Fellow woodworkers,

I have posted a new version of my book, "How to Build an Heirloom Rocking
Horse" at

http://woodentoy.com/horsebook/horsebookcover.html

Some of you gave me valuable advice after reading the original version
last year. So, if any of you are willing I would love to hear your ideas.
Do my intructions make sense? Are my descriptions clear? Any tips to make
a better horse?

As before, the book is free but I do sell plans. If my need to earn a
living offends any of you please enjoy the book but don't purchase the
plans.

The new book includes dozens of color photos and is in html, avoiding the
previous large pdf download.

Thanks for taking a look,

John the toymaker


www. woodentoy .com


The one grand stage where he enacted all his various parts so manifold was
his vice bench; a long rude ponderous table furnished with several vices,
of different sizes, and both of iron and wood....A belaying pin is found
too large to be easily inserted into its hole: the carpenter claps it into
one of his ever*ready vices, and straightway files it smaller...A sailor
takes a fancy to wear shark*bone earrings: the carpenter drills his ears.
Another has the toothache: the carpenter out pincers...whirling round the
handle of his wooden vice, the carpenter signs him to clap his jaw in
that, if he would have him draw his tooth. Thus, this carpenter was
prepared at all points.

Herman Melville

Moby Dick * 1851

John wrote:


As before, the book is free but I do sell plans. If my need to earn a
living offends any of you please enjoy the book but don't purchase the
plans.

You're kidding, right?

Why would anyone with an ounce of common sense need to buy plans for
something as basic as this?

--
Geoff Beale

Nice book.

If the plans are equal to the book layout, you will do well with them.

--
Jim McLaughlin

Reply address is deliberately munged.
If you really need to reply directly, try:
jimdotmclaughlinatcomcastdotcom

And you know it is a dotnet not a dotcom
address.
"John" wrote in message
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Fellow woodworkers,

I have posted a new version of my book, "How to Build an Heirloom Rocking
Horse" at

http://woodentoy.com/horsebook/horsebookcover.html

Some of you gave me valuable advice after reading the original version
last year. So, if any of you are willing I would love to hear your ideas.
Do my intructions make sense? Are my descriptions clear? Any tips to make
a better horse?

As before, the book is free but I do sell plans. If my need to earn a
living offends any of you please enjoy the book but don't purchase the
plans.

The new book includes dozens of color photos and is in html, avoiding the
previous large pdf download.

Thanks for taking a look,

John the toymaker


www. woodentoy .com


The one grand stage where he enacted all his various parts so manifold was
his vice bench; a long rude ponderous table furnished with several vices,
of different sizes, and both of iron and wood....A belaying pin is found
too large to be easily inserted into its hole: the carpenter claps it into
one of his ever*ready vices, and straightway files it smaller...A sailor
takes a fancy to wear shark*bone earrings: the carpenter drills his ears.
Another has the toothache: the carpenter out pincers...whirling round the
handle of his wooden vice, the carpenter signs him to clap his jaw in
that, if he would have him draw his tooth. Thus, this carpenter was
prepared at all points.

Herman Melville

Moby Dick * 1851

On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 23:33:34 +0000, Geoff Beale
wrote:

Why would anyone with an ounce of common sense need to buy plans for
something as basic as this?

No idea. But empirical evidence is that people _do_ want plans, and
plans for the strangest of things (including tricky stuff, like pointy
sticks). If there's a demand for them, why shouldn't the OP offer them?

I could probably work out the joinery to make the whole horse
beautifully, with a mixture of Sam Maloof patent joints and some
Japanese temple building joint you can't pronounce. But I'g need a
template for bandsawing the head out, or else you'd never know which end
was which.

Andy Dingley wrote:


No idea. But empirical evidence is that people _do_ want plans, and
plans for the strangest of things (including tricky stuff, like
pointy
sticks). If there's a demand for them, why shouldn't the OP offer
them?

I could probably work out the joinery to make the whole horse
beautifully, with a mixture of Sam Maloof patent joints and some
Japanese temple building joint you can't pronounce. But I'g need a
template for bandsawing the head out, or else you'd never know which
end was which.

Strange.

To me much of the enjoyment in a project is in the planning, design, and
even learning from my own mistakes. I'll look at other people's
plans or work and even borrow ideas or techniques, but then go it
alone. Each to their own.

Oh, and I don't believe you about the head template, Andy.

Your modesty is becoming, but I'm sure you are skilled enough to copy an
outline shape from a suitable horse picture!

--
Geoff Beale
Extract digit to email

I'll look at other people's plans or work and even borrow ideas or
techniques, but then go it
alone. Each to their own.

As nearly as I can remember, the only plans I ever tried to follow
exactly turned out to be a very bad design and I immediately set the
child's rocking chair aside and built one modified to correct the
errors in design. Plans from Wood Magazine.

Walt Conner