Hello from Melbourne, Australia

[Spyros]

next, cut the remaining pieces:

2 X shape "B" and 2 X shape "C" below.  again sorry about my crappy drawings, I'm kinda doing them on the fly on my breaks from work.

[Spyros]

Then it's time for glue up

stack the two Cs together as aligned as possible, glue and clamp them, and do the same for the Bs.

The As are glued in 2 stacks of 4: each stack will have two whole pieces first and last and two short pieces in the middle.   

 

Does it all kinda make sense? It probably sounds confusing...  I should probably do a build along thread and actually make another one and take photos or video while I'm doing it.

 

Edited May 25, 2020 by Spyros

[Retswerb]

2 hours ago, Spyros said:

I should probably do a build along thread and actually make another one and take photos or video while I'm doing it.

If you have time and materials available, this would be an excellent resource. I’m no woodworker but I made a simple pony out of scrap, one of these days I’d like to upgrade but in the meantime I saved a bit by making my own.

[Spyros]

4 hours ago, Retswerb said:

If you have time and materials available, this would be an excellent resource. I’m no woodworker but I made a simple pony out of scrap, one of these days I’d like to upgrade but in the meantime I saved a bit by making my own.

All right then... I came here to learn how to make backpacks, but I guess we're making a stitching pony 

I'll pop out to the shed and see what I have, I should have some plywood and a few bolts.  But I'm not doing any video, I'm alone in there and it's just too hard.  I'll stop and take a photo every now and then.

You guys can show me backpacks later 

Edited May 25, 2020 by Spyros

[Scoutmom103]

8 hours ago, Retswerb said:

11 hours ago, Spyros said:

I should probably do a build along thread and actually make another one and take photos or video while I'm doing it.

If you have time and materials available, this would be an excellent resource. I’m no woodworker but I made a simple pony out of scrap, one of these days I’d like to upgrade but in the meantime I saved a bit by making my own.

 

4 hours ago, Spyros said:

All right then... I came here to learn how to make backpacks, but I guess we're making a stitching pony 

I'll pop out to the shed and see what I have, I should have some plywood and a few bolts.  But I'm not doing any video, I'm alone in there and it's just too hard.  I'll stop and take a photo every now and then.

That would be wonderful.  Thank you.

 

[Spyros]

Righto,  stitching pony out of plywood. I'm about done I think.   

Just a couple more holes to drill, then I'll take all the pieces inside and trace them on a piece of paper so i can give you a "pattern" so to speak.

Tell you what it was easier making it the last time, I didn't have to worry that everything I do must also make sense to other people LOL

 

 

[Scoutmom103]

12 minutes ago, Spyros said:

Just a couple more holes to drill, then I'll take all the pieces inside and trace them on a piece of paper so i can give you a "pattern" so to speak.

Tell you what it was easier making it the last time, I didn't have to worry that everything I do must also make sense to other people LOL

Wow that was fast.  Thank you.

 

[Spyros]

13 minutes ago, Scoutmom103 said:

Wow that was fast.  Thank you.

 

My pleasure.

Remember I said if I was going to make another I would make it longer?  Well guess what, I completely forgot LOL

I actually made it from the patterns I made for you, with minor changes.  And now I'm stuck with two identical ponies.  Dumb 

 

But, come to think of it, this is probably the ideal size anyway.  Light, portable, tiny when you fold it it fits everywhere, and when i have something big to stitch i just tilt it a little.  this is how I did that tote for example.

Edited May 26, 2020 by Spyros

[Spyros]

Hey guys  I was thinking about this and I'm actually not going to start a new thread.  I mean some people sell those things for a living, some even sell them here, and I don't want to step on anyone's toes.  I will however do what I said, but I will do it on this thread for the couple of you who asked the question, and then you guys can build it or not build it, up to you.

 

Ok so here's your cut list below.  Everything is in mm because I'm a chauvinistic pig (no seriously it's because all my rulers and tapes are in mm, sorry)

I've put down the critical dimension in green so when you print this you know you are printing 1:1 scale.  After you print 1:1, if you need any other dimensions the dots on the paper are 5mm apart, just measure it.

 

 

 

Edited May 27, 2020 by Spyros

[Spyros]

Some notes on the cut list:

Part A:  You need 2 of those.  Note this part has a 46mm slot.  The way to make this slot is by drilling a hole at the start of the slot and another one at the end, and then using a coping saw or scroll saw to connect them.  Same as you would with an oblong hole on a belt if you don't have an oblong hole punch.   And then you just clean it up with a bastard file.    

You can make the slot when you cut them or afterwards when the pieces are glued together, up to you.

 

Part B (also 2 copies) has a side view and a top view.  Cut based on the side view.  I've put the top view there just to mark the position of a couple of holes you'll need to make later.  There's also an indentation, and some corners have been rounded over so they're a bit more pleasant to the touch.  If you're comfortable cutting round corners and indentations do it, otherwise they can easily be done later with a file and some sandpaper.

 

Part C (4 copies) can be made as long as you want, and that will determine how big a piece you can stitch on your pony.  I've made mine based on the solid line, but I've also made a dotted line just to show how you could scale yours up.  And you can scale up even more in the same fashion, up to you.  

 

Parts D & E are really carbon copies of part C, just cut a little shorter.  So if you're going to scale up Part C you need to scale those up as well, and the best way to do that is make copies of the scaled up Part C and chop them after.

 

MATERIAL:  Get the most expensive plywood you can, quality does matter here.  Bamboo ply would be ideal, baltic birch will be fine.  You don't need much, think about the same surface as making a small bag 

I used 18mm marine ply I had lying around and it was ok, but ideally you want better and slightly thicker, between 19-21mm.

I hope this makes sense so far.  Build photos to follow.

 

Edited May 27, 2020 by Spyros