Shaving horse diy

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…

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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...

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...

If you love wood working then having a shaving horse bench like the one above is likely on your to do list / want list of items to get or build. It is basically a wooden vise used for carving things, often used in conjunction with a draw knife. The diagram is pretty self explanatory as to how to build a shaving horse. It is a relatively simple design, it is just a bit time consuming to make. There are even simpler designs than the one above - like the one below which costs less than $30 to…

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

North House Folk School Course

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.

Jenny and Ian Make a Shave Horse: My wife Jenny has been getting into green woodworking and bushcraft type skills. This started with some training to become a forest schools teacher (an initiative in the UK to gets kids outside and learning so basic bushcraft skills, like shelter bu…