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F Murtz

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I defy any one to find a straight answer from a search engine (easily)
to the question of what timber available in australia is suitable to
carve rocking horses.
As soon as you write rocking horses your doom is sealed and that is the
end of your quest. you have no hope.
 
F Murtz wrote:

I defy any one to find a straight answer from a search engine (easily)
to the question of what timber available in australia is suitable to
carve rocking horses.
As soon as you write rocking horses your doom is sealed and that is the
end of your quest. you have no hope.
Click to expand...
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=what+timber+available+in+australia+is+suitable+to+carve+rocking+horses&sa=search

I used your exact question, and I don't see a problem. I must be
missing something.

Peter
 
F Murtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> wrote:

I defy any one to find a straight answer from a search engine (easily)
to the question of what timber available in australia is suitable to
carve rocking horses.
As soon as you write rocking horses your doom is sealed and that is the
end of your quest. you have no hope.
Click to expand...
Not true. I made a slight modification to your query and Google's
first result told me the answer is Queensland Maple
<http://tinyurl.com/4kqpw6v>.
 
David Segall wrote:
F Murtz<haggisz@hotmail.com> wrote:

I defy any one to find a straight answer from a search engine (easily)
to the question of what timber available in australia is suitable to
carve rocking horses.
As soon as you write rocking horses your doom is sealed and that is the
end of your quest. you have no hope.

Not true. I made a slight modification to your query and Google's
first result told me the answer is Queensland Maple
http://tinyurl.com/4kqpw6v>.
OOPS OOPS
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I should have asked the question I posed in my whinge.Plus pluses
I asked it every which way but without a plus for every word.
I could not put a minus for the rocking horse after using it.
(I tried it but got nowhere)

So whenever I have a long question I should fill it up with pluses.
 
F Murtz wrote:
David Segall wrote:
F Murtz<haggisz@hotmail.com> wrote:

I defy any one to find a straight answer from a search engine (easily)
to the question of what timber available in australia is suitable to
carve rocking horses.
As soon as you write rocking horses your doom is sealed and that is the
end of your quest. you have no hope.

Not true. I made a slight modification to your query and Google's
first result told me the answer is Queensland Maple
http://tinyurl.com/4kqpw6v>.
Click to expand...


I take back my oops's because even with the plusses there is still not
suitable answers that are straight forward, Neither does the tinyurl.
The answers are mostly from commercial rocking horse makers.
There is still no suitable answers.
I stick by my original whinge.
 
On 27/1/2011 10:53 PM, F Murtz wrote:
F Murtz wrote:
David Segall wrote:
F Murtz<haggisz@hotmail.com> wrote:

I defy any one to find a straight answer from a search engine (easily)
to the question of what timber available in australia is suitable to
carve rocking horses.
As soon as you write rocking horses your doom is sealed and that is the
end of your quest. you have no hope.

Not true. I made a slight modification to your query and Google's
first result told me the answer is Queensland Maple
http://tinyurl.com/4kqpw6v>.



I take back my oops's because even with the plusses there is still not
suitable answers that are straight forward, Neither does the tinyurl.
The answers are mostly from commercial rocking horse makers.
There is still no suitable answers.
I stick by my original whinge.
Click to expand...
I just used 'rocking horse' in Google search, and got these in the first
few listings:

wooden toys from Toy Factory Gumeracha The Big Rocking Horse
wooden toys, Australia's largest range of wooden toys, home of The Big
Rocking Horse, Gumeracha South Australia, biggest range, rocking horses,
wooden toys.
www.thetoyfactory.com.au/ - Cached - Similar

Rocking Horses
Mr Fred Rocking Horses are made from Australian hard wood and are
crafted as an heirloom for future generations. Each Rocking Horse has
red cedar … ...
www.hotfrog.com.au/Products/Rocking-Horses - Cached - Similar

Looks quite reasonable to me. Ring up the guys at Gumeracha, they would
probably tell you. What is wrong with a commercial source ? How many
private/hobby rocking horse makers would you expect to advertise on the
net ?

