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*UPDATE* Got my plans through the post now and have come to the next problem in making my rocking horse! I photocopied the plans so that I could cut all of the pieces out separately but I wasn't quite able to match the pieces up properly. The plans say to use carbon paper to copy the plans onto...

I might leave the book for now as the plans do have quite good information in for making the horse. The website does suggest using plywood and I feel ill be able to get a nicer colour, I think I might paint it white or do a white wash so that you can still see the laminated design! Which tool do...

*Small update!* I've now ordered the plans for the Large Rocky! I'll be buying some plywood soon, but still have a couple of questions. A blog post that I saw used an Arbortech Wood Carver to carve the eventual shape of the rocking horse. From what I can find, these are pretty expensive! Anybody...

Will try my best to see what I can produce! I'd like mine to look more like a carousel horse actually so may eventually add a pole and potentially paint the horse but I haven't decided yet. I wouldn't want to take away from all of the effort I will potentially put into the project in the first...

Thank you for this info. My dad is a builder so I have spoken to him about it and he is aware of the type and grade of wood that we must use for this project, thank you!

Would this give me exact dimensions of the pieces that I have to cut? I thought the whole point of it was to explain to you how to use their pre-cut pieces to make the finished piece. Sorry for the misunderstanding, I don't think it's clear on their website that the plans are in the step by step...

Hi there, not sure if anybody can help me. I'm wanting to make a laminated rocking horse. I've considered purchasing the pre-cut plywood to make the Large Rocky from rockinghorseshop but I'd prefer to cut my costs and cut the plywood myself. Does anybody have any plans for the large rocky horse...