November 29, 20169 yr Popular Post Posted this last year, might have to make a few more this time around... Only takes a 1 x 6 x 8' to make all four of these.....need to find the patterns again, and the other supplies.... This one is a bit "blocky", I have been known to use a router table and a 3/8" round-over bit, to round things out.. Big red bow, and a red nose. Black sharpie for the eyes. Nails and glue to hold things in place. Hot-melt glue to hold the "antlers" ....just in case Rudolph should fall over. Hot melt will give way before any of the wood will. Usually stain the antlers a dark walnut. Sometimes, I will even use real Walnut. depending on what I use to cut out the parts, each Rudolph will take about,...1/2 an hour to do..
November 30, 20169 yr Very nice Steven...original too...best get those elves cracking down in the workshop before 'Santa's' knee gets reworked.
November 30, 20169 yr Author Never really had a plan for these....I don't know IF someone could transfer from these pictures enough to make a plan.....been making these critters since the early 1990s...first year, I sold almost a 100 of them. And still had a few for friends and family. Have one that Maxwell had found near enough to the floor that he'd chewed on it a bit. Might tear it down, and make a new one, using it as a pattern. Might post a few with a grid behind it so others can try to make one?
November 30, 20169 yr I remember those, they are nice! Odd ,since I can't even remember what i had for dinner last night. Edited November 30, 20169 yr by Fred W. Hargis, Jr
November 30, 20169 yr Those are really cute, Steve. Can't print from that one celled sketchup? Time to upgrade.
November 30, 20169 yr 2 hours ago, Fred W. Hargis, Jr said: since I can't even remember what i had for dinner last night. don't feel bad... you have a lot of company...
November 30, 20169 yr 10 hours ago, steven newman said: Might post a few with a grid behind it so others can try to make one? That would be helpful. Thanks, Steve.
December 2, 20169 yr Author Reindeer Plans have been posted in a new thread. Be careful....if'n you let two of them set around too long......just like rabbets... Imagine having to have 18-25 of these done by a Monday, went you get home on a Friday......I think I had 1x6s on speed dial..
December 2, 20169 yr 47 minutes ago, steven newman said: Be careful....if'n you let two of them set around too long......just like rabbets... Is that rabbIt or rabbEt?
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