rcktpwrd Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 (edited) We have had a sleigh and several reindeer made from plywood for several years now, bought them at a garage sale so no idea how old they really are. The sleigh hasn't weathered very well so I needed to make a new one. I also wanted to make it easy to take apart and put together so we can store it indoors. The old one was all screwed together. We started with a sheet of exterior grade plywood and one of the old sleigh sides as a pattern. Which became a couple of these: And then this: I think the inspector approves First coat of primer on everything, a couple coats of white paint to come: Edited September 17, 2019 by rcktpwrd 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Euro92 Posted September 26, 2019 Share Posted September 26, 2019 Very nice. I was going to do this too but decided to buy this cause its plastic and should last long without any work. I took the easy way out. https://www.outdoornativitysets.com/large-christmas-sleigh-and-reindeer-set 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyboy Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 very nicely done 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caniac Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 needs pixels, lots and lots of pixels! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcktpwrd Posted October 27, 2019 Author Share Posted October 27, 2019 Got it all painted up. I added a split PVC pipe for runners at the bottom. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichRX7 Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 Thumbs up! Looks great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tlogan Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcktpwrd Posted October 29, 2019 Author Share Posted October 29, 2019 Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanopie Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 Looks real nice. Can you provide some measurements and the thickness of the plywood. I'm interested in building one for next year. Thanks! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcktpwrd Posted November 22, 2019 Author Share Posted November 22, 2019 17 hours ago, lanopie said: Looks real nice. Can you provide some measurements and the thickness of the plywood. I'm interested in building one for next year. Thanks! I used a 4x8 sheet of 3/8" outdoor rated plywood. The sleigh is 4' long. We have a sleigh that was built from the patterns that are sold online. We copied that design and modified it to fit a single sheet of plywood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanopie Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 Thanks and I gather the width about 2 feet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcktpwrd Posted November 23, 2019 Author Share Posted November 23, 2019 yeah about 2 feet between the sides and they are about 3 foot tall... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanopie Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 Thanks for the info 😎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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