Catch 22 - The shave horse paradox

[Chris the Fish]

For months now I've been after a draw knife from the 'boot and on Sunday I was rewarded with a very rusty C.Whitehose & Sons one, although skeptical at first, I managed to get a working edge and so far so good

If you have a draw knife, by virtue of logical thinking you have to make shave horse, it's just the way of things.

What do you need to make a shave horse? A shave horse. ****.

Still, undeterred I got out the B&D workmates, added ballast...

And away I went, I had two similar sized pieces of pine which I have now started to shave into legs.

Which is where the Beer:safety ratio became too great and I'll do some more tomorrow.

I'll keep you posted on how it turns out, it's probably going to take a while!

 

[Harvestman]

I too have considered the shave horse paradox. Good work so far.

 

[dewi]

I'm puzzled to where the paradox is.

You don't need a draw knife to make a shave horse, nor do you need a shave horse to make a draw knife????

So you buy a draw knife, but the initial shave horse can be made from entirely 'square' stock... once the horse is in action, more horses can be made using said draw knife.

No paradox.

Sorry if I sound pedantic, but I get irritated by the misuse of words. And obviously my irritation irritates people. Even that's closer to a paradox than a draw knife/shave horse scenario though.

 

[crosslandkelly]

Looking forward to seeing the horse finished.

 

[Philster]

It's a similar situation with workbenches - you need a workbench to make a decent workbench!! The solution? Build a cheap and nasty one with what you have at hand, then use that to make something more like what you had in mind!

 

[Chris the Fish]

I wouldn't take me too seriously Dewi, no one else does.

And I'll keep you all updated with progress


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[Chris the Fish]

Well I sort of finished it. After a single block of wood for the cheese, and it needs some tweaks to the cramp. The socket joints left a lot to be desired but it works and I'm enjoying making shavings.

Apologies for the lack of 'during' images.

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