Why would you think the timber used for carving rocking horses is any
different from any other timber good for carving ?
--
Regards,

Adrian Jansen adrianjansen at internode dot on dot net
Note reply address is invalid, convert address above to machine form.
 
kreed wrote:
On Jan 28, 9:03 am, Adrian Jansen<adr...@qq.vv.net> wrote:
On 27/1/2011 10:53 PM, F Murtz wrote:



F Murtz wrote:
David Segall wrote:
F Murtz<hagg...@hotmail.com> wrote:

I defy any one to find a straight answer from a search engine (easily)
to the question of what timber available in australia is suitable to
carve rocking horses.
As soon as you write rocking horses your doom is sealed and that is the
end of your quest. you have no hope.

Not true. I made a slight modification to your query and Google's
first result told me the answer is Queensland Maple
http://tinyurl.com/4kqpw6v>.

I take back my oops's because even with the plusses there is still not
suitable answers that are straight forward, Neither does the tinyurl.
The answers are mostly from commercial rocking horse makers.
There is still no suitable answers.
I stick by my original whinge.

I just used 'rocking horse' in Google search, and got these in the first
few listings:

wooden toys from Toy Factory Gumeracha The Big Rocking Horse
wooden toys, Australia's largest range of wooden toys, home of The Big
Rocking Horse, Gumeracha South Australia, biggest range, rocking horses,
wooden toys.www.thetoyfactory.com.au/- Cached - Similar

Rocking Horses
Mr Fred Rocking Horses are made from Australian hard wood and are
crafted as an heirloom for future generations. Each Rocking Horse has
red cedar ...www.hotfrog.com.au/Products/Rocking-Horses- Cached - Similar

Looks quite reasonable to me. Ring up the guys at Gumeracha, they would
probably tell you. What is wrong with a commercial source ? How many
private/hobby rocking horse makers would you expect to advertise on the
net ?

Why would you think the timber used for carving rocking horses is any
different from any other timber good for carving ?
--

I would think that looking at areas like the horse's legs, that are
relatively thin, bent in the middle,
and being rocked back and forth are getting the weight shifting on
them to different angles,
getting lots of stress, you would want to have a strong timber to be
able to cope with this.

It also has to support up the horse's body, that must be quite heavy,
probably 1-2 playful and excited kids
on top of the horse that want to try and rock it as hard as possible,
jump up and down in the saddle etc.

The stresses involved in those horse legs could be quite high.

Other things like table, cabinet legs, and similar furniture would
never cop "abuse" like this. Usually the load is straight down, and
is
not swinging and moving, and the legs are typically straight, and can
be made thicker, where with the horse the legs have to be proportional
to the body of the horse.



Regards,

Adrian Jansen adrianjansen at internode dot on dot net
Note reply address is invalid, convert address above to machine form.

I have a book on making rocking horses. It is british the timbers
Click to expand...
mentioned are not used in australia. The legs could probably be any
straight grained hardish wood but I was looking for the body and head.
It needs to be softish straight grained no knots etc (apparently
limewood is ideal but not available here)
My problem will be solved eventually, but not by google as soon as it
sees rocking horse it assumes that I could not possibly want to make my
own and proceeds to offer commercial makers and kit suppliers by the
hundreds.
I am looking for timber suppliers of suitable wood for rocking horses in
Australia.
They can be made of laminated ply sheets,but I did not want that.
My frustration is with search engines and the way they now handle
queries of a technical nature.
I realize that probably my best avenue is forums and asking questions
 
On Jan 28, 9:03 am, Adrian Jansen <adr...@qq.vv.net> wrote:
On 27/1/2011 10:53 PM, F Murtz wrote:



F Murtz wrote:
David Segall wrote:
F Murtz<hagg...@hotmail.com> wrote:

I defy any one to find a straight answer from a search engine (easily)
to the question of what timber available in australia is suitable to
carve rocking horses.
As soon as you write rocking horses your doom is sealed and that is the
end of your quest. you have no hope.

Not true. I made a slight modification to your query and Google's
first result told me the answer is Queensland Maple
http://tinyurl.com/4kqpw6v>.

I take back my oops's because even with the plusses there is still not
suitable answers that are straight forward, Neither does the tinyurl.
The answers are mostly from commercial rocking horse makers.
There is still no suitable answers.
I stick by my original whinge.

