Shaving horse

Until my first day doing living history I’d never used a shaving horse before, never used a drawknife or a spokeshave. I’d always thought that someday I might like to take a chairmaking…

Last year when I took a Boggs chairmaking class with Jeff Lefkowitz (which I highly recommend) I spent quite few hours using a drawknife and spokeshave on a shaving horse. While I thoroug…

Almost there with the shave horse. Here are the details of the last part of the build… The support is a 9″ wide board that is attached to the horse with a door hinge so that its angle c…

This elegant design delivers a strong, stable structure and a powerful grip.

Shaving horse plan ( PDF ) - 5,20Mb - Read more about carving, projcet, shaving, fasten, lever and wedge.

Few woodworking experiences are as sweet as working wood that’s just been split from a recently felled tree. Green wood is much easier to shape with hand tools than wood that’s been dried.

The first woodworking I ever did was on a shaving horse. 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. I was hooked. The simple elegance and intuitive feel of the shaving horse and drawknife completely drew me in. The shaving horse. I've had the good fortune since that day to spend many hours and days on an array of shaving horses and work with a few other shaving horse…

Wheeler Woodworking: building Tim Manney's Shave Horse design

A shave horse

One of the most versatile greenwood working tools is the shavehorse and it’s one of the simplest. I’m often asked about making shave horses so here is my simple recipe – I hope it…

While traditionally a shaving horse would be made from green wood gathered from a forest or wood somewhere, not all of us city dwellers have...

Since the first time I saw a “shaving horse” I have wanted one. Although it is somewhat specialized in its use, there is nothing bette...

Splayed rear legs

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