Norm views a collection of wooden toys at old Sturbridge Village in central Massachusetts and decides to build a rocking horse using Ash. He uses a band saw to create the horse's head, saddle, and curved side pieces. A router is his tool of choice to fashion a dado joint which fastens the cross-braces to the sides. Norm uses a bevel gauge, drill, and jigsaw to create the angled mortise for the footrests. The rocking horse dimensions are 24" high x 16" wide x 33" long.
After a look at a collection of wooden toys at Old Sturbridge Village, a "living history" museum in central Massachusetts, Norm builds a child's rocking horse from ash, a durable hardwood. Norm cuts the horse's head, heart-shaped saddle and curved side pieces on the band saw, uses a router to make the dado joint that fastens the cross-braces to the sides, and demonstrates a trick with a bevel gauge, drill and electric jigsaw to create an angled mortise for the footrests.
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