I just used 'rocking horse' in Google search, and got these in the first
few listings:

wooden toys from Toy Factory Gumeracha The Big Rocking Horse
wooden toys, Australia's largest range of wooden toys, home of The Big
Rocking Horse, Gumeracha South Australia, biggest range, rocking horses,
wooden toys.www.thetoyfactory.com.au/- Cached - Similar

Rocking Horses
Mr Fred Rocking Horses are made from Australian hard wood and are
crafted as an heirloom for future generations. Each Rocking Horse has
red cedar ...www.hotfrog.com.au/Products/Rocking-Horses- Cached - Similar

Looks quite reasonable to me.  Ring up the guys at Gumeracha, they would
probably tell you.  What is wrong with a commercial source ? How many
private/hobby rocking horse makers would you expect to advertise on the
net ?

Why would you think the timber used for carving rocking horses is any
different from any other timber good for carving ?
--
Click to expand...
I would think that looking at areas like the horse's legs, that are
relatively thin, bent in the middle,
and being rocked back and forth are getting the weight shifting on
them to different angles,
getting lots of stress, you would want to have a strong timber to be
able to cope with this.

It also has to support up the horse's body, that must be quite heavy,
probably 1-2 playful and excited kids
on top of the horse that want to try and rock it as hard as possible,
jump up and down in the saddle etc.

The stresses involved in those horse legs could be quite high.

Other things like table, cabinet legs, and similar furniture would
never cop "abuse" like this. Usually the load is straight down, and
is
not swinging and moving, and the legs are typically straight, and can
be made thicker, where with the horse the legs have to be proportional
to the body of the horse.



Regards,

Adrian Jansen           adrianjansen at internode dot on dot net
Note reply address is invalid, convert address above to machine form.
Click to expand...
 
F Murtz wrote:
kreed wrote:
On Jan 28, 9:03 am, Adrian Jansen<adr...@qq.vv.net> wrote:
On 27/1/2011 10:53 PM, F Murtz wrote:



F Murtz wrote:
David Segall wrote:
F Murtz<hagg...@hotmail.com> wrote:

I defy any one to find a straight answer from a search engine
(easily) to the question of what timber available in australia
is suitable to carve rocking horses.
As soon as you write rocking horses your doom is sealed and
that is the end of your quest. you have no hope.

Not true. I made a slight modification to your query and Google's
first result told me the answer is Queensland Maple
http://tinyurl.com/4kqpw6v>.

I take back my oops's because even with the plusses there is still
not suitable answers that are straight forward, Neither does the
tinyurl. The answers are mostly from commercial rocking horse
makers. There is still no suitable answers.
I stick by my original whinge.

I just used 'rocking horse' in Google search, and got these in the
first few listings:

wooden toys from Toy Factory Gumeracha The Big Rocking Horse
wooden toys, Australia's largest range of wooden toys, home of The
Big Rocking Horse, Gumeracha South Australia, biggest range,
rocking horses, wooden toys.www.thetoyfactory.com.au/- Cached -
Similar Rocking Horses
Mr Fred Rocking Horses are made from Australian hard wood and are
crafted as an heirloom for future generations. Each Rocking Horse
has red cedar ...www.hotfrog.com.au/Products/Rocking-Horses- Cached
- Similar Looks quite reasonable to me. Ring up the guys at Gumeracha,
they
would probably tell you. What is wrong with a commercial source ?
How many private/hobby rocking horse makers would you expect to
advertise on the net ?

Why would you think the timber used for carving rocking horses is
any different from any other timber good for carving ?
--

I would think that looking at areas like the horse's legs, that are
relatively thin, bent in the middle,
and being rocked back and forth are getting the weight shifting on
them to different angles,
getting lots of stress, you would want to have a strong timber to be
able to cope with this.

It also has to support up the horse's body, that must be quite heavy,
probably 1-2 playful and excited kids
on top of the horse that want to try and rock it as hard as possible,
jump up and down in the saddle etc.

The stresses involved in those horse legs could be quite high.

