Build Your Own

Wooden
Dummy
Carlos Colorado
Wing Chun Kung Fu Council
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CONTENTS
About The Dummy 9
Selecting The Proper Wood 11
Building The Body 12
Building The Arms 23
Building The Leg 26
Particulars Of A Proper Dummy 29
Finishing The Dummy 31
Setting Up The Dummy 32
The Measurements 34
Tle Mook Yan }ong is, in nany
vays, lle liadenaik of Wing Clun
liaining. Il is a vilal key of a
piaclilioneis skill. In oidei lo
piopeily liain and lecone
pioficienl, one nusl lave a
vooden dunny llal piopeily
iepiesenls coiiecl lines of foice,
and llal las lle coiiecl anounl of
spiing. Tleie aie seveial vays lo
nake a Mook Yan }ong. Tlese
insliuclions assune llal you
alieady lave sone pioficiency in
using lools, and voiking vood.
Ilease iead lle insliuclions in lleii
enliiely lefoie you slail naking
youi vooden dunny, so llal you
nay lave a lasic idea of all llal is
involved. As alvays, ienenlei lo
use connon sense, and le
conscienlious of safely neasuies,
veai safely glasses, elc.
introduction
ABOUT THE
WOODEN DUMMY
Iolloving llese insliuclions vill
leave you vill a leauliful and
funclional, leiiloon qualily
vooden dunny. And il vill
piovide you lle coiiecl angles, as
laugll ly Ip Man, lliougl lis son
Ip Cling.
chapter one
SELECTING THE PROPER
WOOD
Tle fiisl slep in luilding a good
vooden dunny is selecling a
vood llal is loll funclional, and
leauliful. Il nusl neel lle
iequiied neasuienenls.
In cloosing a piece foi lle lody,
one las diffeienl oplions. One
nay decide lo use a naluial log
fion a vaiiely of liees, oi peilaps
a laninaled and nilled log fion
lle vood of cloice. Mosl
piaclilioneis cloose lo use
laidvood, lovevei, expeiience
slovs llal a lodge pole (pine) log,
vlicl is noie ieadily availalle,
vill lold up excellenlly againsl
yeais of use, nany lesilale lo use a
pine log lecause of lle inevilalle
clecks and ciacks on lle vood.
Alllougl il is inpoilanl lo find a
log villoul excessive ciacks llal
nigll disloil lle angles on lle
dunny, lle clecks on a
lloiouglly cuied log do nol affecl
lle funclion of lle dunny. Sone
even like lle look of vood lellei
vill a fev ciacks lo add claiaclei.
One alvays las lle oplion of
filling in lle ciacks vill vood
pully if lle ciacks aie llougll of
as an eyesoie. Opling foi pine
iallei llan laidvood vill nake
lle piojecl all lle noie affoidalle,
if llal is a concein.
As foi lle linls and ciosspieces,
lle vood nusl le a laidvood, foi
exanple, oak, leak, naple, elc.
Tlis is a nusl so llal youi dunny can
villsland lle lienendous anounl of povei
and inpacl llal il vill iecieve.
Tle fiisl slep lo luilding lle lody of lle }ong
is lo cul lle log lo lle desiied lengll. Tle
nealei lle cul, lle less one vill need lo sand al
lle end of lle piojecl. e suie lo also cloose
lle face oi fionl of lle lody, laking inlo
accounl lle anounl and size of clecks
iunning lliougl il.
chapter 2
BUILDING THE BODY
Tle nexl slep is lo naik a veilical nidline
dovn lle fionl of lle lody, llen a line on
lle lop end of lle dunny llal exlends
fion lle fiisl line, lliougl lle coie line of
lle lody, all lle vay lo lle lack.
Using llese lines as lle nain guides,
diav vleie lle loles foi lle lliee
ains and lle leg vill le, as slovn on
lle plans.
A veiy suilalle angle is
aclieved if vlen naiking off lle lop
lvo ain loles, one allovs lleie lo le
a 3/16 gap lelveen lle inside of lle
lole, and lle veilical nidline of lle
dunny, oi a 3/8 gap lelveen lle
loles. Tlis is a suggeslion llal vill
gieally inpiove lle usefulness of lle
dunny.
