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The original dog was given to me by my mother-in-laws boyfriend. I believe
he got the pattern from a book or magazine. Hubby reverse engineered it
and made me a pattern and I have made a dozen or more of these I have
given to friends and family and I have sold a few as well.
The size you want it to be will determine your materials. I use a
piece of 2x8 for the body and it just fits. I use a 2x4 for the front
legs and tail and 2x6 for the ears. I try to find like grained and
colored wood so that the whole is similar. Sometimes I will just use the
2x8 for all the parts but as it is the more expensive route I try to
find like woods in various sizes so as to save a couple bucks. This one
is made of hemlock and I believe that all but the tail was made of the
same 2x8 stock..
The ears and legs are attached using a dowel so that one can position
the fore and aft legs as well as the ears. The eye is made
of a larger dowel, sanded to a convex disc to give dimension and then
painted. The entire body, tail, and legs are routed over and sanded but
the ears are free hand sanded on my large stationary belt sander, to
form them.
I did not take a pic of it but the rear legs are positional as well
and you can have the dog lying down or with ears back as if running in
the wind. A Christmas bow tie made of scrap material and this makes a
nice gift and many will place it near their fireplace. I have 2 next to
mine one stained darker than the other. I only pictured the lighter one
as it shows better.
This is a very simple and easy beginner project and I have sold these
for $40.00 each at craft fairs. I can make 4 in a long day if I assembly
line them. The second day is merely staining and painting after the glue
has dried on the dowels. After expenses I figure I'm still making $30.00
+ on each dog and they actually sell quite well.
The only things to watch out for is that when gluing the dowels in
the legs and ears you do not get any on the body as this would make it
so you could not move the legs and ears. Also when drilling for the
dowel make it a fairly tight fit through the body so the legs and ears
remain in the position you place them, to loose and they will fall to
whatever gravity has in store for them and too tight and you might break
the dowel when positioning.
Tami Spanaway,
WA.
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