Veritas Low Angle Spokeshave Review

Until about 1900 the vast majority of spokeshaves were low angle spokeshaves with wooden bodies.

Veritas low angle spokeshave review. I have a number of veritas and lee valley tools. Veritas low angle spokeshave by jeff fleisher one of the most frequently overlooked tools in the shop is the spokeshave. The spokeshave venture into the realm of curves with one of its key tools the spokeshave. Wortheffort is in no way sponsored by lee valley ron hock or mary may.

Pluses easy to handle fits well in the hand easy to control. If you are considering a project where you will need to shape either a concave or convex surface consider the benefits of using a veritas low angle spokeshave for the initial shaping. The blades were hand forged with upturned tangs that fitted into holes pierced in the body of the shave. The smaller lie nielsen shave excels at fine small scale work.

So once you understand this and can read the grain beforehand i think these spokeshave types are in general unparalleled by any and all bedded bevel down spokeshaves. Jl north ga. On the other hand if blade sole spokeshaves do go wrong that is they hit the rising grain in alignment with the bevel angle of the grain. Instead of adjusting blade projection the blade is fixed forming the sole of the spokeshave while the adjustable toe piece controls the depth of cut.

Ive had the low angle spokeshave for quite a while. The veritas low angle spokeshave is ideal for chairmaking and work that requires shaping end grain. Works well with end grain and other grains. This spokeshave has the same low cutting angle as spokeshaves of old 200 basic bevel with a 250 micro bevel but adjustment of cutting depth has been simplified substantially.

The veritas spokeshave uses a basic traditional shape not of the spokeshaves of the last century but of the century before.