Nole fion lle plans al lle lack
of llis look llal lle lvo lop ainloles
nusl cioss lle liansveise plane seen
on lle lop of lle dunny. Il is ciucial
lo nol nake llese lvo loles paiallel lo
eacl ollei. Iollov lle nexl sleps
caiefully in oidei lo avoid sucl a
nislake.
Iay lle lody loiizonlally. Il is inpoilanl vlenevei diilling a lole, lo le
suie llal lle lody is level.
Cenlei lle lopnosl ainlole vlen seen fion
alove. Do NOT place lle dunny vill lle
veilical nidline in lle cenlei vlen seen
fion alove, offselling one ainlole lo eacl
side of lle cenlei of lle lody, as slovn in
llis plolo.
Using a long 1-1/2 loiing lil,
diill a pilol lole, vlicl vill le lle
cenlei of lle ainlole, foi lle fiisl
and lopnosl ain all lle vay
lliougl lle dunny. Sucl a lil
vill pioduce a nice, clean, and
sliaigll lole, and il vill save you
nucl cliseling, lul if a lil llal
size is unavailalle, you nay use
one of a snallei dianelei.
Nexl, egin lo caiefully clisel lle
squaie slape of lle lole and
conlinue cliseling dovn all lle
vay lliougl lle lody.
Cieal caie nusl le laken vlile
cliseling, in oidei lo keep lle lole
fion vandeiing off fion vleie il
slould le.
If veiy long clisels aie unavailalle,
youll lave lo diav lle slape of
lle lole on lle lack of lle dunny.
Use lle pilol lole llal you diilled,
lo deleinine lle exacl posilion of
lle lole, and once youve cul in as
fai as youi clisel vill lake you,
slail lle sane piocess fion lle
lack of lle dunny. Youi lvo
loles, peilaining lo lle sane ain,
slould neel in lle niddle.
Once youve
conpleled lle fiisl and
lopnosl ainlole,
iolale lle dunny,
cenleiing lle lole foi
lle second ain.
Iollov lle pioceduie
as you did foi lle lop
ainlole.
e avaie llal since lleie is no
dislance lelveen lle lollon of lle
fiisl ainlole, and lle lop of lle
second, lle lvo loles vill lileially
neel in lle niddle of lle dunny,
ciealing a dianond slaped
passage fion one lole lo lle ollei
Repeal lle piocess foi
lle lasl ainlole in lle
sane vay as lle lvo
pievious IJAFI
Tle lole foi lle leg on lle Mook
Yan }ong, nusl le slanled al a
14 slope. To aclieve llis, youi
pilol lole nusl le nade using a
vooden guide. One can easily
le nade ly diilling a lole vill
lle loiing lil inlo lle end of a
3x 2x 2 llock of vood.
Tlen, using a nilei sav,
cul off loll ends of lle
llock al lle piesciiled
14 angle.
Nov place lle guide on
lle log as slovn and
connence diilling youi
pilol lole. Once youve
diilled a couple of incles
inlo lle lody of lle }ong,
you nay sel aside lle
guide. Al llis poinl, lle
fiisl couple of incles on
youi lole vill seive as a
guide as you diill lle iesl
of lle leg lole. If youi
loiing lil is of a snall
dianelei, you nay visl
lo diill a couple of pilol
loles.
Will a pilol lole diilled,
cliseling oul lle iesl of lle
lole is nucl like cliseling
lle ainloles, excepl one
nusl le caieful lo cieale llis
lole vill lle 14 angle. Tle
vooden guide you ciealed is
useful in llis piocess. Use
lle guide ly laying il on lle
suiface of lle lody, al lle
lop of lle leg lole and legin
cliseling oul lle lole.
Tlen nove lle guide lo lle lollon
of lle lole and use lle lack edge
of lle guide, legin cliseling oul
lle lollon of lle leg lole. Tlis
piocess vill lelp you slail lle leg
lole al lle coiiecl angle.
Will lle loles foi lle linls in
place, one is ieady lo nake lle
loles foi lle ciosspieces llal vill
lold up lle Mook Yan }ong.
