No-name spokeshave face lift

[steven c newman]

I have an older spokeshave. Things were getting kind of grungy, blade was getting dull. Time for a facelift:224882 took things apart224883and cleaned things up. The handle got a new coat of paint, and I work on the sole224884224885 The blade has a strange swirly look to it. There are no markings at all on any of the parts. Once the blade had been sharpened back up, I put things back together224888224890Ready to go back to work...:)

[Jessica Pierce-LaRose]

Looks nice. How's it work? You messed with the blade bedding area at all? That seems to a be a big on for me with rehabbing shaves - if the blade mates poorly, you can get some really frustrating chatter. Particularly if the bed doesn't offer proper support by the cutting edge - a concave area is fine, but a hump in the middle can cause havoc for you.

There was a FWW (or was it PW?) article a while back where they suggested using JB weld or epoxy or something to help make a new flat bed, and made a new heavier lever cap out of brass - it seems like a lot of work for a junker shave, but sometimes it's worth it, I suppose.

You certainly made that tool look a lot better, and I'm sure with the attention you gave the blade, it works a lot better too. congrats!

[Brandon Craig]

Nice one, Steven. I have an old Stanley 51 that sure could use a nice clean up like that!

[Brent VanFossen]

Nice work. Those are fun to do, and I'm sure it works better, too.

[steven c newman]

Once the blade is set right:224939