September 2018
Time to make: 5 hours
Boys Life "Slide of the Month"
Original design: Lew Weston
It's funny when my son first saw this slide, he instantly thought it was Pedro from Boy's Life and looking at it now I can see the resemblance. Perhaps it's time to send off a letter to Pedro, lets see;
Dear alfalfa milkshake drinker,
Any chance this slide of the month was based on you?
Carved from a very hard piece of maple and caused me a lot of time resharpening my knife. I painted the body of the burro with hobby paint and the details with paint pens. I sealed the slide with a couple of coats of poly and glued a wooden loop to the back. The main and tail are made from 325 black paracord with the center cords removed. I then super glued to drilled holes and frayed the cord with a pin.
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