Rocking Horse Plans Build Continued Day 3

Managed to get a couple of hours working on the rocking horse build today, as you can see the parts for the first rocking horse have been finished ready for assembly. I used the belt sander on the body to ensure it is smooth where I joined the boards together. Then I used a small router bit to round off the edges, you don’t have to use a router you can just file and sand the edges to make them smooth. After routing the edges I used my mouse sander with 240 grit to get it all smooth, then finally sanded it all by hand using aluminium oxide paper ( I find it stays clog free longer than regular sandpaper).

Here’s my router with the corner round bit. If you use a router get a bit with a bearing like the one below it makes it so much easier as you just slide the router round the edges and it gives a consistent cut. When you do the rocking horse body make sure you don’t route the edge where the seat fits, you want a square edge there.

This is my mouse sander, worth its weight in gold and from memory only cost about $20. It takes velcro backed sandpaper.

Oh and before I forget, whether you are routing and sanding or just sanding make sure you keep the top inside edge of the rocking horse rockers square for now, you’ll see why later.