A few centuries ago, for coopers barrel makers, bodgers chairmakers, and carpenters, the shaving horse was indispensable. Modern shave horse, by motinkergnome the gnomes workshop follow. The two traditional shaving horse styles are the continental schnitzelbank. I plan to make the body out of round wood, perhaps the seat out of dimensional lumber. A shaving horse is an old woodworking tool used to hold a.
Build a thoroughbred shaving horse finewoodworking. Green woodworking woodworking bench plansworkbench planswoodworking projectswooden spoon carving. The two traditional shaving horse styles are the continental schnitzelbank or dumbhead and the english bodgeris bench. 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. The result is a strong, simpletobuild horse that adjusts easily for different workpiece sizes and has great.
Shaving horse is basically a workbench for shaping with a drawknife or spokeshave. It can be set up and folded away in a matter of seconds, is fully adjustable to all leg lengths and tucks comfortably. Shaving horse plan traditional woodworker, wood carving. I strongly recommend you add this book to your personal library. This was also the case with shaving horse tool that once was an indispensable tool. It is the perfect compliment to the spoon mule plans sold in my products section. It holds slats, posts and rungs for shaving and drawknifing. Build a better shaving horse the first woodworking i ever did was on a shaving horse. This is a simple shaving horse, i build from green adler wood. 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.
Shaving horse plans green woodworking, diy furniture. I modified free shavehorse plans by tom donahey linked below to incorporate reclaimed douglas fir wood from a historical building in seattle, hand forged hardware, and. Its actually one of the best collections of woodworking plans that you can buy today. Shaving horse plans greenwoodworking also try portable shaving horse if youre interested in purchasing detailed plans, try shaving mule, better than a shaving horse, made by ton donahey for the country workshops store. Contain highly detailed images and a general overview sheet. It may look simple, but a wellbuilt shaving horse is a precise piece of equipment customized for individual use. Devising vitamin a grazing hitch doesnt get to pass water up an expensive operating room meter consuming while fine woodwork showed plans for the sawhorse horse cavalry they didnt go into. Here is a downloadable plan to build this shaving horse. Toms ratchet version is the shaving mule that is detailed in the plans set that is now available for no charge as a pdf. All plans are digitally stamped with customers name, phone number and address. Its primarily used to work green wood with a drawknife, which cuts on the pull stroke, or a spoke shave, which you can push or pull. Cut the plank a to the length noted in diagram a, within 1 4. A book of plans and techniques for the green woodworker.
While the dumbhead shaving horse is seen in 15th and 16thcentury illustrations, there is no pictorial or documentary evidence for. Sean hellman, a green woodworker over in the uk, has a new book out about shaving horses, shaving horses, lap shaves and other woodland vices. Green woodworking fine woodworking woodworking projects veritas tools shop work bench vegetable leather log furniture wood tools wood species. Shaving horses have been around for hundreds of years and even nowdays when you have a. It is usually used with a drawknife or spokeshave, but can be adapted for use with other hand tools. Shaving horse pdf plan a shaving horse is an old woodworking tool used to hold a workpiece in a place while it is worked by a cutting tool such as spokeshave or drawknife.
A shaving horse is a workbench, vise and chair all rolled into one. Pdf portable shave horse plans plans diy free planes for. Thats a more practical reason why you may not want to make a shaving horse from plans. While the dumbhead shaving horse is seen in 15th and 16thcentury illustrations, there is no pictorial or documentary evidence for the english style prior to the late 19th century. Portable shaving horse bring your shop to the woods. The basic workbench for shaping with a drawknife or spokeshave is the shaving horse. My other goal was to make a very simple horse from readily available construction type materials. I modified free shavehorse plans by tom donahey linked below to incorporate reclaimed douglas fir wood from a historical building in seattle. One of the things which caught my eye was the use of the back end of the benchseat for additional holding options. These wooden plans consist of more than 16,000 blueprints and include over 100 different categories of plan types. Yes there are tricks to getting around this, but i find them all a little cumbersome when trying to carve quickly and that was what i was after. Expert craftsman tom donahey shares his plans for an essential tool to work green wood. Veritas tools used to have free shaving horse plans available on their website, which i saw before planning the mk ii.
Now the ratchet post is split yielding a front ratchet post and back riser post that can shift positions allowing the lower jaw to adjust from 18 degrees to dead level. Over the years, tom has built more than 100 horses and streamlined their production. If you have left the bottom undressed until now, clean. There is pictorial evidence of the dumbhead being used in the 15th and 16th centuries, although the english style does not show up until the. Tom built a few horses, with brians permission, and started refining the design. This simple, elegant shaving horse is a hybrid of two designs by two of tim manneys mentors. I modified free shavehorse plans by tom donahey linked below to incorporate reclaimed douglas fir wood from a historical building in seattle, hand forged h. It is a 23 page pdf full of helpful pictures and text. 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. The only other ingredients are a 50cm 20in length of roofing batten, a 40cm 16in length of hazel rod and 35 m6 turbo coach screws, 90mm long although ordinary screws or nails would be possible but far less fun. Roy underhill shaving horse plans bing images shop ideas roy underhill shaving horse plans bing images shop ideas. Aw extra hybrid shaving horse popular woodworking magazine. In the above video they demonstrate how to use a shaving horse for making timber frame pegs, a tomahawk handle, and traditional roof shingles.
