Here are some plans for building a Shave Horse - Bowyers Bench. Enjoy!
Had made a benchtop Moxon Vise and workbench that I was also using for wood carving. Modified a shavehorse design so I could sit while workin!
When you start working on a passion project, you feel like you’re on cloud nine. Suddenly, the problems in your life don’t weigh so heavily on your shoulders. All that matters now is using your creative mind and skilled hands to turn your imagination into reality. And woodworkers are some of the most dedicated people we know!
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It's been fifteen years since I built my log bowl horse, and it's still serving well and regularly in my workshop. I mentioned it in this article, but the focus there is more on building the more portable version from lumber. The log version is so organic that I've not said much about specific dimensions,…
Folding Portable Workbench With Quick Release Vise: The origin of this project was that I saw an April Wilkerson woodworking YouTube video where she made an endorsement of the Rockwell JawHorse as a great gift for anyone who was a woodworker. Given that both my father and brother are also woodworkers…
When you start studying ancient woodworking tools, it’s the similarities that are most striking – not the differences. Saws, chisels and planes – the core tools…
I've got about 8 shaving horses, which I use for running public workshops. I had previously made a batch of shaving horses from packing crat...
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This Furniture item by NewPrairieWoodworks has 100 favorites from Etsy shoppers. Ships from Belton, MO. Listed on Aug 7, 2023
As you would expect, Roy Underhill's shop at the 19th-century mill he and his wife, Jane, call home, is chock-full of interesting vintage tools for all aspects…
So you've sandwiched the bowl between extended bench dogs and you're making the final paring cuts when an unfortunate series of events occurs, all within a split second. The end on which you are working goes down suddenly, the gouge makes a nasty divot, and the other end of the bowl shoots up at an arc into…
Until my first day doing living history I’d never used a shaving horse before, never used a drawknife or a spokeshave. I’d always thought that someday I might like to take a chairmaking…
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This Patterns & Blueprints item by TheJoyofWoodStore has 469 favorites from Etsy shoppers. Ships from United States. Listed on Feb 19, 2025
Six years ago this month I finished my first "Roubo-style" bench. It contained the very first Benchcrafted vise. I chronicled that build ...