been wanting to make a shave horse for ages,i seem to be needing one more and more as i increase the green wood crafts i am doing,if there's on thing i learned from this it was that you need a shave horse to make one! heres a few pics and a short vid:
heres the tools i used,no electrickery was used and only vintage (ish) hand tools:
building a shave horse by fishfish_01, on Flickr
the lovely ash board shaped and planed:
building a shave horse by fishfish_01, on Flickr
here marking out and chiseling for the ash legs:
building a shave horse by fishfish_01, on Flickr
legs on!:
building a shave horse by fishfish_01, on Flickr
and here it is done,no screws or nails used just hand carved pegs:
My finished shave horse by fishfish_01, on Flickr
Shave horse in action by fishfish_01, on Flickr
a short vid:
http://youtu.be/TO6tX8CwkBU?list=UUPZxlw5l2jed_x5xs4OmLlw
thanks for looking.
heres the tools i used,no electrickery was used and only vintage (ish) hand tools:
building a shave horse by fishfish_01, on Flickrthe lovely ash board shaped and planed:
building a shave horse by fishfish_01, on Flickrhere marking out and chiseling for the ash legs:
building a shave horse by fishfish_01, on Flickrlegs on!:
building a shave horse by fishfish_01, on Flickrand here it is done,no screws or nails used just hand carved pegs:
My finished shave horse by fishfish_01, on FlickrShave horse in action by fishfish_01, on Flickra short vid:
http://youtu.be/TO6tX8CwkBU?list=UUPZxlw5l2jed_x5xs4OmLlw
thanks for looking.
(I know my efforts would look more donkey/mule than horse), let me know if you ever go to production and I could get a thoroughbred
