Shave Horse Design

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Shave horse design. For the uninitiated a shaving horse is a blend of work bench and vice that gives you the control and leverage needed to smooth pieces of wood with ease and consistency. When shaving a post first make a 2 x 2 x 22 square stick. Hi i seen a shave horse by brian boggs hes a chair maker in berea ky. It is very different while bening the same.

The harder you sit the tighter the fit. Its a tool used in combination most commonly with draw knives and spoke shaves its basically a. I had always based my shaving horses on a 12 metre 4ft length of log about 30cm 1ft in diameter but i was aware this is not the sort of thing that most people have lying around the workshop. Conversely it is easy to break the horse down.

Hello fellow woodworkers ive been getting some requests to show my shaving horse so here it is. Right now about 6 inches is the max on that due to the width of the top clamp 4 58. Then and only then chamfer the stick into octagonal shape. My horse looks similar to a traditional dumbhead style shaving horse but the design offers increased holding power and better ergonomics than many of the other horses that i have used.

A shaving horse is a workbench vise and chair all rolled into one. The design of this shaving horse is rather unusual mixing traditional elements and modern engineering. I think you can order plans for it but from what work i have seen you do you could just look at it and build it with no problem i am sure. I am on the lookout for some longer half inch carriage bolts i figure if i can find a 12 bolt i will have to make a second lower jaw and wider top clamp with spacers for the pivot block.

If you have ever had the wind knocked out of you by a piece of wood slipping from the jaws and slamming into your stomach read on. The shave horse is essentially a powerful foot operated vice and you can see me using one in a number of other videos on this channel. After thirty years or more of using shaving horses the occasion arose to have a total rethink of their design. He was on the woodwright shop showing his shave horse.

Best shaving horse plans most awesome is that peter galbert has made his shaving horse plans available for free on his website along with a series of videos describing the construction process. Its easy to make a shavehorse and with these dimensions. Lastly shave the top of the post to match the mortise. Its primarily used to work green wood with a drawknife which cuts on the pull stroke or a spokeshave which you can push or pull.

It may look simple but a well built shaving horse is a precise piece of equipment customized for individual use. You can print out a full scale diagram that makes cutting out the pieces for the ratcheting head very simple which is the most complicated part in in this overall simple process.