Shaving Horse

rick-in-seattle · #1 03-10-2005, 09:43 AM

Interesting sites and shaving horse and lathe designs

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

http://www.his.com/~tom/sca/horses.html

Ky_Whittler · #2 03-18-2005, 03:22 AM

I use the single leg dumbhead design common around here made by hte old timers. Simple to construct with just a couple of tools.And as a simple tool they can be modified on so many ways to suit your needs.Bore a few holes and they become a wedge type vise.For carving a saw mill slab this vise becomes real handy. I don't think any stick carver should be without one. Whittler

Captain_Bandaid · #3 03-20-2005, 04:54 PM

I spent about an hour Googling for shaving horse plans and kept coming back to the same two or three designs. I would like to build a shaving horse to peel walking sticks but the designs I have seen appear to be for shorter pieces of wood. Any stick carvers out there have a better design?

Hi_Ho_Sliver · #4 03-20-2005, 07:30 PM

take a look at mine under the walkingstick folder in picture trail

jamesfa · #5 03-20-2005, 09:06 PM

Captain Bandaid-the other "carving magazine" issue #6 had some plans for a portable stick carving jig.perhaps it can be adapted for peeling the bark as well as carving.if you can't get a hold of issue #6 let me know and i'll photocopy the relevant pages and either post or mail them to you.

Frank

Captain_Bandaid · #6 03-21-2005, 01:07 PM

Hi-Ho, yours is exactly what I was going to make but I was concerned that a 5-6 foot long stick might be difficult to peal. Do you have any problems using a drawknife with that horse?

Frank, I don't get the other carving magazine. Was their design different from the one Hi-Ho has?

Thanks for the help, folks!

Old_Gord · #7 03-21-2005, 01:13 PM

Hey Frank, I'd be interested in seeing the other "carving magazine " issue 6 potable stick carving jig as well..maybe you could post it here(easier), if not maybe you could e-mail me a copy as well if it's not too much trouble?

OG

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Originally Posted by jamesfa

Captain Bandaid-the other "carving magazine" issue #6 had some plans for a portable stick carving jig.perhaps it can be adapted for peeling the bark as well as carving.if you can't get a hold of issue #6 let me know and i'll photocopy the relevant pages and either post or mail them to you.

Frank

Old_Gord · #8 03-21-2005, 01:20 PM

Hey Captain_Bandaid, why not take a look at Richard Rombold's (also know as the Whizz) Picture trail galleries, he has a number of home made devices for holding sticks etc including his version of a shavehorse, I've posted his URL before but here it is again.
http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/...ername=thewizz

OG

Mitchell · #9 03-21-2005, 04:50 PM

FYI - there are some sources for horses and portable holding devices in the current ChipChats magazine. I remember quite a few pictures too.

Mitch

jamesfa · #10 03-21-2005, 08:42 PM

Captain Bandaid- the stick carving jig is a fixture which can be adapted to a work bench or a workmate and is diff. than a shaving horse.

old-gord i have posted some pictures in my oicturetrail album in the "in progress"album.

the author and desiger Fred Erbisch has provide some plans.

you can both have a look and see if it suit your purposes, if so you can print them out.

Frank