Other things like table, cabinet legs, and similar furniture would
never cop "abuse" like this. Usually the load is straight down, and
is
not swinging and moving, and the legs are typically straight, and can
be made thicker, where with the horse the legs have to be
proportional to the body of the horse.



Regards,

Adrian Jansen adrianjansen at internode dot on dot net
Note reply address is invalid, convert address above to machine
form.

I have a book on making rocking horses. It is british the timbers
mentioned are not used in australia. The legs could probably be any
straight grained hardish wood but I was looking for the body and head.
It needs to be softish straight grained no knots etc (apparently
limewood is ideal but not available here)
My problem will be solved eventually, but not by google as soon as it
sees rocking horse it assumes that I could not possibly want to make
my own and proceeds to offer commercial makers and kit suppliers by
the hundreds.
I am looking for timber suppliers of suitable wood for rocking horses
in Australia.
They can be made of laminated ply sheets,but I did not want that.
My frustration is with search engines and the way they now handle
queries of a technical nature.
I realize that probably my best avenue is forums and asking questions
Click to expand...
Google is not a benevolent company they are in it for the money, despite
their corporate slogan "do no evil" etc.



The recent tweaks of adding more java coding with "Google instant" and the
"image search" changes are annoying to say the least when it tries to second
guess what you want.



With the Images you have to scroll all the way to the bottom of the search
results, to change it back to how it was before.

I have worked out your can add "&sout=1" on the search string to revert to
the how it was before the change.



You could also delete the superfluous browser information it adds onto the
search string, this increases the speed of the response also.



With your search, this guy may know the answer?



http://www.countryragepage.com/carvings2.htm





Google search with privacy http://www.scroogle.org/cgi-bin/scraper.htm
 
Vox wrote:
F Murtz wrote:
kreed wrote:
On Jan 28, 9:03 am, Adrian Jansen<adr...@qq.vv.net> wrote:
On 27/1/2011 10:53 PM, F Murtz wrote:



F Murtz wrote:
David Segall wrote:
F Murtz<hagg...@hotmail.com> wrote:

I defy any one to find a straight answer from a search engine
(easily) to the question of what timber available in australia
is suitable to carve rocking horses.
As soon as you write rocking horses your doom is sealed and
that is the end of your quest. you have no hope.

Not true. I made a slight modification to your query and Google's
first result told me the answer is Queensland Maple
http://tinyurl.com/4kqpw6v>.

I take back my oops's because even with the plusses there is still
not suitable answers that are straight forward, Neither does the
tinyurl. The answers are mostly from commercial rocking horse
makers. There is still no suitable answers.
I stick by my original whinge.

I just used 'rocking horse' in Google search, and got these in the
first few listings:

wooden toys from Toy Factory Gumeracha The Big Rocking Horse
wooden toys, Australia's largest range of wooden toys, home of The
Big Rocking Horse, Gumeracha South Australia, biggest range,
rocking horses, wooden toys.www.thetoyfactory.com.au/- Cached -
Similar Rocking Horses
Mr Fred Rocking Horses are made from Australian hard wood and are
crafted as an heirloom for future generations. Each Rocking Horse
has red cedar ...www.hotfrog.com.au/Products/Rocking-Horses- Cached
- Similar Looks quite reasonable to me. Ring up the guys at Gumeracha,
they
would probably tell you. What is wrong with a commercial source ?
How many private/hobby rocking horse makers would you expect to
advertise on the net ?

Why would you think the timber used for carving rocking horses is
any different from any other timber good for carving ?
--

I would think that looking at areas like the horse's legs, that are
relatively thin, bent in the middle,
and being rocked back and forth are getting the weight shifting on
them to different angles,
getting lots of stress, you would want to have a strong timber to be
able to cope with this.

It also has to support up the horse's body, that must be quite heavy,
probably 1-2 playful and excited kids
on top of the horse that want to try and rock it as hard as possible,
jump up and down in the saddle etc.

The stresses involved in those horse legs could be quite high.

Other things like table, cabinet legs, and similar furniture would
never cop "abuse" like this. Usually the load is straight down, and
is
not swinging and moving, and the legs are typically straight, and can
be made thicker, where with the horse the legs have to be
proportional to the body of the horse.



