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Wood Dog · 05-11-2012, 02:15 PM

Wow that takes me back, we had one when I was a kid..... a cowboy.
My dad would put the board on his knee and make him dance while bouncing his leg.
Your models are really sweeeeet Harmony.

Thirston · 05-15-2012, 01:41 AM

Would you please explain the joints to me? Any recommendations on sources for pins or finial types of wooden pins?
Legs can be done simply with a dowel perhaps from hip to hip but how are the other joints created?

Thank you for your help.

Harmony · 05-15-2012, 05:47 AM

Thirston,

With the exception of the hen, All leg parts are cut on the scroll saw and shaped with a sander. The hen has dowel for lower legs.

The shoulder and limberjacks with external legs use axle pegs. I get them from http://www.craftparts.com/ . I use axle peg AP 1005. This is the same place I get pegs for my tine, AP 0900.

For the leg joint I use bamboo skewers. They fit a 1/8” hole and are very strong.

I like to use stick silicone as a lubricant, I also use this on the latching posts on my tine’. Stick silicone is used by bow and arrow hobbyists.

I have included some close-up photos of limberjack joints for you.

Dave

tvman44 · 05-15-2012, 12:42 PM

Glad you included pictures because I had no idea what a limber-jack was.

Harmony · 05-15-2012, 06:08 PM

Bob,

Placing the legs on the outside of the limberjack is a French design, you should see a few of these in your part of the country.

I like the look much better than slotting the bottom of the body for leg attachment. You have to make the shoulders wide enough for the arms to clear the hip pegs.

Dave

Harmony · 05-29-2012, 07:18 PM

Here are two of the pigs painted.

Dave

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Wood Dog Senior member...Sweeet Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: MA USA Posts: 7,735 Thanks: 13 Thanked 19 Times in 17 Posts	Wow that takes me back, we had one when I was a kid..... a cowboy. My dad would put the board on his knee and make him dance while bouncing his leg. Your models are really sweeeeet Harmony. __________________ WD aka: Gloria My Gallery " Two difficult things to say in life are Hello for the first time and Goodby for the last"

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tvman44 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: SW Louisiana Posts: 230 Thanks: 2 Thanked 7 Times in 7 Posts	Glad you included pictures because I had no idea what a limber-jack was. __________________ Bob making sawdust in SW Louisiana with a EX-21

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Thirston Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 15 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Would you please explain the joints to me? Any recommendations on sources for pins or finial types of wooden pins? Legs can be done simply with a dowel perhaps from hip to hip but how are the other joints created? Thank you for your help.

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Harmony Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Spokane, WA Posts: 137 Thanks: 0 Thanked 11 Times in 7 Posts	Bob, Placing the legs on the outside of the limberjack is a French design, you should see a few of these in your part of the country. I like the look much better than slotting the bottom of the body for leg attachment. You have to make the shoulders wide enough for the arms to clear the hip pegs. Dave