Christmas Horses

[Alan Mikkelsen]

I built our first grandchildren a rocking horse nearly 10 years ago. Two new grandchildren demanded two more horses this Christmas.

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http://www.sawmillcreek.org/picture.php?albumid=265&pictureid=2611

The first horse I made was from spalted maple and walnut. This time I happened to have some ash on hand, so went with that. I had to rebuild some jigs and refit parts, since I couldn't find all my original pieces.

[Jeff Miller]

Very nice Allen ,I really like them.:D

The kids will really enjoy them:)


JEFF;)

[Chris S Anderson]

Wish I had a set like that. Wonderful job. How long did they take to make?

[Matt Armstrong]

Extremely impressive.

[Alan Mikkelsen]

Wish I had a set like that. Wonderful job. How long did they take to make?

The real time consuming work was building the jigs/patterns. After that was done, I would estimate that the two horses would take about 30 hours, not counting finishing. Every single wood-wood fitting is a curved piece.

[gary Zimmel]

Great work on the Christmas horses Alan.
The grandkids are going to love them...

[John Thompson]

Excellent job Alan... they look great and I am sure the GK's will enjoy!