Shave 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…

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.

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As you would expect, Roy Underhill's shop at the 19th-century mill he and his wife, Jane, call home, is chock-full of interesting vintage tools for all aspects of the woodworking trade. This morning…

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…

Splayed rear legs

Learn how to make a benchtop shaving horse and save room in your shop.

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…

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

Wheeler Woodworking: building Tim Manney's Shave Horse design