Iiisl diav a line
peipendiculai lo lle
line youve diavn on
lle lop of lle lody.
Tlen exlend llis line
dovn lle side of lle
lody.
Maik lle loles as
slovn on lle plans al
lle lack of llis look.
e suie llal lle loles
aie off cenleied and
lovaid lle lack of lle
dunny. You cannol,
lovevei, use a 1-1/2
loiing lil. Youll
lave lo go vill a
snallei one. Diill a
pilol lole and clisel
oul lle coineis as you
did vill all lle
pievious loles.
A connon concein foi people vlo ovn a Mook Yan }ong, is finding a
vay lo ancloi il, so llal il does nol slide fion side lo side on lle
ciossleans. Sone use llocks of vood on eillei side of lle lody lo keep il
in place. A sinple and noie cosnelically pleasing vay is lo inseil a
couple of dovels on lle lack of lle lody, llal vill fil inlo nolcles cul oul
of lle ciossleans. On lle plans foi lle lack viev of lle lody, you vill
see lvo loles, one is found sligllly ovei 7 dovn fion lle lop, and lle
ollei one a lillle ovei 43. Use a 5/8 loiing lil, and diill only lalfvay
lliougl lle dunny. As you diill in, if you look inlo lle side lole foi lle
ciosspiece, you slould see aloul
lalf of youi dovel lole is
invading lle lole foi lle
ciosspiece. Tlen, inseil and glue
a 5/8 dovel inlo lle lole you
diilled, use a coping sav lo cul
off lle excess, so llal lle dovel
is flusl vill lle lody. Tle
piocess is lle sane foi lle
lollon dovel lole.
You aie nov jusl aloul finisled luilding lle lody, and lle only lling lefl
lo do is lo use a ioulei lo iound off lle edges on lle lop and lle lollon of
lle dunny. Sanding llen dovn inslead voiks jusl as vell, lul il lakes
sonevlal longei.
Wlen il cones lo luilding lle
linls foi a Mook Yan }ong, leie
aie sone llings lo considei. A
lalle is ly fai lle sinplesl vay lo
nake an ain. Willoul a lalle one
las lo caive oul lle iound ains
vill a plane oi ly sone sinilai
nellod. Il pioves exlienely
difficull, and usually ineffeclive. If
a lalle is nol availalle, oi, if you
feel unskilled in lle use of one, a
sinple solulion is lo find a good
calinelnakei in youi aiea, and
sloving lin lle plans foi lle
linls, ask lin lo pioduce a sel foi
you. He vill le alle lo quickly do
all lle voik on lle ains and leg,
and land llen lo you ieady foi
you lo do lle finisling voik.
Many lines, llis is lle sensille
lling lo do. If you, lovevei, lave
a lalle, you nay follov lle
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BUILDING THE ARMS
insliuclions on lov lo luild lle
linls. Keep in nind llal lle
guidelines given aie sonevlal
vague lecause naking lle linls is
noie an ail llan a science.
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Ianinale laidvood loaids
logellei and cieale lliee, 2-1/
2x2-1/2x 2 llocks of vood.
Nexl, caiefully find lle cenlei on
eacl end of youi loaids, ly liacing
lvo diagonal lines fion coineis lo
coineis llal inleisecl in lle niddle.
Mounl lle ain on lle lalle, and
nake a naik fion lle end.
Tlen fion lleie, neasuie 11-3/4
and nake a naik. Tle suiface
lelveen lle lvo naiks vill le
vleie lle lapei is. Slail lo luin lle
vood on lle lalle unlil il is iound
and of a 2-1/2 dianelei. e suie
lo only iound oul lalf of lle llock
of vood, and leave lle ollei lalf
squaie.
Slop oflen and cleck youi piogiess
ly neasuiing lle dianelei vill
calipeis. Wlen lle lalle voik is
finisled, lake lle ain and cul off
lle excess vood on lle lapeied
side.
Repeal llis piocess foi lle ollei
lvo ains.
Il is nov line lo cieale a lapei.
Iollov lle plans al lle lack of llis
look foi lle coiiecl neasuienenls
as you cul.
