To Make a Single Ox Yoke

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To Make a Single Ox Yoke
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This is a series of eighteen blog posts that now reads from top to bottom as opposed to the usual Blogger format. Below is a linked index to each part.

Part 1.) The Old Yoke

Part 2.) The Ox Yoke Plan

Part 3.) The Ox Yoke Pattern

Part 4.) Preparing the Wood for Carving

Part 5.) Transferring the Pattern

Part 6.) The Rough Cut

Part 7.) Chainsaw Carving

Part 8.) First Yoke Fitting: Scout the Ox Rejects My Work

Part 9.) Placing the Ox Yoke Hardware

Part 10.) Carpenter's Chalk Test

Part 11.) More Fittings

Part 12.) Red Jacket Detail

Part 13.) Sanding and Oiling the Yoke

Part 14.) How to Bend an Ox Bow with an 8N Tractor and a Cream Can

Part 15.) Flattening the Ox Bow Ends

Part 16.) Finishing the Ivory Ox Bow

Part 17.) The Britchen Harness

Part 18.) Putting the Ox Yoke, Ox Bow, and Britchen Harness Together

Ox and oxen make, yoke, oxbow, bow, oxcart. Single, bullock, how-to britchen harness, till, and harrow, reins, halter, and pulling.