Regards,

Adrian Jansen adrianjansen at internode dot on dot net
Note reply address is invalid, convert address above to machine
form.

I have a book on making rocking horses. It is british the timbers
mentioned are not used in australia. The legs could probably be any
straight grained hardish wood but I was looking for the body and head.
It needs to be softish straight grained no knots etc (apparently
limewood is ideal but not available here)
My problem will be solved eventually, but not by google as soon as it
sees rocking horse it assumes that I could not possibly want to make
my own and proceeds to offer commercial makers and kit suppliers by
the hundreds.
I am looking for timber suppliers of suitable wood for rocking horses
in Australia.
They can be made of laminated ply sheets,but I did not want that.
My frustration is with search engines and the way they now handle
queries of a technical nature.
I realize that probably my best avenue is forums and asking questions

Google is not a benevolent company they are in it for the money, despite
their corporate slogan "do no evil" etc.



The recent tweaks of adding more java coding with "Google instant" and the
"image search" changes are annoying to say the least when it tries to second
guess what you want.



With the Images you have to scroll all the way to the bottom of the search
results, to change it back to how it was before.

I have worked out your can add "&sout=1" on the search string to revert to
the how it was before the change.



You could also delete the superfluous browser information it adds onto the
search string, this increases the speed of the response also.



With your search, this guy may know the answer?



http://www.countryragepage.com/carvings2.htm





Google search with privacy http://www.scroogle.org/cgi-bin/scraper.htm






Thanks, it is just that I get frustrated, the search engines might work
Click to expand...
for the majority but do not want to know how to deal with my questions
 
On 01/28/11 16:57, F Murtz wrote:
Thanks, it is just that I get frustrated, the search engines might work
for the majority but do not want to know how to deal with my questions
Click to expand...
You need to learn to ask them better, or ask a related question that will
get you to your answer. Google might be very clever, but it doesn't have
human-level intelligence yet. It can't tell that you're asking your
question in a four-times refined subject area: "Rocking horse -> Building
your own -> In Australia -> what woods suit". And even if it *could* tell
that, there's a distinct possibility that it's never come across any
answers to that question. So ask a different question, and refine.

In any case, the lack of an answer has nothing to do with Vox's bogus
claim that they want to make a profit from giving you a bum steer.
Google knows perfectly well that you only use the service and see the
adverts because you usually get the answers you want. Conspiracy theories
notwithstanding.

If you want to know what wood might be suitable for building a rocking
horse, why not start by searching for sites that tell you how to build
a rocking horse? Then search inside that site for advice on woods, or
for the qualities required for the woods. Or search for a forum where
people might talk about or answer questions about rocking-horse
building, and post a question there?

You've already been given an excellent answer here anyhow. Use Queensland
Maple. It's not a maple, but it has these admirable qualities:
* It's strong
* It's tough (not brittle)
* It's easy to carve
* It's not unattractive
* It's not too heavy
* It's pretty cheap

All the reasons that Maton and many other local guitar makers use it
extensively, especially for guitar necks. It'll suit your job perfectly.

And next time, go bleat in a wood-working newsgroup instead of an
electronics one ffs.

Clifford Heath.
 
On Fri, 28 Jan 2011 17:29:23 +1100, Clifford Heath
<no@spam.please.net> wrote:
I always use Google with javascript turned off. Seems to work better
that way!

What I want to know is what are going to do with all the droppings
from that rocking horse? They alone could be worth a fortune.
Apparently they're very rare!
--
Sell your surplus electronic components at
http://ozcomponents.com
Search or browse for that IC, capacitor,
crystal or other component you need.
Or find new components at http://auscomponents.com
 
Clifford Heath wrote:
On 01/28/11 16:57, F Murtz wrote:
Thanks, it is just that I get frustrated, the search engines might work
for the majority but do not want to know how to deal with my questions

You need to learn to ask them better, or ask a related question that will
get you to your answer. Google might be very clever, but it doesn't have
human-level intelligence yet. It can't tell that you're asking your
question in a four-times refined subject area: "Rocking horse -> Building
your own -> In Australia -> what woods suit". And even if it *could* tell
that, there's a distinct possibility that it's never come across any
answers to that question. So ask a different question, and refine.

