Old decoy Carving bench

[scottshillsailor]

I have been carving since i was about eight, but have recently decided to try to make a few decoys in the style of the old fashioned working decoys. I have seen a bench made for roughing out decoys with a hatchet that I am interested in trying to make but so far have not been able to find any online, it is long and skinny and you straddle it like a horse and work on your decoy in front of you. the decoy is held down by a wooden clamp that is operated with a foot rest below the bench. I hope this rough description will help someone figure out what i am talking about and help me find some direction as to the specifics of the project. any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Bartster]

i beleive what you are looking for is also called a shaving horse if you lok at the older threads you may find what you are looking for i even think someone had plans for one not long ago.

hope this helps
bart

[Mitchell]

Similar threads are below....... you may find something there.

[Hi_Ho_Sliver]

Yep its a shaving horse and lots of info on the web...look at my picture trail site, I have a picture of the one I designed and made.

[Kenny_S]

How do you get the horse to stand still ?

[Old_Gord]

scottshillsailor, if it is a shavehorse that you are looking for, try some of these urls for plans/construction info , hopefully all the urls are still alive.Smile

http://www.voicenet.com/~rburton/horse.gif

http://www.countryworkshops.org/CWshavehorse.html

http://www.pyramid3.demon.co.uk/wwork/horse.html

http://www.greenwoodworking.com/shorse.htm

http://www.primitiveways.com/shaving-horse.html

http://www.bodgers.org.uk/pdf/plsh.pdf

http://www.michaelhughes.org.uk/SHPL/sh.pdf

Cheers,

OG