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Making a Shave Horse
The traditional way

ebook -
£3.50

"The Shave Horse is a device typically used by green woodworkers and chair makers who use draw knives and spoke shaves to shape billets of wood. As well as being an excellent partner to the Pole Lathe, the Shave Horse is extremely useful for bow making, paddle making, and for the creation of an endless range of miscellaneous parts such as tool handles and stool legs etc."

This is not only a guide about making a Shave Horse, but it also includes a wealth of knowledge on the traditional joinery and wood working techniques employed in creating such an object... This in-depth tutorial shows how to take normal timber logs and fashion them into all the parts needed; including the main beam, the treadle frame; the legs; and old fashioned peg joinery... using only traditional hand tools.

Illustrations and full drawn plans included, the same principles could of course be followed with average DIY timber and materials.

10 pages - A4 size

£3.50