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The Rocking-Horse Maker: Nine Easy-To-Follow Projects

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I bought a used copy on Amazon. This is the older version. A newer version exists that includes 5 more projects. I was lucky the horse I was interested in was included in the 9 projects. I still bought the plans from Dew to get the full sized drawings. That said, I found the book to be a very good resource on making a rocking horse. Although there are a couple of simpler projects, for the most part the rocking horses are elaborate, carved, and fairly complicated. The drawings are to scale and the text instructions for each project are fairly complete considering that many of the horses are carved and as such there is an artistic/subjective component that the text can't quantify. There are lots of relevant photographs that help quite a bit. The book also has sections and instructions on making saddles and other techniques useful in making the rocking horses. Overall a very good book on the subject. Tony Dew knows what he is doing and gives the reader the confidence to take on these projects.

Most children can only dream of such rocking horses, but if you are a serious carver; you could build one from Anthony Dew's instructions and his information on suggested tools. The illustrations in this book are stunning! Buy this book, along with two others I have reviewed by Spencer and by Wolfe and you will be ready to begin.

I was ready to go out and start making my own. Perhaps in the spring, it will be a project. Very informative and organized in format.