In any case, the lack of an answer has nothing to do with Vox's bogus
claim that they want to make a profit from giving you a bum steer.
Google knows perfectly well that you only use the service and see the
adverts because you usually get the answers you want. Conspiracy theories
notwithstanding.

If you want to know what wood might be suitable for building a rocking
horse, why not start by searching for sites that tell you how to build
a rocking horse? Then search inside that site for advice on woods, or
for the qualities required for the woods. Or search for a forum where
people might talk about or answer questions about rocking-horse
building, and post a question there?
Click to expand...

I did all that and got no satisfaction. There are almost no sites that
are not commercial, on building rocking horses that a search engine will
point to once you mention rocking horses. as soon as you write the words
rocking horses, the engine points you only to commercial sites and not
the few non commercial sites (Which I think do exist)
You've already been given an excellent answer here anyhow. Use Queensland
Maple. It's not a maple, but it has these admirable qualities:
Click to expand...

The answer that I was given,maple was for frame and base which would be
ideal for that purpose but is not what I wanted (the body and head)and
the wrong colour if I can get timber similar to other country's
recommendations for the horse in Australia . From what I have gleaned so
far pacific maple is not widely used for the horse


* It's strong
* It's tough (not brittle)
* It's easy to carve
* It's not unattractive
* It's not too heavy
* It's pretty cheap

All the reasons that Maton and many other local guitar makers use it
extensively, especially for guitar necks. It'll suit your job perfectly.

And next time, go bleat in a wood-working newsgroup instead of an
electronics one ffs.
Click to expand...
I had already exhaustively searched in other places and was venting on
the foibles of search engines which is distantly electronic.
Clifford Heath.
Click to expand...
 
On 2011-01-28, F Murtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> wrote:
I have a book on making rocking horses. It is british the timbers
mentioned are not used in australia. The legs could probably be any
straight grained hardish wood but I was looking for the body and head.
It needs to be softish straight grained no knots etc (apparently
limewood is ideal but not available here)
Click to expand...
Also knows as "linden" and "basswood", a quick google suggests that the
australian supply goes into making venetian blinds :)

--
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--- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: news@netfront.net ---
 
Jasen Betts wrote:
On 2011-01-28, F Murtz<haggisz@hotmail.com> wrote:

I have a book on making rocking horses. It is british the timbers
mentioned are not used in australia. The legs could probably be any
straight grained hardish wood but I was looking for the body and head.
It needs to be softish straight grained no knots etc (apparently
limewood is ideal but not available here)

Also knows as "linden" and "basswood", a quick google suggests that the
australian supply goes into making venetian blinds :)

Thanks I found that but I want it in big chunks so I gave up on it.
Click to expand...
 
F Murtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> wrote:

F Murtz wrote:
David Segall wrote:
F Murtz<haggisz@hotmail.com> wrote:

I defy any one to find a straight answer from a search engine (easily)
to the question of what timber available in australia is suitable to
carve rocking horses.
As soon as you write rocking horses your doom is sealed and that is the
end of your quest. you have no hope.

Not true. I made a slight modification to your query and Google's
first result told me the answer is Queensland Maple
http://tinyurl.com/4kqpw6v>.



I take back my oops's because even with the plusses there is still not
suitable answers that are straight forward, Neither does the tinyurl.
The answers are mostly from commercial rocking horse makers.
There is still no suitable answers.
I stick by my original whinge.
Click to expand...
The plusses are the default and Google will insert them for you. My
search (the tinyurl) gave you Queensland Maple as the specific wood
for rocking horses. If you want more, modify your search. I assume you
are familiar with the advanced search
<http://www.google.com.au/advanced_search?hl=en&lr=lang_en>.

I agree that there is a real problem in that commercial organisations
spend large sums of money optimising their sites so that any remotely
relevant query returns their site. My main gripe is that Google does
not distinguish between questions and answers. If I ask "How do I fix
Error Code 123" I will get thousands of hits for the question rather
than an answer.
 
