THE COMPLETE ROCKING HORSE MAKER
$40.00
Fourteen easy-to-follow projects
by Anthony Dew
Softcover
215 x 295mm
164pp
Published by The Rocking Horse Shop Ltd, Fangfoss, York, England
ISBN 0-9545388-0-3
Extract from back cover of book:
You can make a real rocking horse!
Projects to suit all abilities from simple hobby horses to carved Victorian style beauties.
Photos: Black & White and Colour
Units of Measurement: Imperial and Metric
Contents
Introduction
– Origins of the Rocking Horse
– About this book
– Can I do it?
Chapter 1 – Getting Started, Timber & Tools
– Making patterns
– Timber, tools & equipment
– How to approach carving
Chapter 2 – Hobby Horses
– Four simple hobby horse projects to get you going
Chapter 3 – Chair Horse
– A delightful & easy to make rocker for the very young (the rider, not the maker)
Chapter 4 – Toddler’s Rocking Horse
– Seventeenth Century slab sided horse. The simplest design with cut-out head, also a carved head option
Chapter 5 – The Swinger Rocking Horse
– Easy-to-make rocking horse on proper swing iron stand. Simple method with cutout head, also carved head version
Chapter 6 – Little Red Rocker
– A great little rocker! Straightforward construction set off by carved head and upper body.
Chapter 7 – Miniature Traditional Carved Rocking Horse
– Twelfth scale carved traditional rocking horse.
Chapter 8 – Half Size Traditional Carved Rocking Horse
– A proper fully carved Victorian style rocking horse made just like the full size ones, for dolls to ride.
Chapter 9 – Small Traditional Carved Rocking Horse
– Fully carved Victorian style rocking horse for children aged up to about 5 years.
Chapter 10 – Medium & Large Traditional Carved Rocking Horses
– Fully carved traditional Victorian style rocking horses for children of any age. The real thing & you can make it!
Chapter 11 – Stands
– How to make swing iron safety stands for Half Size, Small, Medium R Large carved rocking horses.
Chapter 12 – Bow Rockers
– How to make traditional bow rockers for Half Size, Small & Medium carved rocking horses
