New Halloween project
Used the moulding toolpath for the head radius
My Kids would love this!
I gotta make one.
It takes a half sheet of 3/4 plywood if you nest the parts.
This is what it is all about, having a need for something creative and being able to produce it. Your only limit is your imagination. That is cool!
My first complex inlayed end grain cutting board. I am extermely pleased with the repeatability and precision of the Onefinity. I cannot tell you how many times the walnut has been off the board so I could cut the plug for the inlays. It is a work in progress, as there is some purple heart being glued up as a plug right now. I will post up as different inlays are completed.
One other thing, I did a lot of practice on scrap wood before I got up the nerve to cut into walnut, maple, padauk, and yellow heart.
As I learned doing practice in scrap, tool path order is critical to prevent blow outs or chip outs.
I cannot sell this as it is a trademarked logo. Why make it? Our association has a scholarship auction that raises money to pay for scholarships for dependents or relatives of Aviation Ordnancemen. Every year I make and donate a project to help raise money for this fund.
Seeing how this year is the Navy’s 250th birthday, I wanted to make something special that could be proudly displayed by a Navy or Marine Aviation Ordnanceman.
It’s HDPE, which is short for High Densty Polyeurethane. It is outdoor rated for like a 100 years. Great material for outdoor signs and they use the thick stuff to make playground buildings.
Of course. But what is HPDE?
A typo. 
Sheesh, a little slack would be nice.
Been slowly advancing this project forever, but tonight it finally takes its place by my bedside! (It’s mis-matched twin has already spent a year by my wife’s side of the bed.) These are my his & hers (mis)matched wet/dry night stands. Full of screw ups & lessons learned, maybe that’s part of their charm?
Very nice! I’ve been thinking about making one for my great granddaughter. Did you buy the pattern or come up with your own?
Thanks!
I bought the pattern on Etsy. It took some modifications, but was pretty straightforward. I’ve made several rocking horses from my own plans and ones from others.
Not affiliated, but this is the plan I started from.
Look what I found on Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1785406147/antique-1890-rocking-horse-wood-toy?ref=share_v4_lx
I’ve had mixed success with their plans, but this one was close. I added mortise and tenons to their design and carved the bit instead of separate pieces. (My daughter described their airplane rocker as a flying capybara).
Thanks for the link!
that looks amazing! How many hours of sanding went into the top?!
Thanks! Not as much sanding as I’d feared, since I used a tiny stepover with a little tapered ball, the surface was pretty nice right off the 1F. Ironically my bigger issue was that the surface was resolved so well the small planar facets of the computer model stood out. I wasn’t going for a low poly look, so the sanding was mostly to smooth those edges out. Probably a couple of hours sanding the top, all told.