Oxen patterns

[rodh]

Hi
I am a new poster here and glad I have found this forum. I have been searching the net in vane for a plan for carving a team of oxen. This is something I wanted to do for my grandson for Christmas and since I have oxen on my farm I also would enjoy creating them with some wagons etc.

Can anyone point me to a plans source for this?

[Hi_Ho_Sliver]

I suggest you take pictures of your team and make your own pattern.......then share it with the rest of us lol

[sccarnes]

rod,
a book, "billy smith power carving," has a lot of wagons, and also check out the oregon historical socy, have many wagons by Ivan Collins,
lynn doughty is building a wheel and you can start with that?
sam

[AlArchie]

Gordon Stiller has pattern for nearly every critter there is...his oxen pattern is here.
Gonna be hard to get it all together before Christmas, though.

Gordon Stiller Wildlife Patterns - Pictorial Catalog -* Page 6 - Ducks & Geese - StillerPatterns.com

Al

[Old_Gord]

Mary Duke Guldan, in her book, Woodcarver's Workbook 2, Published by Fox Chapel, ISBN 1-56523-037-x, has a pattern for a Yoke of Oxen.
There is also a pattern for an Ox, Chip Chats May/Jun 1994 Back Cover.
Cheers
OG

[rodh]

Whan carving an animal in basswood do you run the grain parallel with the legs or with the body on the animal?

[chuckbolton]

run the grain long ways in the legs-- other wise u are guaranteed to break them-- or i do-- did-- until i changed it-- the weak spot then becomes the tail head-- but u have only one of those and can prob ably keep it intact- and ofcourse the neck isn't likely to break which ever way the grain run because of its mass.

[Hi_Ho_Sliver]

Take a look at Lynn's blog on making a steer or a horse....good method!

[Ron T]

Hello and welcome, RodH. It's nice to have you here. Seems like you've got some good help already

[vin]

Good Idead He has all the models in his yard. Photo and measure for size.
Vin