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 Post subject: spokeshave
PostPosted: Sun Feb 11, 2018 6:37 am 
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First name: Ed
Last Name: Minch
City: Chestertown
State: MD
Zip/Postal Code: 21620
Country: United States
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Status: Amateur
If anyone is interested in making a spokeshave, here is the tutorial by the guy who developed the modern wooden shave:

http://www.hocktools.com/teachshave/TEACHSHAVE.HTM

In the early days it was called a guntershave after him, John Gunterman. They are really fun to make and a great way to use up exotic wood scraps. I have 3 that I have made in Boxwood, Purpleheart, and Jatoba.

Ed



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 Post subject: Re: spokeshave
PostPosted: Sun Feb 11, 2018 9:35 pm 
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Thanks for posting that. It looks like it could be a fun project at some point in the future.


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 Post subject: Re: spokeshave
PostPosted: Tue Feb 13, 2018 2:07 pm 
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I've made one of these with one important change. I put the wings of the handle off of the bottom of the shave so that the pull force is in line with the blade edge. Having the handle wings up on the top of the shave doesn't make a lot of sense. I studied with Russ Filbeck who made this change for his chair making shaves.

Given that, I still prefer the Lee Valley shaves (both flat sole and rounded sole) over the one I made. The adjustability for depth of bite is much easier to control on the mechanical shaves.



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