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Thank You to everyone for the kind words. I made my first horse about 30 years ago and now a great-grandson uses it. Although it had set outside for a few CA winters and did need a factory recall to get back to work. Many -many changes in the design from that one. I also now use jigs for a few of the processes. I am slowly putting together a word doc tutorial and will eventually have it ready to share. I did take extensive pictures during the build.

This one is made different from the 60+ others that I have made. This is about 2-1/2 inches taller than the normal ones that I have done for 30 years. It also has vertical instead of canted legs. The angles were going to be an appearance problem as they would have ended up very close to the rockers and looked all wrong. Used generic 1 by material and modified the design for the longer legs. That involved a slightly longer body, tiny bit narrower head and moving the cross bars to farther apart positions to keep the proportions looking decent at all. As it is being made to the customers specifications. The G & W were a very custom addition. The handle is fitted and then screwed in through the front and top of the head with long sheet-rock screws. It was just a piece of 7" long 3/4 inch dowel that was in the do NOT throw bin. All screws that would be normally visible are sunk deeper and then plugged. There are somewhere between 75 and 80 screws total in this horse. The cross bar are under braced with 1 by pieces that are also screwed and glued. This horse will easily support 150+ pounds with this design. As a former farm boy I had to see if it was saddle broke too. The finish is a brushed on, furniture grade polyurethane with the detail painting being acrylic craft paints. The urethane has one coat under and one over the details. I will happily answer any questions. I have documented the build with many photos and will be slowly making a tutorial. The entire cutting was done on an 18 inch Porter-Cable scrollsaw. The hardest part of it was the rockers. I will put the blade in backwards for part of the rocker cut on the next one I make. My 20" D-W that died could reach by just cutting from two directions, but the 18" can not do it. YES; I have a messy shop! My woodworking is not quite; but, almost a self-supporting hobby. This is due to using salvage material when I can and being a wood hoarder too.

Nice frame-Up!

Nice! I am presuming these are sale type items. As curiosity; what kind of prices do you get for these? Good luck on the sales.

Having driven a few of them; very nicely done. I actually like the Coronets that the Charger was based on better; but, the Chargers got the acclaim. My uncle had a 68 that he had for 20+ years; and then sold for more than he had paid for it! It was a very nice ride.

Not a "sports fan"of any kind. BUT--Still nicely done!

Very neat and colorful too. That project looks like it may have been a "drag-on" type of project. I do like the assortment. Yes, some materials do cost more than others.

Neat-- I like that we do not take ourselves too damned seriously!

Great design, very nice cutting. If you are in an area that does a lot of that, you might have just found a new market grabber. Variations from -- names as this-- is to made for a shelf also. Good luck.

You cut way finer things than I would even attempt! Your letter cutting always amazes me. The usual A.K being A. K.

Very well done!

I like it and FLW too. VERY NICE CUTTING!

Nicely done and a lot of work.

FANTASTIC!

Nice cutting on hard wood. I agree with these people. A contrasting backer will let you glue the interior of the R in and add appeal at the same time.

A. K. Being A. K. as usual; I think he is just trying to make the rest of us feel lazy

Indeed; great subjects that are very well cut.

I have bug spray!

A. Sanity not required for scrollsaw work; in fact, it is a viability for that. B, Not just a good job; A DAMNED GOOD JOB! C. Way more patience than about 95% of us can ever reach. D. The frame is a tremendous piece of art all on it's own too.

I like the work. I am not a fan of tree rats; they have done me way too much building and equipment damage in the past! Ate through walls, ate wiring, ate cardboard items in a shed, ruined stuff with their waste and all sorts of other issues. No I do not feed. pr shelter them either. I have made squirrel houses only as ordered. I do not build them as a stock item either.

As they have previously stated; FANTASTIC work and also well photographed.

Great ruck that anyone could be very proud of!

Not just yes; but, HELL YES!

They look like a lot of saw time. Nicely done.

Nice use of scraps! One for chips, and one for dip! Great set.