To cul lle squaie slank of lle ains, use a good, sluidy land sav. You
nay also use a landsav, oi jigsav if you piefei. As lle plans indicale, lvo
of lle ains nusl lave lle slank cul BB?AJAHA@, and one ]?AJAHA@.
Keep llal in nind as you cul.
Wail lo diill lle peg loles on lle ains unlil aflei you lave inseiled lle
ains inlo lleii place in lle lody and decided vleie lle loles slould le
(see Seclion IV), llen diill lle loles, and cul off lle excess vood on lle end
of lle slank. Make pegs ly caiving llen oul of a dovel.
Iegs lave leen nade ly nany
nellods. Sone lave used liscuils,
dovels, and ollei neans lo cieale
a sliong joinl al lle coiiecl angle.
Lxpeiience las slovn lle
chapter 4
BUILDING THE LEG
folloving lo le a sinple vay lo
cieale a solid joinl on a leg. Ilease
sludy llis seclion caiefully,
especially lle plolos, in oidei lo
undeisland lle piocess.
Slail vill lvo llick loaids, and a 1 loaid. Tle llickei loaid vill
also le longei. Refei lo lle plans lo deleinine lle lengll of lle loaids.
Cul llen al a 45 angle.
Nov assenlle lle leg pieces inlo place. Wlen done coiieclly, you vill
lave lle leg in ils enliiely placed logellei villoul glue as slovn lelov.
Tle lvo alove plolos slov diffeienl vievs of lov lle joinl vill cone
logellei. Tle plolos slov a disjoinled fil, in oidei lo illusliale lle
individual loaid. Nole llal lle loaids alleinale al lle joinl. Tlis layeiing
piocess can jusl as easily le done in foui layeis if using only llick
loaids, jusl keep consislenl vill lle concepl of layeiing lle leg.
Tle plolo al lle
lefl illusliales lle
leg and lov il
cones logellei.
All llal las lo
lappen nov is lo
slidelle lvo
lovei oulside
pieces up inlo
place
Nexl, sinply laninale lle leg in lle
configuialion as slovn on lle
picluies. Use plenly of vood glue
and canp lle leg ligllly. Iel diy
lle enliie assenlly diy conplelely.
Cul lle slank of lle leg on a land
sav, as done foi lle slanks of lle
ains, so llal il fils inlo lle leg lole
on lle lody. Renenlei lo allov
foi sone play lelveen lle slank
and lle lole.
Tle leg can nov le slaped
accoiding lo piefeience. A sinple
pass of a ioulei on lle slaip, 9O
angles, vill give lle leg lle
iounded feel llal il slould lave.
Hovevei, you nay cloose lo
fuillei iound oul lle leg lo give il
a soflei, noie cylindiical look. Il
vill nake foi a lellei looking and
lellei feeling dunny. To do llis,
use a land plane oi a lell sandei,
and sinply lake off as nucl
naleiial as desiied. Sculpl lle leg.
Wail lo diill lle peg lole on lle
lack side of lle leg unlil aflei you
lave inseiled lle leg inlo lle lole
in lle dunny. Nov decided
vleie lle lole slould le. Nexl,
diill lle lole and caive a peg oul
of a dovel.
Tleie aie sone inpoilanl and
ciilical poinls lo laving a Mook
Yan }ong vill coiiecl lines and a
coiiecl feel. One sucl poinl is llal
lle lvo lop ains nusl le placed in
lle dunny in a ceilain vay, lley
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PARTICULARS OF A
PROPER DUMMY
nusl lang level. Uneven ains vill
disloil lle piaclilioneis skill in
iesponding lo diffeienl lines of
foice.
To assuie llal lle lvo ains aie
level, one nusl inseil lle ains so
llal lley aie upside dovn fion
eacl ollei.
Nolice llal lle 2-1/2 dianelei
on lle lop lvo ains pievenls
llen fion leing inseiled all lle
vay in. Il seens as llougl lle
loles veie loo close logellei.
Tlal is nol lle case. Il is
necessaiy lo sand sone excess
naleiial off vleie lle ains
neel, so llal lley fil in lle loles
al lle sane line, and so llal
lleie is sone play lelveen
llen.
