greasemonkeyredneck Posted September 10, 2009 Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 Here's my newest rocking motorcycle. This one has color! I decided to play around with more tinted stain. It was a pain keeping the stain from running together too bad. It was manageable though with plenty of masking tape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wood-n-things Posted September 10, 2009 Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 How kewl is that...wonderful job on the colors....can you give me an Idea how large this project is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greasemonkeyredneck Posted September 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 It is fifty inches long and twenty nine inches tall. You can buy the plans for it at http://www.woodcraftplans.com/osc/rocki ... p-168.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wood-n-things Posted September 10, 2009 Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 Thanks...I wasn't planning on building it just trying to get a perspective on the actual size. Now I'm even more impressed. Thanks for the response. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greasemonkeyredneck Posted September 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 It's built for kids to actually play on. The wheels turn and the handle bar and front fork assembly move. I think I did a work in progress on one here on this site a while back if you're interested in checking out how one is put together. They are actually not nearly as hard as they look. They are quite time consuming though. I have around forty hours work in each of them. Everything except the rockers are cut on a scroll saw. The rockers are done on the band saw. Everything is put together. Then you sand all the parts to fit properly. Then you take it back apart for staining, or painting if you wish. Then you put it all back together again. In final assembly, all my parts are put together with glue and screws. Then I countersink all the screws and plug the holes with 3/8 dowel that I cut into small pieces. Then I touch up the wood where the dowels are. If you check my photo album, I also make a rocking train, tractor, and pig. Also, I recently done a carousel horse with rockers, but it is an art piece, not for playing on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wood-n-things Posted September 10, 2009 Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 Those are all really fun..The carousel is for sure and ART piece...Thanks for sharing the link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadylady0447 Posted September 11, 2009 Report Share Posted September 11, 2009 Awesome motorcycle rocker, greasemonkey! Thanks for showing us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christina Posted September 11, 2009 Report Share Posted September 11, 2009 Way cool Greasemonkey. I'm sure any kid would just love this. Thanks so much for sharing your work with us............it's always awesome! Christina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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