Shaving horse ???

[Curt Fuller]

I'm just a woodturner but I would like to start carving some things, long handled spoons and ladles for starters. Can anyone tell me if there are some good plans or drawings available for making a Shaving Horse. And can anyone make any recommendations on a quality draw knife and spoke shave. Thanks!

[Dave Richards]

Curt, I drew this one a year or so ago from plans I found someplace. I could send you the SketchUp model if you want to use it.

[Deirdre Saoirse Moen]

There are some good shaving horse plans. If you subscribe to FWW's online service, Boggs has one (I'm currently working on one from those plans, which I posted pics of yesterday). There's also pics of my progress (not much, yet) in my flickr photostream (http://flickr.com/photos/muhe-e/sets/72157594183715359/).

John Alexander has one on his site too. (http://www.greenwoodworking.com/shorse.htm)

I'd also recommend Boggs's spokeshave video, and John's make a chair from a tree video.

[Curt Fuller]

Thanks Dave and Deirdre! Those are exactly what I had in mind.

[Jim Young]

I´ve been looking at building a saw horse and have concluded that the Boggs design would work best for me. It has a unique ability to adjust height according to work object thickness. There is also a video floating around in which Boggs is using it from the Woodworking Channel.

[Deirdre Saoirse Moen]

I believe that video clip floating around is an excerpt from the LN video.