Jeff Skory
02-28-2010, 9:36 PM
Just finished up my shaving bench. Haven't done much with it other than round off a hunk of wood with a draw knife to test it out.
I based this pretty much on a combination of the plans at Green Woodworking site
http://www.greenwoodworking.com/ShavingHorsePlans
And from Bob Razaieski's site (Logan Cabinet Shoppe)
http://logancabinetshoppe.weebly.com/1/post/2008/08/the-2-shave-horse.html
I tried my darndest to make tapered mortises for the legs. Built a couple of different size tapered mortise (scrapers?). The first one was in hard maple and after several attempts at sharpening the saw blade I got it to work, only to discover that the hole it made was too small. The second one was made with oak and I figured it would probably break when using it. Yep.
So I ended up going with through mortises (round) and then cut a kerf in the top of each leg and pounded in a wedge to keep the legs tight. Should suffice.
All in all this was a fun project.
I based this pretty much on a combination of the plans at Green Woodworking site
http://www.greenwoodworking.com/ShavingHorsePlans
And from Bob Razaieski's site (Logan Cabinet Shoppe)
http://logancabinetshoppe.weebly.com/1/post/2008/08/the-2-shave-horse.html
I tried my darndest to make tapered mortises for the legs. Built a couple of different size tapered mortise (scrapers?). The first one was in hard maple and after several attempts at sharpening the saw blade I got it to work, only to discover that the hole it made was too small. The second one was made with oak and I figured it would probably break when using it. Yep.
So I ended up going with through mortises (round) and then cut a kerf in the top of each leg and pounded in a wedge to keep the legs tight. Should suffice.
All in all this was a fun project.