mrwaterslide's Polar Bear XIII

I knew that the head was going to be heavy, and I knew I had to figure out how to attach the head (and the neck, which is about two feet long) to the body of the bear. There was an old house being rehabbed down the street. And I had been scoping out their construction dumpster. When I finally went down there to ask if I could have their scrap lumber, the dumpster had been hauled off. The guy had just one board. It was that white board you see here. It was bigger than a regular 2" by 4". When I got home, I measured it and realized it was an old-timey 2" by 4", not a modern 3 1/2" by 1 1/2" inch 2" by 4". I'd always thought that they cut-down on the size because they were cheap, but when I started working with this board, I realized that the modern dimensions are more practical. The big board proved perfect to make a neck-bone for my bear, however, or spine, or whatever it is.

I trimmed it at the top so it would fit in to the slot between the two boards that make the head profile.

Early on I figured out that I would have to drill holes in the neck and insert carriage bolts. The head could not be nailed to the body.

Done