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thanks for the encouragement chippygeoff ! it by no means perfect such as the quality of some guys on here but to the untrained eye it looks ok its is very strong i even had a go myself with feet of floor ! there is no way you can tip right over forwards or backwards trust me i tried my best...

all pieces cut using hegner scroll saw the maine is i got from local sewing shop i wanted something tight for safety and fits really well glue and screwed together had a coat of olive oil to bring grain out then child safe varnish, the maine is fire retardent ( held under flame for one minute...

here are pics of rocking horses i make sold my first one saturday at craft fair apologies as one pic bit out of focus !

how much was it / think i seen one on ebay a while ago looked good , what kind of blades does it take can you put some pics up thanks mark

Ok Thanks guys I see the merits in both ways I going to try the tape first just got some that is very thin as I said the rockers are Quite long and I have to do a fair bit of mooing around and turning around if tape docent work I will try screw method I keep you posted ! Thanks for taking time...

Ok thanks I might try the glue gun or some normal double sided tape as some pieces are quite big the only thing I not sure about if you use screws or nails does the two pieces start moving when you have cut past those points ? Thats if you screw into the waste ? I can't screw into piece itself...

hi i make small children rocking horses and i need to cut two pieces together as the horse has a lot of twin parts The wood is will be 42 mm thick when two pieces stacked i wil prob use no 7 or 9 blade reverse to cut what is best way to fix together fo stack cutting i know there will lots of...

gill when you say hot glue i have 2 21mm planed pieces would this be ok for hot glue? i have to sand to finish does the hot glue come of fairly easily. Thanks for help Mark

i used the niqua reverse tooth blades i from hegner which are good i think thats what hobbies sell i may try number 9 and no i havent any tight spots mostly squre and large radius what is best method for stack cutting to keep two pieces together thanks mark

thanks for replys guys i prob look for band saw on ebay .well i wanted to do two pieces together as it would make sense as need to be exactly same i going to experiment with scroll saw first.it soft wood and i sand to finish i make them in my spare time just started r horses sold first one on...

i agree with chippygeoff about what people do i make craft items to sell in my spare time small child rocking horses , love hearts , celtic type crosses , wooden angels, wooden words etc, i have a hegner single speed 16 inch throat great little machine only thing i can fault is the markings...

Nice puzzle mate i new on here ! but hoping to put some of my work on here in future not to the quality of yours though, i make rocking horses for small children that sell well and i make celtic style crosses love hearts , angels , wooden words etc , i only do in spare time but i made about 700...

Hi i have seen these on the internet i wondered where i might get some online in uk ? i want to cut my softwood rocking horse pieces on my hegner and want to stack cut 2 pieces together which will be 42mm overall depth the problem i want to solve is uniformity as the horse has a lot of twin...

ok thanks xy i see what you mean i prob having a rethink as think the router method is a bit organic and havivng to make sure cutting whth grain etc having to trim very close to pattern before routering plus the safety aspect free styling with a exposed router table cutter !! I leaning towards...

ok thanks xy yeah was thiking of that option the router method appeal to be as i could rip a lot of and be gauranteed they same size realise would be noisy and messy but quick and accurate i could prob spend a morning just routering and do enough for say four rocking horses with my ear...

thanks roger defo going to go this route ! i just put post up about what best table budget around 200 250 i guess you have one so you know what i going to ask next ! also with it being strong tape can you take of and use template again ?

hi can anyone reccomend a good router table ? budget around 200 250 using for template cutting and curved shapes never had one but paul on here gave me idea for cutting rocking horse shapes as lot of multiple pieces and production run heard of triton any good ?a bit over my budget but could...

paul that sounds an interesting idea with the router the wood is 21mm thick planed soft wood how would you fix the template to the wood for cutting ? a router table would be better if i could cut that thick on it, does the bearing run on top or bottom of work piece and how would i keep the...

Hi i need advice as to whether i need bandsaw or table saw. i started making rocking horses small one for young children sold my first one yesterday at craft fare and got order for another one. i currently use my hegner for all cutting out and i want to speed up the cutting process as there is...

yeah ok thanks i looking at selkling them i got info about self certification and testing thanks for advice bit pressing ahead and doing risk assments i will look into insurance