fantastic investment as I will definitely be making more of these in the near future. I highly recommend toymakingplans.com, the plans were very clear and straightforward. I toyed with the idea of designing my own horse but I figured that would only drag the project out for longer, I’m very happy with the bought plans.
You can find a gallery of the build photos here, I’ve got plenty of notes on the photos too.
I took lots of photos as I went, but filming wasn’t really an option due to the short periods of time I had to spend working on it. However I’m happy to say that I’m making two more rocking horses soon (of a different design) that I’ll be able to film, after all, I now have a nice bright workshop, be a shame not to take advantage right?
If you’ve never made a rocking horse, you are missing out. It’s a lot of fun to build one and watching a child play on it is just awesome. If you have built one, send me a photo or post it on my facebook page, I’d love to see what you came up with.