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Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA

>Neat design. I like the three-legged design - no need to shim under one leg if on irregular surfaces.

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David W. Dougherty

>I like it. It's similar to another design I like from Drew Langsner (Country Workshops).


Country Workshop's Shaving Mule

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Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX

>Cool, I'm getting ready to make this Boggs horse myself. Any tips on things to avoid?

Pam

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Doug Reynolds in Seattle

>Pam: I made the Boggs horse out of ash from the FWW article. Numerous measurements were missing in the article. I made a full-sized drawing first before cutting any real wood. Still, I had to bore the ratchet hook hole twice. Also, I made a seat more like a tractor seat (scooped out, padded and covered in leather) with a forward tilt to it. Left the legs bolted on as it is pretty heavy and big. I also kept it pretty high off the ground as Brian suggests for my six foot frame. Now, if I could just take it for a test drive.

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Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX

>Thanks, Doug. I've got an old motorcycle tractor style seat that I plan to use.

Do you mean the hole for the ratchet pin?

Do you know the reason for using hardwood rather than pine?

Pam

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Scott in Douglassville, PA

>Hey, Doug -

Got an issue number for that article? The Boggs horse is on my summer to-do list, when outside shaving is going to be mandatory.

Thanks,

Scott

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McKay

>It is on page 122 of the last FWW. (I think). There are a number of measurements that are missing, so I scaled in on the drawing on page 126. Scaling worked well. I made the front leg extra long and then cut it after assembly to assure the horse was level. I used a short length of surgical tubing to pull the rachet back into the teeth. I had it around because I use it as a clamp for irregular shapes.

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ThomD

>Mine has been "finished" without the seat for about 8 years!

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ThomD

>I saw Bogg's somewhere, and built mine from CW plans, adapted to be like Boggs. Then they printed free plans in FWW 139. Story of my life.

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ThomD

>There isn't a functional reason for using hardwood, except that it is durable in the small sections some of the parts he uses have. The CW plan, which appears to be modeled on the Boggs, (or comon inspiration) is softwood.

Boggs has a display area that looks into the shop. I always feel your tools should say something and probably in his case this type of horse, a chair he spends a lot of time on, should reflect the same kind of impression he is trying to make with his products, therefore, materials, design, joinery, and finish should be there?

The hold down bar might be better in softwood, stickier. I made my rear legs dovetail into the beam and stabilized by threaded rod, so that the whole thing would knock down. Not very elegant, a bridle might be better. The biggest dicision is dumbhead or yoke. Yoke is fine for short stuff.

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Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX

>OK, sounds good, maybe I'll use a tiny bit of QS oak for the racheting mechanism. I like McKay's idea of using surgical tubing for a return.

I'd planned to dovetail the back legs, too; but now thinking again, there will be a cross grain/long grain matching there, might not work so well, especially in pine. A bridle would be better, except for the extra wide angle required by the legs.

Thanks,

Pam

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ThomD

>I was also thinking of a crossways stretcher to hold the legs in so that the ugly bolt wouldn't be required. Then it would knock down, if that was an issue. I do find that very little of the knockdown stuff I make ever gets taken appart. Moves, in particular, are usually so hurried I don't have the time to take things down. I figured I would be storing this piece. I am thinking of making one similar to an Alexander or Landsner Dumhead lumber model and leaving it out of doors.

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Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX

>Know what you mean about moving. We've got piles of kd bookshelves (office and house) that we've made two moves with. I keep saying "Jack, first let's take them apart" as he heads off with them into the van. Only saving grace is they're too heavy for him with the shelves in place. :)

I plan to use this horse under a tarp during the build, on a walkway/veranda in the new shop. Sure love the idea of riving a log to make a bodger's dumb head.

Pam