Popular Post Dewald Swanepoel Posted June 5, 2016 Popular Post Report Share Posted June 5, 2016 Here's a wooden toy I just completed. The horse is made from African Mahogany while the rider is made from European Beech and Panga Panga. My original idea was to devise some kind of mechanism that would limit the wheels to turn only forward. That way, when the rider is pressed down the hind legs would remain stationary while the fore legs move forward and when the rider is released the fore legs would remain stationary while the hind legs catch up. In the end I abandoned that plan as I just couldn't figure out an elegant way of doing that without spoiling the visual appearance of the toy. And here's a short video clip showing the internal mechanism before I assembled the horse. And to wrap up, just another animation I made for the fun of it :-) 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardA Posted June 5, 2016 Report Share Posted June 5, 2016 Nice work Dewald. There's so much to be said about the piece! But my mind at 3 AM is sorta blank! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Edgar Posted June 5, 2016 Report Share Posted June 5, 2016 Wood Porn! No seriously,very well done and the presentation is not too shabby either! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat60 Posted June 5, 2016 Report Share Posted June 5, 2016 Nice job ..How did you get the rod to work so well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted June 5, 2016 Report Share Posted June 5, 2016 Pretty cool, Dewald! Sent from my XT1058 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dewald Swanepoel Posted June 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2016 2 hours ago, mat60 said: Nice job ..How did you get the rod to work so well? I'm not sure I can answer this question. I did draw a fair bit on some very distant memories of Statics/Dynamics from my varsity days. So I started by constructing a free body diagram and tweaked the lengths and swivel points of the components so that I got the desired angle of "flaring" for the available travel distance of the shaft. I gave the wood inside and the arms of the mechanism a good rubbing with beeswax to ease off the friction and I used springs from clothing pins on the ends of the trapezium to provide counter force that returns the horse to the up position. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post wdwerker Posted June 5, 2016 Popular Post Report Share Posted June 5, 2016 Repurposing clothes pin springs is genius but the rod does lend a rather "adult" appearance ! Or have I seen to much pron ? 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dewald Swanepoel Posted June 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2016 2 minutes ago, wdwerker said: Repurposing clothes pin springs is genius but the rod does lend a rather "adult" appearance ! Or have I seen to much pron ? Who said anything about this toy being for kids? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Sengele Posted June 5, 2016 Report Share Posted June 5, 2016 16 minutes ago, wdwerker said: Repurposing clothes pin springs is genius but the rod does lend a rather "adult" appearance ! Or have I seen to much pron ? Glad I wasn't the only who thought that 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted June 5, 2016 Report Share Posted June 5, 2016 Ok, I had to read every post in this thread as it could have gone off course in a hurry Nice job on the toy! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RichardA Posted June 5, 2016 Popular Post Report Share Posted June 5, 2016 5 hours ago, mat60 said: Nice job ..How did you get the rod to work so well? KY jelly! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted June 5, 2016 Report Share Posted June 5, 2016 2 hours ago, TIODS said: Ok, I had to read every post in this thread as it could have gone off course in a hurry Nice job on the toy! Yee of little faith, you know us so well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted June 5, 2016 Report Share Posted June 5, 2016 Thats a really cool toy Dewald... whether its for a child or adult. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Edgar Posted June 5, 2016 Report Share Posted June 5, 2016 The rider looks very much like a Kardashian! Nice proportions! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dewald Swanepoel Posted June 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2016 On 6/5/2016 at 11:47 PM, Rex Edgar said: The rider looks very much like a Kardashian! Oh no! Then I truly failed... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Llama Posted June 7, 2016 Report Share Posted June 7, 2016 Why is the horses rod coming out of his back? Very unnatural. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat60 Posted June 7, 2016 Report Share Posted June 7, 2016 28 minutes ago, Llama said: Why is the horses rod coming out of his back? Very unnatural. Bad baloney poney surgery.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Cancelleri Posted June 7, 2016 Report Share Posted June 7, 2016 Why is the horses rod coming out of his back? Very unnatural. Maybe it identifies as a carousel horse. All kidding aside, awesome work, very clever Dewald. Sent from my Nexus 6P using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryMcK Posted June 7, 2016 Report Share Posted June 7, 2016 Excellent work Dewald and I like the animated gifs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Immortan D Posted June 8, 2016 Report Share Posted June 8, 2016 Nicely done! Pretty dang kama sutra stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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