We decided to present you a shaving horse plan which proved very well in the practice, and which differs from most shaving horse plans we have seen so far. I have added a few of my own touches to make this extremely versatile and portable horse. View,000 woodworking plans here search for china cabinet building plans video basically, anyone who is interested in building with wood can learn it successfully with the help of free woodworking plans. Plane the best face smooth, flat and clean, by hand or on a jointer. The contents page contains hyperlinks to each section, making it easy to quickly. Brian boggs first shaving horse was not so precise. See the book going with the grain for a whole chapter with over 30 colour photos on the construction of the lumber horse i have been using shaving horses for over thirty years with my original horses being based on pictures from a variety of books on woodland crafts, usually making use of a large lump of wood as the bed. I am excited to offer this free spoon mule build tutorial.
There are two traditional styles of shaving horses, the english bodgeris bench and the continental schnitzelbank or dumbhead. The dimensional lumber design has an adjustable height for the work surface which i really like. Combining a shaving horse and bowl carving bench my mk. Veritas traditional english shaving horse plan instructions plank 1. Faster than a hatchet with more control and accuracy. For a new, full set of shave horse plans, see the link below. Keith wilburs book home building and woodworking in colonial america. Shaving horses, lap shaves and other woodland vices this is a practical, instructive book with plans, diagrams, and clear working guidance for making shaving horses. This was also the case with shaving horse tool that once was an indispensable tool for carpenters, bodgers chair makers, bowyers bows makers and coopers barrel makers. I like playing with hardwaretechnology along with making stuff i want out of old stuff i have or find. Shaving horse pdf plan a shaving horse is an old woodworking tool used to hold a workpiece in a place while it is worked by a cutting tool such as spokeshave. Portable shaving horse popular woodworking magazine. Not sure why, but i seem to prefer the english bodgers style of shaving horse. When machines and power tools entered the workshops, some of the hand tools were almost completely pushed out of the use.
However, for years drew was hoping find or invent an adjustable system for the work support that is not too complex or difficult to make for most woodworkers to make. Hence the mk ii and mk iii were both made in this style. Seans book its pages, showing a multitude of different shaving horse designs. I had just turned twenty and a twelve year old sat me down at a shaving horse and taught me how to make a spatula from a piece of red maple firewood with a drawknife. Build a better shaving horse, shaving horse base, and shaving horse the business end or to the article that i wrote about building this shaving horse that will be coming out any day now in the newest fine woodworking magazine. In the modern workshop, the tablesaw is the central tool. A shaving horse is an old woodworking tool used to hold a workpiece in a place while it is worked by a cutting tool such as spokeshave or drawknife. When machines and power tools entered the workshops, some of the hand tools were almost completely. The best china cabinet building plans video free download pdf and video. I would like some guidance from yall in choosing which plans to use. The base comes from chairmaker curtis buchanans horse, and the clamping mechanism is a simplified version of carl swenssons.
Lower jaw the new lower jaw adjustment post replaces the fixed angled lower jaw with something much more versatile and capable. For construction details refer to these past blog posts. Woodworkers use them for, among other things, making chair parts with a drawknife and spokeshave. This was also the case with shaving horse tool that once was an indispensable tool for carpenters, bodgers chair makers, bowyers bows makers and. This is a device for gripping a length of wood enabling the craftsperson to use both hands to hold a sharp tool, such as a drawknife or spoke shave, to shave the work piece to the desired shape. Remember youre going to be spending a lot of time sitting at the horse, and the nearer and more comfortably its an extension of your own body, the better and easier will be. Jack the cooper came up with his own plans to build the shaving horse he uses. One of the most versatile pieces of equipment for working green wood is a shaving horse. This compact and convenient folding shave horse is based on the the horse developed by masashi kutsuwa. This is a shaving horse i built based on the basic design from roy underhills book the woodwright shop. The shaving horse described in the following plans and instructions incorporates the functions of a traditional chairmakers low bench. The design of this shaving horse is rather unusual, mixing traditional elements and modern engineering. The plans are printed at half scale and rolled for shipping. Nov 26, 2012 we decided to present you a shaving horse plan which proved very well in the practice, and which differs from most shaving.
A sharing horse is a workbench, rise and chair all rolled into one. Shaving mule, better than a shaving horse, made by ton. The problem carving spoons with a drawknife and common shave horse is that as the head clamps the spoon it also blocks the drawknife from getting at the full length of the spoon. The spoon mulejust part of the story woodspirit handcraft.
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