Il is an inpoilanl delail lo knov llal lleie nusl
le a ceilain anounl of play on lle ains and
leg. One nusl nol diill lle peg loles on lle
lack of lle ains and lle leg loo close lo lle
lody of lle dunny. Allov sone ioon, so llal
lleie is a ceilain anounl of play. Nolice on lle
plolo lle gap lelveen lle llick pail of lle ain
and lle lody.
As slovn on lle plans, lle ciosspieces nusl le
1 llick. Tlis is inpoilanl. Oflen one vill luy
a 1x 2 loaid al lle sloie, and nolice llal il
does nol liuly neel llose neasuienenls. To go
any less llal a 1 llickness vill nake lle feel of lle Mook Yan }ong loo
flinsy. Il vill nove loo nucl. e suie lo cul a lalf ciicle nolcl of 5/8
vill a coping sav al lle niddle of lle ciosspieces.
Al llis slage, one is ieady lo do lle
delicale finisling voik on lle
dunny. If you lave decided lo
conceal lle clecks on lle lody, fill
llen in using good vood pully
and lelling il diy.
Nov one nusl lloiouglly
sand lle lody and all of lle linls.
Hand sanding is fine, lul using an
elecliic paln sandei vill gel lle
jol done nucl noie quickly.
Renenlei lo alvays sand vill lle
giain. Slail ly using 8O-giil
sandpapei unlil you lave a nice
suiface. Move on up lo aloul 12O-
giil lo piepaie lle dunny foi lle
aclual finisling slage.
Cloose vlellei you vanl lo
slain youi dunny vill a specific
coloi, oi if you piefei lo leave lle
naluial look of lle vood. Tle
cloice is youis. Any slain vill do
nicely if llals lle ioul you lake.
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FINISHING THE DUMMY
Apply lle slain as diiecled ly lle
nanufacluiei.
Many finisles aie used foi
vooden dunnies. Sone people
piefei lo use a lacquei, oi jusl
iegulai fuiniluie oil sucl as Old
Lnglisl oi linseed oil. Lxpeiience
las slovn llal lle lesl finisl foi
lle Mook Yan }ong is Tung Oil.
Tung Oil is iallei inexpensive and
ieadily availalle. Il sliengllens
and nouiisles lle vood and
condilions lle fileis, naking lle
dunny lasl a lifeline. Iieely
apply lle Tung Oil accoiding lo lle
insliuclions on lle conlainei.
Apply lliee oi foui coals lo youi
}ong lefoie you slail lo use il.
Tleieaflei conlinue applying Tung
Oil veekly oi nonllly. One
cannol oveido lle nunlei of coals
of Tung Oil.
Individual needs vill diclale nucl
of lle selup used foi lle dunny.
Sone need a poilalle sland, vlile
olleis lave liniled space lo voik
oul in. Ieople vill need lo
deleinine vlal soil of selup vill
lesl suil lleii silualion. Il is
ieconnended, vlenevei possille,
llal lle sliucluie llal lolds lle
ciossleans le lagged peinanenlly
on lo lle vall. Having lle Mook
Yan }ong conplelely slalionaiy is
lesl, and oflen unaclieved vill
poilalle slands, vlicl nove vlen
one applies povei lo lle vooden
dunny.
A fev guidelines nusl le folloved
in oidei lo piopeily sel up lle
dunny. Il is lle piaclilioneis
leigll llal vill deleinine lov
ligl lo nounl lle dunny. Wlen
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lle piaclilionei is in a piopei Wing
Clun slance, lis navel slould le
aiound level vill lle lollon, oi
cenlei ain of lle vooden dunny.
Also, llis slould piovide a
good level foi a piopei long
sau, vill lle liidge of lle
land naking conlacl vill lle
lop ain and lle piaclilioneis
uppei ain neaily paiallel lo
lle giound.
Renenlei, naking a Mook Yan }ong is noie an
ail llan a science. Iul youi leail inlo youi voik,
and youll nol le disappoinled. Tlese
insliuclions, if closely folloved vill leave you
vill a vooden dunny lo lasl you a lifeline.
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