Materials You Will Need

1. Approx. 10 board feet of 5/4 hardwood lumber 9 inches wide. (planed to 1 1/16 inch)

You could get by with a short piece 9 inches wide for the head and the rest could be 7 inches wide.

2. 4 dowels - 36 inches long by 3/8 inch diameter. (hickory, maple, oak, birch)

Most of these will be cut to 2 1/4 inches in length.

3. 1 walnut dowel - 9 inches long by 3/4 inch diameter. A dark colored (walnut) handle will show fewer handprints.

4. 1 dowel - 6 inches long by 1/4 inch diameter, any species.

5. 20 feet of jute macrame fiber for the tail.

6. 2 oz. each of walnut and sunflower oil.

7. 4 oz. wood glue. - Titebond or Elmer's Carpenter's Wood Glue.

by  John Michael Linck  Toymaker

toymaker@woodentoy.com

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