I knocked together a couple more three-legged horses today and thought
they might be useful to at least a few other woodworkers. Pix on ABPW.

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Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/solar.html

That's a cool design. Do the legs fold up? If not, it looks like that
could be an option. I need to build some more portable horseys soon and I
like the design.

Will

NorthIdahoWWer (in ) said:

| That's a cool design. Do the legs fold up? If not, it looks like
| that could be an option. I need to build some more portable
| horseys soon and I like the design.

Thanks, the design has worked pretty well for me. It'd be fairly easy
to make the single leg fold; but I haven't found a good way to fold
the other two.

A taller, short-topped version makes a fairly decent stand for some
bench top tools.

--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/solar.html

"Morris Dovey" wrote in news:TRK5f.2$op3.149
@news.uswest.net:

NorthIdahoWWer (in ) said:

| That's a cool design. Do the legs fold up? If not, it looks like
| that could be an option. I need to build some more portable
| horseys soon and I like the design.

Thanks, the design has worked pretty well for me. It'd be fairly easy
to make the single leg fold; but I haven't found a good way to fold
the other two.

A taller, short-topped version makes a fairly decent stand for some
bench top tools.

--
Morris Dovey

I should be able to figure out how to design and lay out the parts for
your horses, but I am lazy. Do you have any plans to share for this
wonderful Morris Horse?

--
Best regards
Han
email address is invalid

Han (in ) said:

| "Morris Dovey" wrote in news:TRK5f.2$op3.149
| @news.uswest.net:
|
|| NorthIdahoWWer (in ) said:
||
||| That's a cool design. Do the legs fold up? If not, it looks like
||| that could be an option. I need to build some more portable
||| horseys soon and I like the design.
||
|| Thanks, the design has worked pretty well for me. It'd be fairly
|| easy to make the single leg fold; but I haven't found a good way
|| to fold the other two.
||
|| A taller, short-topped version makes a fairly decent stand for some
|| bench top tools.
||
|| --
|| Morris Dovey
|
| I should be able to figure out how to design and lay out the parts
| for your horses, but I am lazy. Do you have any plans to share for
| this wonderful Morris Horse?

Han...

If you like it as you see it, the only info you need is:

[1] The bipod legs and top pieces are 30" long
[2] The front leg should be just long enough to reach the ground.
[3] The spreader should be cut to fit (~11" on the short side).
[4] All not-square angles are 10 degrees off-square.

If you'd like a detailed plan with step-by-step directions and
construction photos, I can put it together (but probably not for a
week or two). If you'd really be more comfortable with a plan to work
from, let me know.

With three legs, you can make it stand crooked - but you can't make it
wobble. :-)

--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/solar.html

Sorry, group newbie here. Can you advise how to find "ABPW" to see pix?

(in
) said:

| Sorry, group newbie here. Can you advise how to find "ABPW" to see
| pix?

No problem. Here's a definition and link:

ABPW ::= news:alt.binaries.pictures.woodworking

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Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/solar.html

Morris Dovey wrote:
(in
) said:

| Sorry, group newbie here. Can you advise how to find "ABPW" to see
| pix?

No problem. Here's a definition and link:

ABPW ::= news:alt.binaries.pictures.woodworking

--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/solar.html

I only have access through google groups and that group does not exist
via google.

www.delorie.com/wood archives both binaries.

On 20 Oct 2005 10:36:10 -0700, "vdubbs" wrote:


Morris Dovey wrote:
(in
) said:

| Sorry, group newbie here. Can you advise how to find "ABPW" to see
| pix?

No problem. Here's a definition and link:

ABPW ::= news:alt.binaries.pictures.woodworking

--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/solar.html

I only have access through google groups and that group does not exist
via google.

vdubbs (in )
said:

| Morris Dovey wrote:
|| (in
|| ) said:
||
||| Sorry, group newbie here. Can you advise how to find "ABPW" to
||| see pix?
||
|| No problem. Here's a definition and link:
||
|| ABPW ::= news:alt.binaries.pictures.woodworking
|
| I only have access through google groups and that group does not
| exist via google.

If you'd like the photos e-mailed, send me a note and I'll put 'em in
your mailbox (specify size you'd like - pix posted to ABPW were
480x360 "lossy" jpegs - I can provide up to 2560x1920).

--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/solar.html

Morris Dovey wrote:
vdubbs (in )
said:

| Morris Dovey wrote:
|| (in
|| ) said:
||
||| Sorry, group newbie here. Can you advise how to find "ABPW" to
||| see pix?
||
|| No problem. Here's a definition and link:
||
|| ABPW ::= news:alt.binaries.pictures.woodworking
|
| I only have access through google groups and that group does not
| exist via google.

If you'd like the photos e-mailed, send me a note and I'll put 'em in
your mailbox (specify size you'd like - pix posted to ABPW were
480x360 "lossy" jpegs - I can provide up to 2560x1920).

--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/solar.html

Sure, send what you got ready! Size don't matter to yahoo!!

Thanks!

On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 20:50:07 -0500, "Morris Dovey"
wrote:

I knocked together a couple more three-legged horses today and thought
they might be useful to at least a few other woodworkers. Pix on ABPW.


I'd like to see that. somehow, your picture hasn't shown up on abpw on
my newsserver, nor on http://www.delorie.com/wood/abpw/ so far, though
I do see a reply to your pic on my server.

any chance of a repost?

s (in )
said:

| any chance of a repost?

Done.

--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/solar.html

On Thu, 20 Oct 2005 15:36:00 -0500, "Morris Dovey"
wrote:

(in )
said:

| any chance of a repost?

Done.


thanks.

interesting design. how well do they stack?

s (in )
said:

| On Thu, 20 Oct 2005 15:36:00 -0500, "Morris Dovey"
| wrote:
|
|| s (in )
|| said:
||
||| any chance of a repost?
||
|| Done.
|
| thanks.
|
| interesting design. how well do they stack?

Not very well except in pairs (turn one upside down and put it on the
other). In my shop it's never been an issue. When I wasn't using the
old pair, one somehow became a base for a 10" disk sander and the
other a base for a 1x42 belt sander. It was easier to build more
horses than design and build the sanding bench I need...

I did a stint on the west coast a few years ago and took a copy paper
box of tools with me - built and used one of these as a workbench out
on the patio to build most of my furnishings from SPF. The short pipe
clamp in the top photo was my (not terribly elegant) vise for that
work. The best part was giving it all away when I left and not having
to worry about moving it. (The horse went off to SF for use in
refurbing a friend's sailboat.)

These are the first I've built with pocket joinery - and it's a _lot_
easier (and neater) this way.

--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/solar.html