On Jan 27, 9:39 pm, F Murtz <hagg...@hotmail.com> wrote:
I defy any one to find a straight answer from a search engine (easily)
to the question of what timber available in australia is suitable to
carve rocking horses.
As soon as you write rocking horses your doom is sealed and that is the
end of your quest. you have no hope.
Click to expand...



Well thanks for the interesting thread.
I know a lot more about rocking horses and wood than I did this
morning :)

Hope the finished horse comes up well.
 
David Segall wrote:
F Murtz<haggisz@hotmail.com> wrote:

F Murtz wrote:
David Segall wrote:
F Murtz<haggisz@hotmail.com> wrote:

I defy any one to find a straight answer from a search engine (easily)
to the question of what timber available in australia is suitable to
carve rocking horses.
As soon as you write rocking horses your doom is sealed and that is the
end of your quest. you have no hope.

Not true. I made a slight modification to your query and Google's
first result told me the answer is Queensland Maple
http://tinyurl.com/4kqpw6v>.
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By my reading that is the base ,which is the stand that the horse rocks
on not the actual horse.
So far none of my research has recommended it for the horse,

I have found a woodworking forum which is some help

I just despair at what search engines have turned in to from what they
used to be.
I take back my oops's because even with the plusses there is still not
suitable answers that are straight forward, Neither does the tinyurl.
The answers are mostly from commercial rocking horse makers.
There is still no suitable answers.
I stick by my original whinge.

The plusses are the default and Google will insert them for you. My
search (the tinyurl) gave you Queensland Maple as the specific wood
for rocking horses. If you want more, modify your search. I assume you
are familiar with the advanced search
http://www.google.com.au/advanced_search?hl=en&lr=lang_en>.

I agree that there is a real problem in that commercial organisations
spend large sums of money optimising their sites so that any remotely
relevant query returns their site. My main gripe is that Google does
not distinguish between questions and answers. If I ask "How do I fix
Error Code 123" I will get thousands of hits for the question rather
than an answer.
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On 29/01/2011 9:07 AM, F Murtz wrote:
David Segall wrote:
F Murtz<haggisz@hotmail.com> wrote:

F Murtz wrote:
David Segall wrote:
F Murtz<haggisz@hotmail.com> wrote:

I defy any one to find a straight answer from a search engine
(easily)
to the question of what timber available in australia is suitable to
carve rocking horses.
As soon as you write rocking horses your doom is sealed and that
is the
end of your quest. you have no hope.

Not true. I made a slight modification to your query and Google's
first result told me the answer is Queensland Maple
http://tinyurl.com/4kqpw6v>.

By my reading that is the base ,which is the stand that the horse rocks
on not the actual horse.
So far none of my research has recommended it for the horse,

I have found a woodworking forum which is some help

I just despair at what search engines have turned in to from what they
used to be.
Click to expand...
Rather than specifying the usage, why not ask about "carving timbers"?
After all, that's what you really require...Then you can make an
assessment of each as to its suitability for the rocking horse.
Anyway, woodworking forums would be the best place to ask.
 
dmm wrote:
On 29/01/2011 9:07 AM, F Murtz wrote:
David Segall wrote:
F Murtz<haggisz@hotmail.com> wrote:

F Murtz wrote:
David Segall wrote:
F Murtz<haggisz@hotmail.com> wrote:

I defy any one to find a straight answer from a search engine
(easily)
to the question of what timber available in australia is suitable to
carve rocking horses.
As soon as you write rocking horses your doom is sealed and that
is the
end of your quest. you have no hope.

Not true. I made a slight modification to your query and Google's
first result told me the answer is Queensland Maple
http://tinyurl.com/4kqpw6v>.

By my reading that is the base ,which is the stand that the horse rocks
on not the actual horse.
So far none of my research has recommended it for the horse,

I have found a woodworking forum which is some help

I just despair at what search engines have turned in to from what they
used to be.

Rather than specifying the usage, why not ask about "carving timbers"?
After all, that's what you really require...Then you can make an
assessment of each as to its suitability for the rocking horse.
Anyway, woodworking forums would be the best place to ask.
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Although it has developed in to a full blown horse discussion my
original post was moaning about google because I was getting nowhere
elsewhere with it.
I am now getting somewhere elsewhere and have even caused google to put
my searches upfront
 
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